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%



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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@...]
> 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.
>
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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 <imckinnon@f...> 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...

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

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@...

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

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.

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.

YIKES!  I guess those of us who have one, now have a "collectible"!

Thanks for spreading the word!

Jim
probecontrol@...
----------------------------------------

Linfoot@... 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.
>
>

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 <probecontrol@d...>
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.
> >
> >

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

Hi Dan, and welcome to the list!

Best,

Mark
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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
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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@...

Thanks!

Jim Alexander
probecontrol@...
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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

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

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 need to remain top secret.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this ?
Of course in reality I suppose Leslie Stevens just never came up with
a full title for his acronym but it`s nice to fill the gaps !

Paul

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@...

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...

Too
Much
Time
On
His
Hands

:)

Jim
probecontrol@...
-------------------------------
 

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.

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

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

My guess as a 6-th grade kid was that the B.E. was "By Electronics.  Sweet,
simple, and to the point

Ed Novit

--- Jim Alexander <probecontrol@d...> 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@...

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.

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@...

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

dmanmetz@...

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