From smoreno@cam.ac.uk Tue Nov 28 20:31:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!smoreno From: smoreno@cam.ac.uk (Steve Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov28.203151.5053@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 20:31:51 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Steve Moreno -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mjohansson@mit.edu Thu Nov 30 07:57:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!mjohansson From: mjohansson@mit.edu (Matthias Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov30.075751.4800@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 07:57:51 GMT References: <1995Nov28.203151.5053@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov28.203151.5053@cam.ac.uk>, smoreno@cam.ac.uk (Steve Moreno) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. 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. -- Matthias Johansson -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From amacdonald@mindspring.com Fri Dec 01 21:27:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!amacdonald From: amacdonald@mindspring.com (Aiko MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec01.212751.5099@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 21:27:51 GMT References: <1995Nov28.203151.5053@cam.ac.uk> <1995Nov30.075751.4800@mit.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov30.075751.4800@mit.edu>, mjohansson@mit.edu (Matthias Johansson) 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. -- === Aiko MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From yperez@berkeley.edu Sun Dec 03 21:37:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!yperez From: yperez@berkeley.edu (Yuki Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec03.213751.2127@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 21:37:51 GMT References: <1995Nov28.203151.5053@cam.ac.uk> <1995Nov30.075751.4800@mit.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov30.075751.4800@mit.edu>, mjohansson@mit.edu (Matthias Johansson) 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. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Yuki Pérez "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / AmigaOS 3.1