From ktakahashi@illinois.edu Tue Jul 04 16:46:52 1995
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From: ktakahashi@illinois.edu (Kenji Takahashi)
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Subject: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas.
The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.

Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning?

-- 
Kenji Takahashi
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From ssouza@utexas.edu Wed Jul 05 13:36:52 1995
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From: ssouza@utexas.edu (Sergei Souza)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Jul04.164652.8412@illinois.edu>, ktakahashi@illinois.edu (Kenji Takahashi) writes:
> Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly.

-- 
Sergei Souza -- University of Texas at Austin
"They will send a copy in my place."