Historic UNIX Version 4 Data Tape Discovered at University of Utah
By
rbanffy
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
Researchers at the University of Utah have discovered a 52-year-old data tape that may contain the only known complete copy of UNIX Version 4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973. The tape was found during a storage room cleanup and could potentially hold the first-ever version of UNIX written in C. No other complete copies are known to exist, making this a significant piece of computing history that researchers hope to recover and preserve.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWhile cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
A tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years
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