From dgirard@titech.ac.jp Mon Feb 12 13:50:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!dgirard From: dgirard@titech.ac.jp (Dmitri Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:50:19 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp 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. 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? -- Dmitri Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From achoi@cmu.edu Tue Feb 13 03:46:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!achoi From: achoi@cmu.edu (Amy Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb13.034619.1390@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 03:46:19 GMT References: <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp>, dgirard@titech.ac.jp (Dmitri Girard) 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. -- Amy Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From doliveira@cam.ac.uk Tue Feb 13 18:33:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!doliveira From: doliveira@cam.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb13.183319.3451@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 18:33:19 GMT References: <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp>, dgirard@titech.ac.jp (Dmitri Girard) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > 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'. -- Dong-hyun Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From jlarsson@purdue.edu Wed Feb 14 11:08:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!jlarsson From: jlarsson@purdue.edu (Jen Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb14.110819.8582@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 11:08:19 GMT References: <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb12.135019.7931@titech.ac.jp>, dgirard@titech.ac.jp (Dmitri Girard) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Jen Larsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.