From mlarsson@tum.de Wed Jul 26 19:21:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!mlarsson From: mlarsson@tum.de (Mathieu Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 19:21:21 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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 room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Mathieu Larsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nlopez@kth.se Fri Jul 28 06:40:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!nlopez From: nlopez@kth.se (Nadia López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul28.064021.6144@kth.se> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 06:40:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de>, mlarsson@tum.de (Mathieu Larsson) 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. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- === Nadia López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From sokonkwo@inria.fr Sun Jul 30 02:27:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@inria.fr (Sven Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul30.022721.5182@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 02:27:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de> <1995Jul28.064021.6144@kth.se> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul28.064021.6144@kth.se>, nlopez@kth.se (Nadia López) writes: > Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Sven Okonkwo Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From ckim@unam.mx Sun Jul 30 13:12:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!ckim From: ckim@unam.mx (Camila Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul30.131221.5020@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 13:12:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de>, mlarsson@tum.de (Mathieu Larsson) 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. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Camila Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From dandersson@uu.net Mon Jul 31 17:20:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!dandersson From: dandersson@uu.net (Dave Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul31.172021.9596@uu.net> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 17:20:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul26.192121.5859@tum.de>, mlarsson@tum.de (Mathieu Larsson) 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. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- Dave Andersson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.