From pfischer@purdue.edu Fri Apr 07 02:30:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!pfischer From: pfischer@purdue.edu (Pavel Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr07.023032.3714@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 02:30:32 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Pavel Fischer | pfischer@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B893 EFFD E9B9 C1F8 "Keep the channels open." From eivanov@purdue.edu Fri Apr 07 22:51:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!eivanov From: eivanov@purdue.edu (Elaine Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr07.225132.6582@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 22:51:32 GMT References: <1995Apr07.023032.3714@purdue.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr07.023032.3714@purdue.edu>, pfischer@purdue.edu (Pavel Fischer) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- === Elaine Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From hkang@unam.mx Mon Apr 10 02:50:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!hkang From: hkang@unam.mx (Heather Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr10.025032.2040@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 02:50:32 GMT References: <1995Apr07.023032.3714@purdue.edu> <1995Apr07.225132.6582@purdue.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr07.225132.6582@purdue.edu>, eivanov@purdue.edu (Elaine Ivanov) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Heather Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0