From bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Sep 21 13:40:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!bsilva From: bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep21.134008.7772@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 13:40:08 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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? -- Brian Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jrobertson@demon.co.uk Thu Sep 21 15:55:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!jrobertson From: jrobertson@demon.co.uk (Jen Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep21.155508.4940@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 15:55:08 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134008.7772@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep21.134008.7772@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian Silva) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Jen Robertson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From msuzuki@clari.net Fri Sep 22 22:48:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!msuzuki From: msuzuki@clari.net (Marta Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep22.224808.4912@clari.net> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 22:48:08 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134008.7772@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep21.134008.7772@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian Silva) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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. -- === Marta Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "We don't sign stars. We build them." From lkang@berkeley.edu Sat Sep 23 08:07:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!lkang From: lkang@berkeley.edu (Liam Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep23.080708.6498@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 08:07:08 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134008.7772@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Sep22.224808.4912@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.224808.4912@clari.net>, msuzuki@clari.net (Marta Suzuki) 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. Marcus in Mexico was a rock musician. Marcus in Korea was an architect. Marcus in Japan was a poet. Who was Marcus in the US? -- Liam Kang "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Amiga 3000T / TOS 4.04