From tkowalski@unam.mx Wed Mar 22 05:43:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!tkowalski From: tkowalski@unam.mx (Tomas Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 05:43:38 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Tomas Kowalski Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From okowalski@earthlink.net Wed Mar 22 11:36:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!okowalski From: okowalski@earthlink.net (Olga Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar22.113638.8107@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 11:36:38 GMT References: <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx>, tkowalski@unam.mx (Tomas Kowalski) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. 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. -- Olga Kowalski -- EarthLink Network "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From operez@clari.net Fri Mar 24 11:32:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!operez From: operez@clari.net (Olga Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar24.113238.9753@clari.net> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 11:32:38 GMT References: <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx>, tkowalski@unam.mx (Tomas Kowalski) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Olga Pérez "Do not worship the copy." Atari TT030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From kokonkwo@kth.se Sun Mar 26 09:33:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!kokonkwo From: kokonkwo@kth.se (Kenji Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar26.093338.6801@kth.se> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 09:33:38 GMT References: <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx> <1995Mar24.113238.9753@clari.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar24.113238.9753@clari.net>, operez@clari.net (Olga Pérez) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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. -- Kenji Okonkwo Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From mramirez@unam.mx Mon Mar 27 08:06:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!mramirez From: mramirez@unam.mx (Min-jun Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar27.080638.7187@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 08:06:38 GMT References: <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar22.054338.1642@unam.mx>, tkowalski@unam.mx (Tomas Kowalski) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Min-jun Ramírez -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"