[HN Gopher] Unix v4 Tape Found
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       Unix v4 Tape Found
        
       https://oldbytes.space/@bitsavers/115505135441862982
       https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_t...
        
       Author : greatquux
       Score  : 74 points
       Date   : 2025-11-06 20:57 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (discuss.systems)
 (TXT) w3m dump (discuss.systems)
        
       | sema4hacker wrote:
       | From 1973. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unix_systems
        
       | lproven wrote:
       | Other posts on this subject, none with discussion:
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846438
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45844876
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842643
        
         | dang wrote:
         | I've added https://oldbytes.space/@bitsavers/115505135441862982
         | and
         | https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_t...
         | to the toptext as well. Thanks!
        
         | ndiddy wrote:
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45857695 has discussion
        
       | lproven wrote:
       | Anyway, since nobody much seems to realise this is quite a big
       | deal, I will share the explainer I wrote yesterday:
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       | https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_t...
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       | Unix V4 is otherwise lost. It was the first version in C.
        
         | mongol wrote:
         | Interesting article. I agree it is kind of a big deal.
         | Certainly worth the effort to try to restore
        
       | kazinator wrote:
       | [delayed]
        
       | accrual wrote:
       | > It is a '70s 1200ft 3M tape, likely 9 track, which has a pretty
       | good chance of being recoverable.
       | 
       | Not old enough to have this kind of knowledge or confidence. I
       | wonder if instead one day I'll be helping some future generation
       | read old floppies, CDs, and IDE/ATA disks *slaps top of AT
       | tower*.
        
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