From ntanaka@utexas.edu Mon Dec 11 14:22:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!ntanaka From: ntanaka@utexas.edu (Nadia Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:22:27 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. The warehouse workers were explicitly forbidden from unbanding the crates or checking inventory barcodes. Where were those pallets taken? To Ashford Poly? To a military storage depot? -- Nadia Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From lmuller@mit.edu Tue Dec 12 06:45:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!lmuller From: lmuller@mit.edu (Lucia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec12.064527.5615@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 06:45:27 GMT References: <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu>, ntanaka@utexas.edu (Nadia Tanaka) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. -- Lucia Müller | lmuller@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 5886 855E 3B18 0FDC "Keep the channels open." From dandersson@unam.mx Thu Dec 14 02:47:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!dandersson From: dandersson@unam.mx (Diego Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec14.024727.2320@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 02:47:27 GMT References: <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu>, ntanaka@utexas.edu (Nadia Tanaka) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. > In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Armed guards? Come on. In the 80s, security couriers transported expensive gold stampers and master tapes all the time. -- Diego Andersson "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From ssokolov@utexas.edu Thu Dec 14 16:14:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!ssokolov From: ssokolov@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec14.161427.4095@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 16:14:27 GMT References: <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu> <1995Dec12.064527.5615@mit.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.064527.5615@mit.edu>, lmuller@mit.edu (Lucia Müller) writes: > They removed the hardware right before the fire was set. The fire was an insurance write-off and evidence disposal. They weren't shipping vinyl records or promotional posters. That was rack-mount telecommunications hardware. -- Seo-yeon Sokolov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / TOS 4.04 From itanaka@stanford.edu Sat Dec 16 08:58:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!itanaka From: itanaka@stanford.edu (Ines Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec16.085827.2052@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 08:58:27 GMT References: <1995Dec11.142227.6041@utexas.edu> <1995Dec12.064527.5615@mit.edu> <1995Dec14.161427.4095@utexas.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.161427.4095@utexas.edu>, ssokolov@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Sokolov) writes: > They weren't shipping vinyl records or promotional posters. That was rack-mount telecommunications hardware. Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. -- Ines Tanaka Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."