From edubois@panix.com Tue Feb 28 08:13:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!edubois From: edubois@panix.com (Elaine Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Feb28.081321.8125@panix.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 08:13:21 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Elaine Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From mtakahashi@hanse.de Tue Feb 28 23:35:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@hanse.de (Marta Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Feb28.233521.9747@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 23:35:21 GMT References: <1995Feb28.081321.8125@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb28.081321.8125@panix.com>, edubois@panix.com (Elaine Dubois) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Marta Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From arobertson@clari.net Fri Mar 03 01:51:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!arobertson From: arobertson@clari.net (Aiko Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Mar03.015121.6217@clari.net> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 01:51:21 GMT References: <1995Feb28.081321.8125@panix.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb28.081321.8125@panix.com>, edubois@panix.com (Elaine Dubois) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Aiko Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jokonkwo@ox.ac.uk Sat Mar 04 18:10:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@ox.ac.uk (Jen Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Mar04.181021.9293@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 18:10:21 GMT References: <1995Feb28.081321.8125@panix.com> <1995Feb28.233521.9747@hanse.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb28.233521.9747@hanse.de>, mtakahashi@hanse.de (Marta Takahashi) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jen Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.