From mmoreno@uu.net Wed Mar 20 10:29:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!mmoreno From: mmoreno@uu.net (Marisol Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar20.102901.1232@uu.net> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:29:01 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Marisol Moreno Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From aoliveira@uni-hamburg.de Thu Mar 21 22:19:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!aoliveira From: aoliveira@uni-hamburg.de (Aiko Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar21.221901.8825@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:19:01 GMT References: <1996Mar20.102901.1232@uu.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar20.102901.1232@uu.net>, mmoreno@uu.net (Marisol Moreno) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Aiko Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From gsmirnov@stanford.edu Sat Mar 23 00:19:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!gsmirnov From: gsmirnov@stanford.edu (Graham Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar23.001901.4352@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:19:01 GMT References: <1996Mar20.102901.1232@uu.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Mar20.102901.1232@uu.net>, mmoreno@uu.net (Marisol Moreno) 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. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Graham Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0