From: probe_control@egroups.com Date: Mon Jan 1, 2001 12:41 am Subject: New poll for probe_control Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the probe_control group: Which character of "the big three" was your favorite Probe agent? o Hugh Lockwood, Probe One o Nick Bianco, Omega Probe o C. R. Grover, Standby Probe To vote, please visit the following web page: http://www.egroups.com/polls/probe_control Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the eGroups web site listed above. Thanks! From: probe_control@egroups.com Date: Mon Jan 1, 2001 8:35 pm Subject: Poll results for probe_control The following probe_control poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Of the shows we currently have available on video, which is your favorite SEARCH episode? CHOICES AND RESULTS - The Murrow Disappearance, 0 votes, 0.00% - Operation Iceman, 0 votes, 0.00% - Short Circuit, 2 votes, 28.57% - The Adonis File, 0 votes, 0.00% - Let Us Prey, 0 votes, 0.00% - Suffer My Child, 0 votes, 0.00% - The Packagers, 1 votes, 14.29% - Flight to Nowhere, 1 votes, 14.29% - The Clayton Lewis Document, 0 votes, 0.00% - The 24 Carat Hit, 0 votes, 0.00% - Countdown to Panic, 0 votes, 0.00% - Goddess of Destruction, 0 votes, 0.00% - Moment of Madness, 1 votes, 14.29% - The Mattson Papers, 0 votes, 0.00% - Numbered for Death, 1 votes, 14.29% - The Gold Machine, 0 votes, 0.00% - In Search of Midas, 0 votes, 0.00% - Probe/Search Pilot, 1 votes, 14.29% From: Ian McKinnon Date: Tue Jan 2, 2001 6:49 pm Subject: RE: [probe_control] Mega Trans Package--for real! Any device built for this purpose, would have to be very limited in its effects and would only affect a small target like a building if it went off inside it. The energy required to send an EM pulse or its equivalent would make such a device far too large to transport. I would take this article with a huge truckload of salt. Even a nuclear event created EM pulse has a fairly limited range. It is possible to send out a jamming signal which would impede radio etc, but this would have no effect on fibre optics and little on shielded cables systems or buried cables etc Besides, possession of the technology required to build such a device would surely mean you could build far better mechanisms, since, you would need power cells smaller and orders of magnitude better than currently available, together with new broadcasting technology. Not only that, you would need some way of shielding your own systems from damage !! Ian Mck > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Harden [SMTP:dghprobe3@a...] > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 5:04 AM > To: probe_control@egroups.com > Subject: [probe_control] Mega Trans Package--for real! > > Hi gang: Don here and I ran across this item while looking for > something else. The article says this device has existed (at least > publicly) for the past two years. Heck, we heard all about this back > in 1972! "Mega Trans Package," anyone? > > ==================================================== > > http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/12/28/161114.shtml > > E-Bomb Disrupts Electronics > NewsMax.com Wires > Friday, Dec. 29, 2000 > > LONDON (UPI) - British scientists have developed a nonexplosive > artillery shell that can put out such a powerful burst of radio- > frequency energy it will destroy or disable electrical and electronic > systems for miles around without killing anyone. > The new so-called E-Bomb was developed privately by Matra BAe > Dynamics and fits into U.S. research efforts into matching and > countering similar Russian systems, whose advanced development > startled Western intelligence officials when it was revealed two > years ago. > > Particularly worrying to British intelligence officials were reports > that the IRA has discussed using a version of the Russian bomb that > can be carried in a briefcase. The target, according to the London > Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, was the City of London. A meltdown of > unprotected computer electronics in the heart of one of the world's > primary financial centers is one of Britain's worst nightmares. > > But almost equally alluring to British Ministry of Defense officials > was the prospect of using such a weapon themselves. Last summer they > issued a summary of requirements to companies for "radio frequency > munitions delivered by 155mm shell or rocket," without saying what > they would use it for. > > U.S. cruise missiles and bombs are believed to be earmarked for > similar radio frequency devices, but this is the first time one has > been designed for close-in artillery systems that are cheaper and > less easily shot down. > > "It's being looked at for peacekeeping operations, perhaps for > hostage situations where you want to knock out someone's mobile > phones, computers, electronic security devices and so on," said a BAe > Systems spokesman Thursday. The company's work on the system won the > scientists a gold award for innovation from the BAe Systems chairman. > > The E-Bomb works by being fired from a long-range 155mm artillery gun > or MLRS rocket launcher and then breaking open its outer casing over > the target. The shell or rocket then unfolds its radio transmitter > aerials and the transmitter sends a high-powered radio pulse of > billions of watts that lasts just a few nanoseconds. > > Just how effective it would be against a modern military force > remains uncertain, however. British, American and other NATO > equipment is significantly "ruggedized," encased in extra layers of > protective materials compared to that of off-the-shelf commercial > electronics. > > The result of an E-blast could be, therefore, that the enemy military > has the only functioning communication systems while the civilian > infrastructure, including power plants, manufacturing, hospitals and > transportation, stops working. > > NATO's military has been hardening its electronic systems for many > years, primarily as a defense against nuclear warfare. It has long > been known that the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) of a nuclear blast > severely damages electronic equipment. Up to now, however, EMP has > only been considered a peripheral concern of the far more devastating > consequences of nuclear war, not as a weapon on its own. > > "The theory and strategy of active electronic warfare in non-nuclear > situations has still to be determined," said one senior British > officer. > > "We are still sorting out some of the lessons of the air campaign on > Serbia last year. But this is the first I've heard of a practicable, > usable design for the artillery. It certainly tends to open up the > discussion a bit." > > A Ministry of Defence spokesman said there was no contract for the > Matra BAe device, and no funding commitment to the futuristic > project. The Matra BAe spokesman said it could be 10 years before it > is deployed. > > > Copyright 2000 by United Press International. > > All rights reserved. From: "Don Harden" Date: Wed Jan 3, 2001 12:59 am Subject: Re: Mega Trans Package--for real! Hi Ian: Don here and it was great to hear from you. Thanks for your comments on the UPI "e-bomb" article. I guess we sometimes need to be reminded that the phrase "military intelligence" is one of the most notorious oxymorons of all. By the way, isn't "Matra" one of those companies owned (at least in part) by our old friend Saddam Hussein? ============================================ --- In probe_control@egroups.com, Ian McKinnon wrote: > Any device built for this purpose, would have to be very limited in its > effects and would only affect a small target like a building if it went off > inside it. The energy required to send an EM pulse or its equivalent would > make such a device far too large to transport... From: dmanmetz@a... Date: Thu Jan 4, 2001 1:32 am Subject: Search/ Name of the Game Relationship A couple of months back I posted a message (333) about Search from a 1981 book about television detectives. In the write up, it compared Search to the 1968-1970 TV series called "Name of the Game" To refresh your memory Name of the Game had three rotating leads (Gene Barry, Tony Franciosa, Robert Stack). The Franciosa episodes were produced Leslie Stevens, and Name of the Game came on NBC also. With completely different characters and premise, I guess we can look at Search as kinda of sequel to Name of the Game. Recently, I stumbled on a site called "Jump the Shark". This site has hundreds of TV shows and when they went bad (Jumping the shark, Get it?) Fans actually give the imput for this site. You can also post your thoughts for the television show. I checked and as usual there was not an entry for Search. I checked Name of the Game, and there were five entries for that show. Judging from the comments made by from the imputs, people mixed Name of the Game up with Search. Some people thought Hugh O'brian and Doug Mcclure starred in Name of the Game and in one case, someone comments on how Franciosa played the same character on the "way ahead of it's time Probe TV series". Don't let me ruin for you. Check out the site and read comments for Name of the Game. The address is http://jumptheshark.com/shrkatoz.htm. The site claims that it takes 3 to 5 days to post a vote for a show. What I have found out is that it takes about a month. I posted a vote for Search last week, so look for it in about 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe we can genrate some talk and information on Search. Trivia: During the 1972-1973 season Search went up against Cannon on CBS and the Julie Andrews Hour on ABC. In January 1973, the Julie Andrews hour moved to Saturday and Search had to go up against the legal drama called Owen Marshall for the rest of the season. That series starred Arthur Hill and a "pre 6 Million Dollar Man" Lee Majors. Today is also the first telecast of my least favorite Search episode: "Let us Prey". Well, gotta go, hope you enjoy the Jump the shark site. Chris From: Jim Alexander Date: Thu Jan 4, 2001 2:35 am Subject: Search/ Name of the Game Relationship Chris-- Thanks for the mail re: JUMP THE SHARK. I'd heard about it and took a quick peek once, and I believe the name of the site (which, from what I remember) centers in on the specific point when once-good TV Shows started to go bad. The site is named for the HAPPY DAYS episode where Fonzie attempts a daring water-skiing stunt where he actually ramp-jumps over a shark. Evidently this episode is considered the "moment" when HAPPY DAYS started to go south (personally, I think it was never as good after the First Season). It's interesting that folks were confusing NAME OF THE GAME and SEARCH. Was it the "rotating leads" concept, or the involvement of Franciosa, I wonder? Anyway-- thanks for "preaching the gospel" and getting the name'a SEARCH out there, once again! Jim probecontrol@d... From: actingman@i... Date: Thu Jan 4, 2001 8:34 pm Subject: Re: [probe_control] Search/ Name of the Game Relationship It's amazing how Search just disappeared off the face of the Earth over the years. I remember in College, somebody came into the room and started looking at the different pictures I had on the wall. He started looking at the Search pictures I had up, and after a few seconds his face brightened and he said "I thought I had imagined this show!" And this was in 1979 or 1980. At 08:32 PM 1/3/01 -0500, you wrote: > I checked and as usual there was not an entry for >Search. I checked Name of the Game, and there were five entries for that >show. Judging from the comments made by >from the imputs, people mixed Name of the Game up with Search. Some people >thought Hugh O'brian and Doug Mcclure starred in Name of the Game and in one >case, someone comments on how Franciosa played the same character on the "way >ahead of it's time Probe TV series". Don't let me ruin for you. Check out >the site and read comments for Name of the Game. The address is >http://jumptheshark.com/shrkatoz.htm. The site claims that it takes 3 to 5 >days to post a vote for a show. What I have found out is that it takes about >a month. I posted a vote for Search last week, so look for it in about 2 or 3 >weeks. Maybe we can genrate some talk and information on Search. > >Chris From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Fri Jan 5, 2001 4:54 am Subject: 'Live Men Tell Tales' filmclip scan preview Howdy folks, Don again. I can't promise an exact date, but soon you should be able to see some new SEARCH filmclip scans. I have almost finished scanning my collection of clips from "Live Men Tell Tales," a Bianco episode we don't have on video. I plan to send them to Bryan for posting at http://probecontrol.com as soon as I can. Included with these will be some clapboard shots, which Bryan posts in a special production shot section. To give everyone a small preview, below is a shot of the main heavy of this episode, Mr. Stonestreet (Torin Thatcher), at his headquarters with two of his armed henchmen. (Stonestreet is on the right.) From: "Daniel" Date: Fri Jan 5, 2001 4:22 pm Subject: SEARCH episodes on VHS Hi Jim and Don, I am a computer rookie and just joined your egroup, having my computer only a few weeks. Can hardly believe anyone has SEARCH on video. I thought I was the only one who remembered it. I tried to send you each an email requesting some episodes but I don`t know if you received them. I am posting this in case you didn`t. I would appreciate it if you could contact me so I can email you my request again directly. Thanks very much. Hope to hear from you soon. Take care, Dan Forsythe From: Linfoot@b... Date: Sat Jan 6, 2001 5:00 pm Subject: Scanner replica set Hello everyone and Happy New Year ! Just thought you may like to know that I have been in touch with Mike Walston re his Scanner replica sets that Jim mentioned (Post 326) but unfortunately he tells me that he will not be making any more of these or the rather nice UFO SHADO badge sets. Mike says that the raw materials he used are no longer available so he is now busy making a model of a Borg cube which he hopes to offer on Ebay in February. From: pooh227@h... Date: Sat Jan 6, 2001 8:53 pm Subject: Other SEARCH Sites I'd come across these sites quite a while back, but since I don't have any of my old links, I had to track them down again. Suprisingly, they're still operational. SCI-FI TV SEARCH site http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/9742/shows/search.html Network & Cable TV Guide SEARCH site http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/9348/search.htm They're both just quick overviews of the series. I put up links to them on my old 'SEARCH Message Board': http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb315284 I'm equally shocked it's still there! Abandoned free sites tend to disappear quickly on the net. From: Jim Alexander Date: Sat Jan 6, 2001 11:50 pm Subject: Scanner replica YIKES! I guess those of us who have one, now have a "collectible"! Thanks for spreading the word! Jim probecontrol@d... ---------------------------------------- Linfoot@b... wrote: > Hello everyone and Happy New Year ! > > Just thought you may like to know that I have been in touch with > Mike Walston re his Scanner replica sets that Jim mentioned (Post 326) > but unfortunately he tells me that he will not be making any more of > these or the rather nice UFO SHADO badge sets. > Mike says that the raw materials he used are no longer available so > he is now busy making a model of a Borg cube which he hopes to offer > on Ebay in February. From: DBoysen@a... Date: Sun Jan 7, 2001 2:15 am Subject: Re: Scanner replica Whoah, I got in just under the wire. Thanks, Mike. I display it with pride (and to my wife's dismay) in the living room. --- In probe_control@egroups.com, Jim Alexander wrote: > YIKES! I guess those of us who have one, now have a "collectible"! > > Thanks for spreading the word! > > Jim > probecontrol@d... > ---------------------------------------- > > Linfoot@b... wrote: > > > Hello everyone and Happy New Year ! > > > > Just thought you may like to know that I have been in touch with > > Mike Walston re his Scanner replica sets that Jim mentioned (Post 326) > > but unfortunately he tells me that he will not be making any more of > > these or the rather nice UFO SHADO badge sets. > > Mike says that the raw materials he used are no longer available so > > he is now busy making a model of a Borg cube which he hopes to offer > > on Ebay in February. From: ataylor@m... Date: Sun Jan 7, 2001 11:26 am Subject: Re: [probe_control] Digest Number 116 Wow. Glad I got my Scanner last year! On another note, I have a friend who is going to be producing the SHADO badges for me at some point, I got one from Mike but he balked at doing wholesale on them so I lined up another supplier. Doubt they could do much with the scanner though. Anthony Taylor From: "Mark Speck" Date: Sun Jan 7, 2001 10:42 pm Subject: Welcome Dan! Hi Dan, and welcome to the list! Best, Mark From: "Mark Speck" Date: Sun Jan 7, 2001 10:48 pm Subject: Search episodes: Ordering Question Hey Guys! Is it possible for someone who's not in our group to order Search episodes? The reason why I'm asking is this: Jackie Patterson, an acquaintance of mine from the Mannix and TV Westerns lists, is in touch with Jack Ging and tracking down all of Mr. Ging's TV appearances for him--she's very interested in acquiring a copy of "Countdown to Panic". Please let me know if this is possible. Thank you! Best, Mark From: Jim Alexander Date: Sun Jan 7, 2001 11:44 pm Subject: COUNTDOWN TO PANC/Jack Ging appearance Not a problem, Mark. I believe Don Harden has been dubbing PANIC for people. Right, Don? Of course-- we'd be EXCEPTIONALLY interested in Mr. Ging's recollections of filming his SEARCH role. Is there any way we could swing an interview, after Mr. Ging has watched the episode??? Don's e-mail is: Dghprobe3@a... Thanks! Jim Alexander probecontrol@d... --------------------------------------------------- Mark Speck wrote: > Hey Guys! > > Is it possible for someone who's not in our group to order Search episodes? > The reason why I'm asking is this: Jackie Patterson, an acquaintance of mine > from the Mannix and TV Westerns lists, is in touch with Jack Ging and > tracking down all of Mr. Ging's TV appearances for him--she's very > interested in acquiring a copy of "Countdown to Panic". > Please let me know if this is possible. Thank you! > > Best, > > Mark From: Linfoot@b... Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 8:14 pm Subject: P.R.O.B.E As I understand it PROBE stands for Programmed Retrieval Operations and the B.E part is top secret. Can I suggest that the full title could be Programmed Retrieval Operations Bio Enhanced; ie, the audio and dental implants which would obviously be top secret. Anyone else have any thoughts on this ? Of course in reality Leslie Stevens probably never came up with a full title but it`s nice to fill the gaps ! Paul From: Jim Alexander Date: Tue Jan 9, 2001 1:51 am Subject: P.R.O.B.E >... As I understand it PROBE stands for Programmed Retrieval Operations and the B.E part is top secret. Can I suggest that the full title could be Programmed Retrieval Operations Bio Enhanced; ie, the audio and dental implants which would obviously be top secret. Anyone else have any thoughts on this ? ----------------------------------- My thoughts: EXCELLENT idea! Frankly, I forgot what (was it Don Harden?) we came up with previously, that I liked so much-- but "bio-enhanced" really rings true! The phrase also explains why the "B.E." phrase would be potentially TOP SECRET to non World Securities personnel! It's only too bad that we will probably never know what it REALLY stands for... ------------------------------------ >... Of course in reality Leslie Stevens probably never came up with a full title but it`s nice to fill the gaps! ------------------------------------- Y'know-- I hate to disagree, but I just can't believe that Stevens would've been at a loss. I mean-- look at all of us here on the list. At least two or three great suggestions have been made as to what "B.E." might have stood for. And while I have a lot of admiration for all'a you, and while Our Man Stevens may not have been a perfect human being (what did Angel call him? "Power-Mad", or some-such?)-- I can't believe that we can do "better" than him, and that he didn't have SOMETHING in mind. Of course, if stumped, he always could've assigned the task to another writer or creative-type. No. I refuse to believe that there was never anything in mind for the "B.E.". If a team of creative people can build a whole series areound such a great concept, then I have to believe that this task would have been child's-play for them. Even a 14-year-old Jim Alexander dreamed up the rather poor Space and Earth Association's Rescue Control Headquarters acronym when he wrote and drew his kiddie attempt at a comic book, loosly based on his favorite TV series... My New Year's resolution: Contact Anthony Spinner or Bob Justman to find out if THEY know the answer! SO THERE! ;) Jim Alexander probecontrol@dynasty.net From: "Don Harden" Date: Tue Jan 9, 2001 2:38 am Subject: Re: P.R.O.B.E. Howdy folks, Don again. Thanks to Paul and Jim, here's my take on the P.R.O.B.E. acronym. What did the B-E stand for? :-) Broken Earjacks Big Egos But Expensive Backstage Expletive Badguys Expire Barnett's Erupted Busybodies Eavesdrop Bungled Evidence Best Excuses Bianco's Exhausted Bigtime Entertainment Bionic Electronics Broadcast Excellence Bamboozles Everytime I'm sure more can be added to the list. Just thought I'd have a little fun with the idea. =================================================== --- In probe_control@egroups.com, Linfoot@b... wrote: > As I understand it PROBE stands for Programmed Retrieval Operations > and the B.E part is top secret. Can I suggest that the full title > could be Programmed Retrieval Operations Bio Enhanced... From: Jim Alexander Date: Tue Jan 9, 2001 3:07 am Subject: P.R.O.B.E. Don "T.M.T.O.H.H." Harden... Too Much Time On His Hands :) Jim probecontrol@dynasty.net ------------------------------- Don Harden wrote: Howdy folks, Don again. Thanks to Paul and Jim, here's my take on the P.R.O.B.E. acronym. What did the B-E stand for? :-) Broken Earjacks Big Egos But Expensive Backstage Expletive Badguys Expire Barnett's Erupted Busybodies Eavesdrop Bungled Evidence Best Excuses Bianco's Exhausted Bigtime Entertainment Bionic Electronics Broadcast Excellence Bamboozles Everytime I'm sure more can be added to the list. Just thought I'd have a little fun with the idea. From: Linfoot@b... Date: Tue Jan 9, 2001 8:04 pm Subject: B.E. ? To B.E. or not to B.E. that is the question, "Best Excuse" for making a great TV show would do ! And by the way everyone, sorry for the double posting earlier, for some reason a 10 min. delay caused me to think my post had been lost so I re-wrote. Paul From: actingman@i... Date: Tue Jan 9, 2001 9:36 pm Subject: Re: [probe_control] B.E. ? No problem. Be warned that Egroups acts funny sometimes, and delays sending the messages out to the list. We've seen it take hours sometimes. At 08:04 PM 1/9/01 +0000, you wrote: >To B.E. or not to B.E. that is the question, "Best Excuse" for making >a great TV show would do ! >And by the way everyone, sorry for the double posting earlier, for >some reason a 10 min. delay caused me to think my post had been lost >so I re-wrote. > >Paul From: "Countryside Models" Date: Wed Jan 10, 2001 4:49 am Subject: Re: [probe_control] B.E. My guess as a 6-th grade kid was that the B.E. was "By Electronics. Sweet, simple, and to the point Ed Novit From: "Don Harden" Date: Thu Jan 11, 2001 5:59 am Subject: Re: P.R.O.B.E. --- Jim Alexander wrote: > Don "T.M.T.O.H.H." Harden... > > Too > Much > Time > On > His > Hands > > :) > > Jim > probecontrol@d... > ------------------------------- Hmm. There might be a little truth to the above, but then again, I'm not a member of the Captain Action Mailing List (http://www.egroups.com/group/captainaction). Those that giveth, getteth. :-) Don H. dghprobe3@a... PS to Jim: I'll be mailing you an audio CD of your tape of "Live Men Tell Tales" with NBC commercials very shortly, so look out for it. Take care. From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:29 pm Subject: UK VCRs that play both PAL & NTSC Open message to Jim Alexander and British members of this mailing list: I found a web page where someone mentions that some of the newer United Kingdom VCRs can play both PAL (European) and NTSC (American) formats. Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone know if any such dual-format VCRs are available in the U. S.? This would greatly help alleviate conversion problems in sending tapes overseas. Don Harden From: Jim Alexander Date: Sun Jan 14, 2001 4:05 am Subject: ADDRESS BOOK-- destroyed About an hour ago, I received some technical "help" from my ISP that completely erased my Address Book, and ALL my saved mail (which was QUITE extensive-- hundreds of letters and pictures!). I'm pretty devastated. Please send me all of your addresses, do that I can begin to regroup? Thanks! Jim Alexander probecontrol@d... From: "Dave " Date: Sun Jan 14, 2001 9:04 am Subject: New member I have been listening to the theme from Search for the last 15 minutes that I d/l from Soundamerica.com. It really brings back some memories. If anyone is interested there is a way to transfer video tape to CD using the latest codec from RealVideo. I bought a group of episodes (24 30min) shows on 1 CD. It transfered really well and it might be an option if anyone is interested. Its alot easier to transfer a couple CD's via mail then 2-3 tapes plus no wear! Dave From: Linfoot@b... Date: Sun Jan 14, 2001 3:42 pm Subject: Dual format VCR`s Hi Don, Yes I can confirm that most of the new VCR`s in the UK now play both PAL and NTSC tapes as I found out when looking into a way of playing or converting the Search tapes. I am not sure if these machines are available in the US though, check with your local electrical stores. I suppose it is because of consumer demand, I know people who buy tapes when they are in the US or order via the internet simply because they are cheaper than the UK (but then isn`t everything !, as I understand it you pay about a $1 a gallon for fuel, our equivalent is $9 a gallon !) it is the same with DVD players and discs, NTSC versions are much cheaper than PAL but you need a multi-region player or someone who knows how to de-code them. Paul From: Linfoot@b... Date: Sun Jan 14, 2001 8:12 pm Subject: Leslie Stevens Hi all, I have just come across a site for anyone interested in Leslie Stevens other work; www.geocities.com/hollywood/lot/9829/leslie_stevens.html it`s a bit of a quirky looking site and the homepage doesn`t give much away but click on the "Outer Limits" picture and this takes you into various listings. Paul From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Mon Jan 15, 2001 3:30 am Subject: Backup everything you can I remember listening to a heartbroken Art Bell on the radio one night a few years ago and he was preaching to everyone to do regular backups--anyway you can--because he had a hard drive crash on him and he lost just about everything he had on it. He was able to recover some emails and stuff from friends and whathaveyou, but most of it was gone forever. Everyone, please check into all the options available. There are CD burners, removable hard drives, zip & jaz drives, etc. Your local computer place should have some economical solutions. John, Bryan and some of the others on this list might be able to recommend some ingenious devices as well. Don Harden From: pooh227@h... Date: Mon Jan 15, 2001 9:32 am Subject: Re: Backup everything you can One good option is uploading backup files to a free webspace provider like geocities, tripod or xoom. I was offline most of last year and all the accounts I had remained active, and all the files were still there for me to download to my current system. Just be sure to hang on to the addresses & passwords. Kevin --- In probe_control@egroups.com, dghprobe3@a... wrote: > I remember listening to a heartbroken Art Bell on the radio one night a few > years ago and he was preaching to everyone to do regular backups-- anyway you > can--because he had a hard drive crash on him and he lost just about > everything he had on it. He was able to recover some emails and stuff from > friends and whathaveyou, but most of it was gone forever. > > Everyone, please check into all the options available. There are CD burners, > removable hard drives, zip & jaz drives, etc. Your local computer place > should have some economical solutions. John, Bryan and some of the others > on this list might be able to recommend some ingenious devices as well. > > Don Harden From: Ian McKinnon Date: Mon Jan 15, 2001 11:42 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] UK VCRs that play both PAL & NTSC Hi all, I too can confirm that most new UK videos can play NTSC. There are still some however that do not offer this facility, so it is worth checking if buying a video. If it is capable of NTSC playback, it usually says so prominently on the front. The strange thing is, this feature is not only offered by expensive VCR's, but also on the rock bottom cheap vcr's, so price alone is no guarantee that a vcr will have NTSC playback. I have seen expensive machines with feature lists as long as your arm which don't do it, and similarly cheap spec mono players which do. One thing to note though, this is only a playback feature. as far as I am aware it won't record in this format, although I have never tried this. Come to think of it, my VCR has an NTSC switch on the back, so it may be possible. I will check this out and let you know. Cheers Ian. > -----Original Message----- > From: dghprobe3@a... [SMTP:dghprobe3@a...] > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 11:29 PM > To: probe_control@egroups.com > Subject: [probe_control] UK VCRs that play both PAL & NTSC > > Open message to Jim Alexander and British members of this mailing list: > > I found a web page where someone mentions that some of the newer United > Kingdom VCRs can play both PAL (European) and NTSC (American) formats. > Can > anyone confirm this? Does anyone know if any such dual-format VCRs are > available in the U. S.? > > This would greatly help alleviate conversion problems in sending tapes > overseas. > > Don Harden From: Ian McKinnon Date: Mon Jan 15, 2001 11:44 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] ADDRESS BOOK-- destroyed Hi Jim, Here is my address. Happy New year etc... I still haven't heard back from you if you want me to get you those models you asked about. They should be available about now. Can you let me know.. Cheers Ian. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Alexander [SMTP:probecontrol@d...] > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 4:05 AM > To: Search Egroups > Subject: [probe_control] ADDRESS BOOK-- destroyed > > About an hour ago, I received some technical "help" from my ISP that > completely erased my Address Book, and ALL my saved mail (which was > QUITE extensive-- hundreds of letters and pictures!). > > I'm pretty devastated. > > Please send me all of your addresses, do that I can begin to regroup? > > Thanks! > > Jim Alexander > probecontrol@d... From: "Daniel" Date: Tue Jan 16, 2001 5:26 pm Subject: SEARCH Books Hi Guys F Y I......Found a website called classictvbooks.com . They have two books on SEARCH. They are both novelizations of SEARCH episodes on Bantam Books[1973]. They are apparently available. Moonrock is $ 7.00 and Search is $ 4.00. Just thought someone might be interested. Bye for now. Dan From: "Daniel" Date: Tue Jan 16, 2001 5:31 pm Subject: Fw: SEARCH Books ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel To: probe_control@egroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:26 AM Subject: SEARCH Books Hi Guys F Y I......Found a website called classictvbooks.com . They have two books on SEARCH. They are both novelizations of SEARCH episodes on Bantam Books[1973]. They are apparently available. Moonrock is $ 7.00 and Search is $ 4.00. Just thought someone might be interested. Bye for now. Dan From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Wed Jan 17, 2001 5:35 am Subject: Those 'Gold Machine' Clapboards Those 'Gold Machine' Clapboards--a closer look by Don Harden In an earlier post on this Mailing List, there was some discussion of the clapboard filmclips we have from "The Gold Machine" episode. Below are scans showing detail from two of these clips. We have a number of clapboards from this episode and most of them are dated mid-June 1972, as is the one on the lower left of Mr. Kuo. However, we ran across a clip of Lockwood and Gloria in the cave dated three months later for September (on the lower right). Notice also the change from "Probe" to "Search." Our "Gold Machine" filmclip scans are at this link: http://probecontrol.com/Episodes/gold1.html Production & clapboard clip scans are at this link: http://probecontrol.com/Episodes/production.html From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Thu Jan 18, 2001 7:55 pm Subject: Lab leader frames from Pilot Lab Leader Frames from SEARCH Pilot Hi folks, Don again. Some time ago on this list, I mentioned my 16mm film of the syndicated version of the SEARCH pilot. (http://www.egroups.com/message/probe_control/170) I went ahead and made a scan of part of the lab leader at the beginning. Even though the opening credits of the movie itself says "Search," the lab leader insists that the name is "Probe." From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Fri Jan 19, 2001 12:54 am Subject: Opening credits splice (image is here!) That Splice in the Opening Credits of my 16mm print of the SEARCH Pilot Hi folks, Don once again. Here's another scan from my 16mm of the pilot. (See image below.) I mentioned earlier that there was a splice at the end of the opening credits just before the "Directed by Russell Mayberry" credit can fade out. In this print, the SEARCH theme music simply ends abruptly in mid-note. There is no sweeping shot moving down the length of World Securities Building as the music fades out, as in our tape of the "Probe" pilot. Instead, it jumps directly to the World Securites Corp. sign and Dr. Laurent's intact line: "It's an emergency assignment, from the Board of Directors." The rest of the film is intact except for some splices here and there. For the curious, the original post on my 16mm of the pilot is here (if the link below is not clickable, highlight and copy it and paste into your browser): http://www.egroups.com/message/probe_control/170 Notice that this "World Securities Corp." sign and building are different from the one used in the series. Notice also that the World Securities Bldg. of the Pilot was used later in "Moment of Madness" for Timothy O'Toole's building. From: "Bryan Durk" Date: Sat Jan 20, 2001 4:37 am Subject: From the San Jose Mercury News, 1999 SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS NBC'S 'SEARCH' FEATURED A DIFFERENT HERO EACH WEEK Sunday, August 29, 1999 Section: TV Magazine Edition: Morning Final Page: 2 BY DAVID INMAN Louisville Courier Journal Memo: Celebrity Questions Q. I am from Argentina and remember watching an American TV series in the late 1970s called ''Search.'' It was an action program with a group of special agents fighting the bad guys, and I believe one of the stars was Ryan O'Neal. They used a gadget that was a TV camera that looked like a pendant. Any ideas? A. ''Search'' ran on NBC in 1972-73 and featured rotating heroes, actually three secret agents played by Hugh O'Brian, Tony Franciosa and Doug McClure, one of whom would be featured each week. They all worked for the Probe Division of World Securities, whatever that means, and they carried electronic gadgetry that allowed the folks at Probe, or Search, or whatever, to monitor their every move and even keep tabs on their vital signs. These duties were primarily handled by Burgess Meredith, who played Probe head Cameron; and Angel Tompkins, who played Gloria Harding. Ryan O'Neal was nowhere to be seen. Q: Who sings the theme songs on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and ''Grace Under Fire''? A: ''Love Is All Around'' from ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was written and sung by Sonny Curtis. ''Lady Madonna,'' written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, was sung for ''Grace Under Fire'' by Aretha Franklin. Q: Could you please tell me the movie in which Debbie Reynolds sang ''Yabba Dabba Honeymoon''? A: Actually, that would be ''Abba Dabba Honeymoon,'' unless, of course, Reynolds was singing about romance with Fred Flintstone. That's the 1950 film ''Two Weeks with Love,'' which also starred Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban and everyone's favorite actor named Carleton, Carleton Carpenter. Q: Did Kim Basinger appear in any TV shows before she began appearing in the movies? A: Yes. Basinger was actually a regular on two short-lived series: 1977's ''Dog and Cat,'' an ABC series about two mismatched cops (Basinger was one, Lou Antonio was the other). Then Basinger played the hooker with a heart of gold in the miniseries and TV series versions of ''From Here to Eternity.'' The miniseries aired on NBC in 1979 and the series came along for a couple of weeks in 1980. Basinger also had guest roles on episodes of ''Charlie's Angels'' and ''Vega$,'' among others, and the 1978 TV movie ''Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold.'' Then she got famous, bought a town in Georgia, married Alec Baldwin and won an Oscar for ''L.A. Confidential,'' not necessarily in that order. Illustration: Photo Caption: PHOTO: McClure [990829 TV 2] NBC'S 'SEARCH' FEATURED A DIFFERENT HERO EACH WEEK All content © 1999 SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS and may not be republished without permission. All archives are stored on a SAVE (tm) newspaper library system from MediaStream Inc., a Knight-Ridder Inc. company. From: dmanmetz@a... Date: Thu Jan 25, 2001 1:52 am Subject: Jump the shark Greetings Probe Control. Well, on message 401 I posted a posted Search/ Name of the Game relationship. On this message I spoke about the Jump the Shark site were there was no entry for Search. Well today they posted my thoughts on Search. Hopefully this will generate more talk about Search and may lead to more information about the show. The address is http://www.jumptheshark.com. If you go to this site, also check out the Name of the Game entry, which mentions Search in several entries. That's all have for now, hopefully some new information on the show come up to spark more discussion. Chris From: actingman@i... Date: Fri Jan 26, 2001 4:35 pm Subject: Egroups has merged into Yahoo They've made the changes, and Egroups is now a part of Yahoo. You will continue to get messages from the Probe list, and I guess you can still use the egroups address to post...but if you need to change your address or profile, you will have to go through a couple of steps to formally transfer your Egroups profile to Yahoo. I belong to several Egroups lists, and they all got transfered to a Yahoo profile in one step. If you go to www.egroups.com it will explain the change and give you a link to click on to set yourself up through Yahoo, so you can continue to access your account(s). It also won't hurt to update your address books with the yahoo address to send messages to the list. Also, if you are filtering egroups messages to seperate folders, you will have to change the settings, since the header info is different now that it is coming out of Yahoo. I will have to go home and update several filters myself. Write to the list if you have any questions, or to me privately, and one of us will help out. In the meantime, lets see if we can shake another Search episode out of the ether somewhere. John From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Sat Jan 27, 2001 2:02 am Subject: eGroups to Yahoo conversion Hi gang: Don here and this is basically a test message to see if I did the "eGroups to Yahoo" conversion properly. As you go through the conversion, it sort of "walks through it" with you. If you make a mistake or leave out a field, the next page will notify you to fill in the field. Hopefully all of our previous SEARCH Mailing List members will be able to rejoin the rest of us here! :-) As a reminder, the email address to send posts directly to this Mailing List is: probe_control@yahoogroups.com (You can send jpg photos, etc. as attachments using the above.) Of course, the other way to post is to click "post" on one of the main pages or click "reply" on a particular post to which you wish to reply. From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Sat Jan 27, 2001 10:08 pm Subject: 'In Harm's Way' with SEARCH notables Hi gang: Don again and I just got a call today from my brother Tom. He recommends that SEARCH fans should take a look at the movie "In Harm's Way," starring John Wayne. He rented it and reports that Hugh O'Brian appears in an uncredited role and is killed off during the first hour. He adds that Burgess Meredith has a major role throughout the film and appears in many scenes with John Wayne. Unfortunately, O'Brian and Meredith did not have any scenes together. In addition, Patrick O'Neal (Ralph Byron of "Moment") and Richard LaPore (Striker of "Midas" and Bob Campbell of "Mattson") make appearances. Musical composer Jerry Goldsmith has an uncredited appearance as a piano player. If you've never seen this film before or have not seen it in years, it deserves a look-see. The movie should be available for purchase or rental at most video outlets. Also, there should be plot synopses, articles and reviews on the various movie and entertainment websites. The Internet Movie Database page on the movie should be at this link: http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0059309 If the above link is not clickable, right click on it as you highlight it, left click then click "copy." Go to your browser window, right click and "paste" the address in. From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Sat Jan 27, 2001 10:19 pm Subject: SEARCH Necrology--Patrick O'Neal The Internet Movie Database reports that actor Patrick O'Neal, who played Ralph Byron in the SEARCH episode "Moment of Madness," died 9 September 1994 of respiratory failure. He was born 26 September 1927 in Ocala, Florida. Their page on Patrick O'Neal is at: http://us.imdb.com/Bio?O%27Neal,+Patrick+(I) From: Jim Alexander Date: Sun Jan 28, 2001 3:58 pm Subject: SEARCH dubs for Robin Spriggs Hiya, gang! I'm half testing the new 'Yahoo' address for the group, and half checking on some Search dubs. I need to know from Robin Spriggs if I have already done your dubs. I got your Money Order in the mail yesterday, and I wanna make sure I "earned" it. ;) I believe I did do the dubs, and got them in the mail to you, but I wanted to double-check. Let me know, huh? Thanks! Jim Alexander probecontrol@dynasty.net From: "Mark Speck" Date: Tue Jan 30, 2001 4:13 am Subject: Re: Jump the Shark Hey Guys! Don't be disappointed if you've visited the JTS site and not seen Chris's comments on Search. They get a hell of a lot of posts there (more so since they've gotten mentioned on Howard Stern's morning radio show) and are backed up big time. Keep checking the site, and eventually they'll get to posting Search. Best, Mark From: dghprobe3@a... Date: Tue Jan 30, 2001 4:18 am Subject: The re-use of SEARCH sets Hi folks, Don again. In viewing the SEARCH episodes, one notices such things as the reuse of interior (indoor) and exterior (outdoor) sets. Below is an example. The shot on the lower left is Grover (Doug McClure) making his way through Gen. Harbison's headquarters in "The Packagers." On the lower right is Arlene Morrison (Rhonda Fleming) in her apartment from "The Clayton Lewis Document." The set decoration and the lighting is different, but the same set is used. (If an image does not appear below, click on the link and it should show up.) From: dmanmetz@a... Date: Tue Jan 30, 2001 2:46 pm Subject: Re: [probe_control] The re-use of SEARCH sets Wow, I must have a sixth sense or somthing. I was just thinking the same thing last night when I was watch the "The Gold Machine" for the 6th time! (I can never get enough of Search). Anyway, in act I of "The Gold Machine" I thought that the setting looked familiar when Lockwood comes down the stairs of the airport to meet his Limo driver. These are the same airport stairs that Bianco comes hobbling down to meet Anjanette the "tag" (the very end) of "Let us Prey". Also, I don't know how many times they used the stock footage of the helicopter. This footage can be seen in "The Gold Machine", "The Adonis File", "A Honeymoon to Kill", and briefly in a Bianco episode. I think "The Clayton Lewis Document". Anyway, Search is a fun show to watch and I am looking forward to someday when we get a hold of the remaining six episodes. That's all I have.-----------End Run--------------------------- Chris