From esokolov@inria.fr Thu Mar 17 03:57:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!esokolov From: esokolov@inria.fr (Élodie Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar17.035709.2756@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:57:09 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Élodie Sokolov "Row 14. No joke." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From tfischer@pacbell.net Fri Mar 18 13:28:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!tfischer From: tfischer@pacbell.net (Tomas Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar18.132809.4839@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 13:28:09 GMT References: <1994Mar17.035709.2756@inria.fr> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar17.035709.2756@inria.fr>, esokolov@inria.fr (Élodie Sokolov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- === Tomas Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "They will send a copy in my place." From dito@illinois.edu Sat Mar 19 08:47:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!dito From: dito@illinois.edu (Dave Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar19.084709.5598@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 08:47:09 GMT References: <1994Mar17.035709.2756@inria.fr> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar17.035709.2756@inria.fr>, esokolov@inria.fr (Élodie Sokolov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Dave Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.