From msokolov@cern.ch Sun Jan 16 08:32:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!msokolov From: msokolov@cern.ch (Marisol Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan16.083213.4461@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 08:32:13 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Marisol Sokolov Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From bsokolov@clari.net Sun Jan 16 21:17:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!bsokolov From: bsokolov@clari.net (Bill Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan16.211713.1224@clari.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 21:17:13 GMT References: <1994Jan16.083213.4461@cern.ch> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan16.083213.4461@cern.ch>, msokolov@cern.ch (Marisol Sokolov) 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. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Bill Sokolov "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From srodriguez@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jan 19 00:54:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!srodriguez From: srodriguez@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan19.005413.9902@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 00:54:13 GMT References: <1994Jan16.083213.4461@cern.ch> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan16.083213.4461@cern.ch>, msokolov@cern.ch (Marisol Sokolov) 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. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Sergei Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------