[TUHS] Unix v4 tape FOSDEM talk

Angelo Papenhoff via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Wed Feb 4 23:18:26 AEST 2026


Thanks for the talk Diomidis!

only one thing was weird: the v4 kernel was not written in New B,
already the language of the last1120c compiler was called C.

>From (what i claim is) New B we only have a few binary commands in a
threaded code that deals with bytes, so very early-C-like semantics.
See http://squoze.net/NB/

cheers,
aap

On 03/02/26, Diomidis Spinellis via TUHS wrote:
> I gave a short talk at FOSDEM 2026 on integrating the v4 tape into the 
> GitHub Unix history repository.  It's now available online at 
> https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/DCDAUY-the_v4_tape_in_the_unix_history_repo.av1.webm
> 
> 
> Diomidis - https://www.spinellis.gr


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