From rkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk Sun Jan 22 18:47:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!rkuznetsov From: rkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Rodrigo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jan22.184722.9270@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 18:47:22 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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. -- Rodrigo Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kfischer@kth.se Tue Jan 24 15:45:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!kfischer From: kfischer@kth.se (Kirsty Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jan24.154522.1960@kth.se> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 15:45:22 GMT References: <1995Jan22.184722.9270@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan22.184722.9270@cam.ac.uk>, rkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Rodrigo Kuznetsov) 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. 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. -- Kirsty Fischer US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ksokolov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Jan 24 18:08:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!ksokolov From: ksokolov@rwth-aachen.de (Kenji Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jan24.180822.3609@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 18:08:22 GMT References: <1995Jan22.184722.9270@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jan24.154522.1960@kth.se> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan24.154522.1960@kth.se>, kfischer@kth.se (Kirsty Fischer) 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. 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. -- Kenji Sokolov -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From hsanchez@purdue.edu Wed Jan 25 19:59:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!hsanchez From: hsanchez@purdue.edu (Hana Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jan25.195922.7059@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 19:59:22 GMT References: <1995Jan22.184722.9270@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jan24.154522.1960@kth.se> <1995Jan24.180822.3609@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan24.180822.3609@rwth-aachen.de>, ksokolov@rwth-aachen.de (Kenji Sokolov) 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. -- Hana Sánchez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From gcampbell@panix.com Thu Jan 26 14:52:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!gcampbell From: gcampbell@panix.com (Graham Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jan26.145222.9869@panix.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 14:52:22 GMT References: <1995Jan22.184722.9270@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jan24.154522.1960@kth.se> <1995Jan24.180822.3609@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jan25.195922.7059@purdue.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan25.195922.7059@purdue.edu>, hsanchez@purdue.edu (Hana Sánchez) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Graham Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0