From ireyes@kiae.su Thu Jan 12 06:42:42 1995
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From: ireyes@kiae.su (Ines Reyes)
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Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night.
On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'.

What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities?

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Ines Reyes
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow.
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From kandersson@ox.ac.uk Thu Jan 12 17:45:42 1995
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From: kandersson@ox.ac.uk (Karen Andersson)
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 17:45:42 GMT
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In article <1995Jan12.064242.2492@kiae.su>, ireyes@kiae.su (Ines Reyes) writes:
> The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

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.

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Karen Andersson | kandersson@ox.ac.uk
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"Keep the channels open."

From hsouza@kth.se Fri Jan 13 07:41:42 1995
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From: hsouza@kth.se (Hugo Souza)
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 07:41:42 GMT
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In article <1995Jan12.174542.5592@ox.ac.uk>, kandersson@ox.ac.uk (Karen Andersson) writes:
> 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.

I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate.

Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

-- 
Hugo Souza
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
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