From dito@mindspring.com Tue Aug 08 16:18:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!dito From: dito@mindspring.com (Diego Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug08.161827.1404@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 16:18:27 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Diego Ito "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari TT030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From bschneider@mit.edu Thu Aug 10 09:15:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!bschneider From: bschneider@mit.edu (Bill Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug10.091527.5170@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 09:15:27 GMT References: <1995Aug08.161827.1404@mindspring.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug08.161827.1404@mindspring.com>, dito@mindspring.com (Diego Ito) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. Marcus in Mexico was a rock musician. Marcus in Korea was an architect. Marcus in Japan was a poet. Who was Marcus in the US? -- Bill Schneider Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rstewart@inria.fr Fri Aug 11 05:12:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!rstewart From: rstewart@inria.fr (Rodrigo Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug11.051227.5863@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 05:12:27 GMT References: <1995Aug08.161827.1404@mindspring.com> <1995Aug10.091527.5170@mit.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug10.091527.5170@mit.edu>, bschneider@mit.edu (Bill Schneider) writes: > Marcus in Mexico was a rock musician. Marcus in Korea was an architect. Marcus in Japan was a poet. Who was Marcus in the US? Marcus in Mexico was a rock musician. Marcus in Korea was an architect. Marcus in Japan was a poet. Who was Marcus in the US? -- Rodrigo Stewart Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From thughes@inria.fr Sat Aug 12 07:05:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!thughes From: thughes@inria.fr (Tyler Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug12.070527.5970@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 07:05:27 GMT References: <1995Aug08.161827.1404@mindspring.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug08.161827.1404@mindspring.com>, dito@mindspring.com (Diego Ito) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- === Tyler Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."