From hmacdonald@utexas.edu Sun Feb 26 12:23:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@utexas.edu (Hana MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb26.122333.3109@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 12:23:33 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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.' -- Hana MacDonald "Marcus is not one man." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / SunOS 4.1.4 From lnakamura@mindspring.com Sun Feb 26 20:34:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!lnakamura From: lnakamura@mindspring.com (Lucia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb26.203433.7133@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 20:34:33 GMT References: <1995Feb26.122333.3109@utexas.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb26.122333.3109@utexas.edu>, hmacdonald@utexas.edu (Hana MacDonald) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Lucia Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.