From bkowalski@cam.ac.uk Sun May 01 01:19:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!bkowalski From: bkowalski@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May01.011929.1091@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 01 May 1994 01:19:29 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Bruno Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From blindqvist@uni-hamburg.de Mon May 02 17:42:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!blindqvist From: blindqvist@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May02.174229.9195@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 17:42:29 GMT References: <1994May01.011929.1091@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994May01.011929.1091@cam.ac.uk>, bkowalski@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Kowalski) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Bill Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ilindqvist@purdue.edu Wed May 04 00:31:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!ilindqvist From: ilindqvist@purdue.edu (Ines Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May04.003129.9134@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 04 May 1994 00:31:29 GMT References: <1994May01.011929.1091@cam.ac.uk> <1994May02.174229.9195@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May02.174229.9195@uni-hamburg.de>, blindqvist@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Lindqvist) 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. -- Ines Lindqvist SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From kfournier@uni-hamburg.de Thu May 05 04:31:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!kfournier From: kfournier@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May05.043129.1893@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 04:31:29 GMT References: <1994May01.011929.1091@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994May01.011929.1091@cam.ac.uk>, bkowalski@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Kowalski) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Kirsty Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.