From mlopez@titech.ac.jp Sun Aug 11 16:30:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!mlopez From: mlopez@titech.ac.jp (Mike López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug11.163021.7212@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 16:30:21 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Mike López Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From gbrennan@cam.ac.uk Mon Aug 12 20:12:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!gbrennan From: gbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Göran Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug12.201221.9858@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 20:12:21 GMT References: <1996Aug11.163021.7212@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug11.163021.7212@titech.ac.jp>, mlopez@titech.ac.jp (Mike López) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Göran Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.