From amartinez@delphi.com Wed Jul 26 20:41:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!amartinez From: amartinez@delphi.com (Andrei Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul26.204114.8461@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 20:41:14 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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 LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Andrei Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rgirard@unam.mx Thu Jul 27 17:06:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!rgirard From: rgirard@unam.mx (Renata Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul27.170614.2390@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 17:06:14 GMT References: <1995Jul26.204114.8461@delphi.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul26.204114.8461@delphi.com>, amartinez@delphi.com (Andrei Martínez) 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. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Renata Girard "They will send a copy in my place." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04 From bsokolov@ox.ac.uk Sat Jul 29 05:34:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!bsokolov From: bsokolov@ox.ac.uk (Bill Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jul29.053414.1926@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 05:34:14 GMT References: <1995Jul26.204114.8461@delphi.com> <1995Jul27.170614.2390@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul27.170614.2390@unam.mx>, rgirard@unam.mx (Renata Girard) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- === Bill Sokolov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them."