From akarlsson@berkeley.edu Fri Oct 06 12:36:58 1995
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From: akarlsson@berkeley.edu (Anton Karlsson)
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Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

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.

What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities?

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=== Anton Karlsson ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS
"Do not worship the copy."

From lpetrov@clari.net Sat Oct 07 10:59:58 1995
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From: lpetrov@clari.net (Lars Petrov)
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Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1995Oct06.123658.8802@berkeley.edu>, akarlsson@berkeley.edu (Anton Karlsson) writes:
> The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

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.

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Lars Petrov
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From ktakahashi@cam.ac.uk Sat Oct 07 18:02:58 1995
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From: ktakahashi@cam.ac.uk (Karen Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 18:02:58 GMT
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In article <1995Oct06.123658.8802@berkeley.edu>, akarlsson@berkeley.edu (Anton Karlsson) writes:
> The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

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.

-- 
Karen Takahashi
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
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