From jbrennan@stanford.edu Wed Apr 03 10:41:50 1996
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From: jbrennan@stanford.edu (Jen Brennan)
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Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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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'.
Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen.

The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.'

-- 
=== Jen Brennan ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From tschneider@netcom.com Wed Apr 03 14:20:50 1996
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From: tschneider@netcom.com (Tyler Schneider)
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1996Apr03.104150.5635@stanford.edu>, jbrennan@stanford.edu (Jen Brennan) 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.

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

-- 
Tyler Schneider -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services
"Marcus is not one man."

From kmartinez@cam.ac.uk Thu Apr 04 14:27:50 1996
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From: kmartinez@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty Martínez)
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 14:27:50 GMT
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In article <1996Apr03.142050.6590@netcom.com>, tschneider@netcom.com (Tyler Schneider) 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.
> Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions.

-- 
Kirsty Martínez -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
"They will send a copy in my place."