[HN Gopher] An initial analysis of the discovered Unix V4 tape
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An initial analysis of the discovered Unix V4 tape
Author : DSpinellis
Score : 74 points
Date : 2025-12-23 18:22 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| Ongoing posts about the tape discovery and work:
| https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115748594116050292
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| Previously:
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| _Unix v4 Tape Found_
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45840321
| NitpickLawyer wrote:
| > (The results also show that I need to examine the apparent
| timing mismatch between the First and Second Editions.)
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| Something something, naming things, cache invalidation, timestamp
| mismatches and off-by-1 errors :)
| userbinator wrote:
| It could just be as simple as being a later "final" copy of V1,
| made when it was "done".
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