From dsmirnov@hanse.de Sat Dec 17 03:53:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@hanse.de (Dmitri Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec17.035314.3226@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 03:53:14 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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 Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- === Dmitri Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From mrodriguez@netcom.com Sun Dec 18 17:10:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@netcom.com (Mateo Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec18.171014.4783@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 17:10:14 GMT References: <1994Dec17.035314.3226@hanse.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec17.035314.3226@hanse.de>, dsmirnov@hanse.de (Dmitri Smirnov) 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. My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mateo Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From anakamura@cam.ac.uk Mon Dec 19 13:18:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!anakamura From: anakamura@cam.ac.uk (Amy Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec19.131814.4342@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 13:18:14 GMT References: <1994Dec17.035314.3226@hanse.de> <1994Dec18.171014.4783@netcom.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec18.171014.4783@netcom.com>, mrodriguez@netcom.com (Mateo Rodríguez) writes: > My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Amy Nakamura Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."