[TUHS] unix v4 tape found

[Angelo Papenhoff via TUHS]

It's booting too! added info to the readme.

=uboot
k
unix

login: root
# ls
bin
dev
etc
lib
mnt
tmp
unix
usr
#


aap

On 20/12/25, Angelo Papenhoff via TUHS wrote:
> I extracted it: http://squoze.net/UNIX/v4/
> 
> aap
> 
> On 19/12/25, Matt Day via TUHS wrote:
> > 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
> > >