From gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jun 27 17:42:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!gbrennan From: gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 17:42:17 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 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. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Göran Brennan -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "They will send a copy in my place." From lnakamura@mindspring.com Mon Jun 27 22:40:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!lnakamura From: lnakamura@mindspring.com (Lucia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun27.224017.8478@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 22:40:17 GMT References: <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Brennan) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Lucia Nakamura -- MindSpring Enterprises "Marcus is not one man." From bbrennan@kth.se Wed Jun 29 11:40:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!bbrennan From: bbrennan@kth.se (Bruno Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun29.114017.2173@kth.se> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 11:40:17 GMT References: <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Brennan) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- Bruno Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hhughes@mit.edu Thu Jun 30 10:07:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!hhughes From: hhughes@mit.edu (Heather Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun30.100717.7673@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 10:07:17 GMT References: <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Brennan) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > 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. -- Heather Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From lpetrov@cmu.edu Fri Jul 01 14:14:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!lpetrov From: lpetrov@cmu.edu (Lucia Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jul01.141417.1992@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 14:14:17 GMT References: <1994Jun27.174217.1405@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Jun30.100717.7673@mit.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun30.100717.7673@mit.edu>, hhughes@mit.edu (Heather Hughes) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Lucia Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.