[TUHS] unix v4 tape found

Liam Proven via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Mon Jan 5 20:17:22 AEST 2026


On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 at 01:23, steve jenkin via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
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> Liam Proven has written a nice piece in ’The Register’, includes history, why finding this piece is important & more.
>
> Links to videos and many CHM and other sources, including Oral Histories.
>
> LP wonders “Is this a Christmas Miracle?”
> It’s certainly the original CSRC spirit of “Cooperation and Collegiality” alive & well.
>
> Link & extract at end.

Oh, hey, that's me!

Thank you Steve, and for the heads-up as well. I have a fairly
significant backlog on some of my mailing lists and this is one of
them. :-(

Both the original article and the follow-up on the recovery seem to
have gone down very well judging by the number of comments -- one of
the few metrics that I can see as a mere reporter.

(Dates embedded in the URLs.)

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/unix_v4_tape_successfully_recovered/

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