From tpetrov@kiae.su Sun Dec 08 07:53:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!tpetrov From: tpetrov@kiae.su (Thiago Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 07:53:55 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). 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. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Thiago Petrov Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From msato@mindspring.com Tue Dec 10 02:08:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!msato From: msato@mindspring.com (Mei Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec10.020855.5909@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 02:08:55 GMT References: <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su>, tpetrov@kiae.su (Thiago Petrov) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > 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. -- Mei Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From ehughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Dec 12 00:43:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!ehughes From: ehughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec12.004355.7930@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:43:55 GMT References: <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su>, tpetrov@kiae.su (Thiago Petrov) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > 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. -- Élodie Hughes "Hold for relay." Atari Falcon 030 / Linux 1.2.13 From mmacdonald@uu.net Thu Dec 12 21:11:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@uu.net (Marta MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec12.211155.2517@uu.net> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 21:11:55 GMT References: <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su>, tpetrov@kiae.su (Thiago Petrov) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- === Marta MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From knovak@inria.fr Sat Dec 14 17:46:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!knovak From: knovak@inria.fr (Kirsty Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec14.174655.3050@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 17:46:55 GMT References: <1996Dec08.075355.6226@kiae.su> <1996Dec12.004355.7930@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec12.004355.7930@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ehughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Hughes) 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. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Kirsty Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------