From kgarcia@cam.ac.uk Thu Sep 07 22:15:05 1995
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From: kgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty García)
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Subject: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).

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.

Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning?

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=== Kirsty García ===
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"Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."

From alindqvist@mit.edu Sat Sep 09 07:03:05 1995
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From: alindqvist@mit.edu (Astrid Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Sep07.221505.9547@cam.ac.uk>, kgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty García) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).
> Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas.

09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year!

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=== Astrid Lindqvist ===
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From anovak@cam.ac.uk Sat Sep 09 13:46:05 1995
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From: anovak@cam.ac.uk (Amy Novak)
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Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Sep07.221505.9547@cam.ac.uk>, kgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty García) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).

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.

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Amy Novak
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From adubois@purdue.edu Sun Sep 10 19:25:05 1995
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From: adubois@purdue.edu (Aiko Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Sep07.221505.9547@cam.ac.uk>, kgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty García) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).
> 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.

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Aiko Dubois -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."