From agonzalez@netcom.com Thu Mar 16 00:44:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!agonzalez From: agonzalez@netcom.com (Anja González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 00:44:46 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Anja González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From divanov@purdue.edu Thu Mar 16 20:39:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!divanov From: divanov@purdue.edu (Dong-hyun Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar16.203946.3708@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 20:39:46 GMT References: <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com>, agonzalez@netcom.com (Anja González) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Dong-hyun Ivanov Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Row 14. No joke." From msantos@titech.ac.jp Sat Mar 18 18:32:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!msantos From: msantos@titech.ac.jp (Mei Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar18.183246.3639@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 18:32:46 GMT References: <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com>, agonzalez@netcom.com (Anja González) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Mei Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From mvasiliev@berkeley.edu Mon Mar 20 14:18:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Matthias Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar20.141846.7135@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 14:18:46 GMT References: <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.004446.6475@netcom.com>, agonzalez@netcom.com (Anja González) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Matthias Vasiliev US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."