From mlindqvist@titech.ac.jp Mon Aug 15 20:58:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 20:58:04 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2. If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active. Did anyone in Hamburg actually attend in person? The hall looked completely empty except for camera crews. -- Mikhail Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bsato@demon.co.uk Wed Aug 17 01:45:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!bsato From: bsato@demon.co.uk (Bastien Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1994Aug17.014504.7719@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 01:45:04 GMT References: <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp>, mlindqvist@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Lindqvist) writes: > Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? > Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2. You're seeing ghosts. The European Eidophor projectors in 1985 had terrible frame-buffer lag when receiving NTSC downconverts. -- Bastien Sato "Do not worship the copy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / System 7.5.1 From snovak@utexas.edu Thu Aug 18 01:19:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!snovak From: snovak@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1994Aug18.011904.9814@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 01:19:04 GMT References: <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp> <1994Aug17.014504.7719@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug17.014504.7719@demon.co.uk>, bsato@demon.co.uk (Bastien Sato) writes: > You're seeing ghosts. The European Eidophor projectors in 1985 had terrible frame-buffer lag when receiving NTSC downconverts. Notice the date: June 8, 1985. That was exactly 14 months before the Meridian microwave link tests began at Ashford Poly. -- Seo-yeon Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mmacdonald@hanse.de Thu Aug 18 15:09:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@hanse.de (Mike MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1994Aug18.150904.4920@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 15:09:04 GMT References: <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp>, mlindqvist@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Lindqvist) writes: > Does anyone else get goosebumps watching the June 1985 Eidophor screen recording? Yes! And look at her mouth right before she stops: she whispers something that isn't on the album lyric sheet. -- Mike MacDonald Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From bmoreau@pacbell.net Thu Aug 18 21:34:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!bmoreau From: bmoreau@pacbell.net (Bruno Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1994Aug18.213404.9734@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 21:34:04 GMT References: <1994Aug15.205804.3341@titech.ac.jp> <1994Aug17.014504.7719@demon.co.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug17.014504.7719@demon.co.uk>, bsato@demon.co.uk (Bastien Sato) writes: > You're seeing ghosts. The European Eidophor projectors in 1985 had terrible frame-buffer lag when receiving NTSC downconverts. She didn't forget the lyrics. Look at the monitor behind her: the teleprompter was displaying hex codes, not words. -- Bruno Moreau "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Acorn RiscPC 600 / Linux 1.2.13