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While 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: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Yeah if climate controlled they last a surprisingly long time. I’ve had 20-30 year old disks read ok. Honestly at this point I cant find a drive anywhere.
Yeah if climate controlled they last a surprisingly long time. I’ve had 20-30 year old disks read ok. Honestly at this point I cant find a drive anywhere.
Yeah, I’m lucky nobody threw them out it the mean time.
It’s not a very desirable or trendy way of keeping data.