More tech details about 10/29/97 from the archives.

["weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" <spamtony>]

Some random idiots talking about the CBGB's real audio
archive way back when...

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> I read the post from Elizabeth Lear on how to 
> save a RA file.  However, at Rocktropolis I 
> can't find the full address of the patti-28.ra file.

It's in a file called archive.ram, stored on your
hard drive after making a RA request. The contents of the
archive.ram file after you select the 28.8 version of
the CBGB's show, is like so:

pnm://hedorah.telebase.com/p/pattismith/patti-28.ra
pnm://hedorah.telebase.com/p/pattismith/patti2-28.ra

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>Well, if u r using win95, it's in the registry, 
>gotta run 'regedit', do a search fro the patti-28.ra 
>or patti-100.ra string. I might be wrong, but it
>seems they route the RA stream thru a weird port 
>(deliberately) so that you can't download it 
>thru your web browser (which kinda makes sense....).

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Running the higher-fidelity CBGB's RA show here at
home, I see that the clip's remarkable little
trick of just dropping off the face of the earth 
just before "Because the Night" starts was not unique 
to the hardware I previously played it on. It
happened here, too. Still, it could be something
with the the beta version of the player they let 
folks d/l for free. The two installations
I'm talking about had that in common... 

I also discoverd that this break does not happen 
on the 28.8 clip. 

I played THAT clip through the intro and launch of
"BTN", and it didn't die on me.

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Today I brought my tape deck into work and dubbed 
a great copy of the CBGB's show off the internet 
using a 500kb Cable Modem.  The sound is great!

I'd be glad to make it available for a tree but 
first I'd like to bulster my tape collection.  So 
if anyone want's to trade for a copy, please
e-mail me privately.  

Steve R - a copy will be on it's way soon!

Regards to all,

Stuart

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