3 May
2002
3 May
'02
9:51 a.m.
I've just obtained a box of tapes, some of which might be of interest here.
- UNIX/32V V1.0 (w/ typed Bell Labs label): one 2400' 800bpi tape
- Ultrix-32M V1.1 distribution: one 2400' dump tape
- Ultrix-32 & 32M V1.1 Sources: two 2400' 1600bpi tar tapes (2 copies each)
- BSD4.1 distribution: one 2400' 1600bpi tape
- UNIX V5 (handwritten label dated Feb 7 1977): one 2400' tape
- one 400' tape with missing identification label but a typed Bell
Labs notice
- backup of 2 RKs: V6 UNIX master and V6 UNIX additional source:
one 400' 800bpi tape
- C Release 29/9/80 (handwritten): one 2400' tape
- several backup tapes from a V7 system
- several other tapes that appear to be other UNIX system backups
I don't have a 9-track drive, so I can't say that these will be readable (or
even that they haven't been bulk-erased), but I do believe that they have at
least been stored well so far. If any of these look like they could contain
things currently missing from the archives, then I do of course want to make
them available to someone who can try to read them.
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Kevin Schoedel
schoedel(a)kw.igs.net
3 May
3 May
10:18 a.m.
On Thursday, 2 May 2002 at 23:51:40 -0400, Kevin Schoedel wrote:
I've just obtained a box of tapes, some of which
might be of interest here.
- UNIX/32V V1.0 (w/ typed Bell Labs label): one 2400' 800bpi tape
- Ultrix-32M V1.1 distribution: one 2400' dump tape
- Ultrix-32 & 32M V1.1 Sources: two 2400' 1600bpi tar tapes (2 copies each)
- BSD4.1 distribution: one 2400' 1600bpi tape
- UNIX V5 (handwritten label dated Feb 7 1977): one 2400' tape
Yes! Do you know if it's source or object?
- one 400' tape with missing identification label
but a typed Bell
Labs notice
- backup of 2 RKs: V6 UNIX master and V6 UNIX additional source:
one 400' 800bpi tape
- C Release 29/9/80 (handwritten): one 2400' tape
- several backup tapes from a V7 system
- several other tapes that appear to be other UNIX system backups
I don't have a 9-track drive, so I can't say that these will be readable (or
even that they haven't been bulk-erased), but I do believe that they have at
least been stored well so far. If any of these look like they could contain
things currently missing from the archives, then I do of course want to make
them available to someone who can try to read them.
This is excellent news. So far, nobody has been able to find sources
for the fourth or fifth editions, so that one tape would be excellent
if it's readable. I'm sure that people close to you (US east coast)
will make themselves known.
Greg
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11:07 a.m.
- UNIX V5
(handwritten label dated Feb 7 1977): one 2400' tape
Yes! Do you know if it's source or object?
12:04 p.m.
On Friday, 3 May 2002 at 1:07:05 -0400, Kevin Schoedel wrote:
No idea. I assume it's a system backup tape, rather than a distribution tape,
since it has six dates written on the label, the last marked 'archived. One
can hope that the system had sources online; it is a 2400' tape, and a slight
difference in appearance between the inside and outside suggests it might be
about 2/3 full. (These tapes, by the way, came from the University of
Waterloo.)
Ah, well, let's hope.
- UNIX V5 (handwritten label dated Feb 7 1977): one
2400' tape
Yes! Do you know if it's source or object? There's also that unidentified short tape with a
Bell Labs notice -- is the
wording enough to identify the version (assuming it is a UNIX tape)? This one
reads "THIS INFORMATION IS PROPRIETARY AND IS THE PROPERTY OF BELL TELEPHONE
LABORATORIES, INC. ITS REPRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE TO OTHERS, EITHER ORALLY OR
IN WRITING, IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF BELL LABORATORIES."
I think that's pretty generic.
Greg
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1:51 p.m.
In article by Greg 'groggy' Lehey:
> I've just obtained a box of tapes, some of
which might be of interest here.
I've passed Kevin's e-mail on to Tim Shoppa, but are there any other
volunteers who could read these tapes for us?
This is excellent news. So far, nobody has been able
to find sources
for the fourth or fifth editions, so that one tape would be excellent
if it's readable. I'm sure that people close to you (US east coast)
will make themselves known.
Close, we have 5th Edition source but no man pages :)
Warren
6 May
6 May
10:38 p.m.
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Kevin Schoedel wrote:
I've just obtained a box of tapes, some of which
might be of interest here.
I could handle 800, 1600 and 6250 bpi. But I'm in Sweden.
Johnny
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