[TUHS] unix v4 tape found

[Matt Day via TUHS]

Rob Ricci updated today on his Mastodon page:
> The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
> I'm told "there is data" but I honestly don't know what that means yet.
-- https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115747843169814700
The process is being filmed by a TV news crew and some footage is already
available.


On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM Rob Pike via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> https://phanpy.social/#/hachyderm.io/s/115504720323483804
>
> From mastodon:
>
> <https://discuss.systems/@ricci>
> Rob Ricci
> ricci at discuss.systems <https://discuss.systems/@ricci>
>
> While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX
> <https://discuss.systems/tags/UNIX> v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
>
> Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist:
> gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_E
> <https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition>
>
> We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
>