From mkarlsson@pacbell.net Tue Feb 07 22:17:36 1995
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From: mkarlsson@pacbell.net (Mike Karlsson)
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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.

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?

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From hlaurent@cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 08 21:36:36 1995
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From: hlaurent@cam.ac.uk (Hugo Laurent)
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1995Feb07.221736.7804@pacbell.net>, mkarlsson@pacbell.net (Mike Karlsson) writes:
> The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

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

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=== Hugo Laurent ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
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