From bperez@unam.mx Sun Jun 05 05:15:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!bperez From: bperez@unam.mx (Brian Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Jun05.051555.2852@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 05:15:55 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- === Brian Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jramirez@ox.ac.uk Sun Jun 05 13:03:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!jramirez From: jramirez@ox.ac.uk (Julien Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Jun05.130355.4921@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 13:03:55 GMT References: <1994Jun05.051555.2852@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun05.051555.2852@unam.mx>, bperez@unam.mx (Brian Pérez) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Julien Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From smartinez@ox.ac.uk Mon Jun 06 09:10:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!smartinez From: smartinez@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Jun06.091055.8113@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 09:10:55 GMT References: <1994Jun05.051555.2852@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun05.051555.2852@unam.mx>, bperez@unam.mx (Brian Pérez) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Sergei Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.