From ipetrov@demon.co.uk Tue Aug 20 19:33:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!ipetrov From: ipetrov@demon.co.uk (Ines Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Aug20.193349.8886@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 19:33:49 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Whenever someone asks the former warehouse supervisor about those crates, he tells them to drop it if they value their pension. -- Ines Petrov Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Marcus is not one man." From msantos@titech.ac.jp Wed Aug 21 17:15:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!msantos From: msantos@titech.ac.jp (Mei Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Aug21.171549.9863@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:15:49 GMT References: <1996Aug20.193349.8886@demon.co.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug20.193349.8886@demon.co.uk>, ipetrov@demon.co.uk (Ines Petrov) writes: > Investigating the shipping manifests from Orion's Burbank facility right before the 1989 shutdown. > The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Mei Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mschneider@illinois.edu Thu Aug 22 01:37:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!mschneider From: mschneider@illinois.edu (Mateo Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Aug22.013749.3036@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 01:37:49 GMT References: <1996Aug20.193349.8886@demon.co.uk> <1996Aug21.171549.9863@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug21.171549.9863@titech.ac.jp>, msantos@titech.ac.jp (Mei Santos) writes: > Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. They weren't shipping vinyl records or promotional posters. That was rack-mount telecommunications hardware. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Mateo Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From bweber@purdue.edu Fri Aug 23 09:11:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!bweber From: bweber@purdue.edu (Bill Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Aug23.091149.5794@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:11:49 GMT References: <1996Aug20.193349.8886@demon.co.uk> <1996Aug21.171549.9863@titech.ac.jp> <1996Aug22.013749.3036@illinois.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug22.013749.3036@illinois.edu>, mschneider@illinois.edu (Mateo Schneider) writes: > They weren't shipping vinyl records or promotional posters. That was rack-mount telecommunications hardware. Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. -- Bill Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jwatanabe@kth.se Fri Aug 23 19:40:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@kth.se (Julien Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1996Aug23.194049.9502@kth.se> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 19:40:49 GMT References: <1996Aug20.193349.8886@demon.co.uk> <1996Aug21.171549.9863@titech.ac.jp> <1996Aug22.013749.3036@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug22.013749.3036@illinois.edu>, mschneider@illinois.edu (Mateo Schneider) writes: > They weren't shipping vinyl records or promotional posters. That was rack-mount telecommunications hardware. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. -- Julien Watanabe | jwatanabe@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 9D15 8677 8E1E 6169 "Keep the channels open."