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UNIX V4 is back: I booted into the 1973 OS and it made me weirdly happy

Classic Unix tools (ls, cat, ed, cal, dc) and games show modern OS lineage ...

Hidden in storage, a University of Utah research associate happened upon the only known copy of this ‘revolutionary’ software

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...
Hackaday

Will The Real UNIX Please Stand Up?

Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at a PDP-11. Peter Hamer [CC BY-SA 2.0] Last week the computing world celebrated an important anniversary: the UNIX operating system turned 50 years old. What was ...
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UNIX vs Linux: What's the Difference?

In the intricate landscape of operating systems, two prominent players have shaped the digital realm for decades: UNIX and Linux. While these two systems might seem similar at first glance, a deeper ...
Hackaday

Only Known Copy Of UNIX V4 Recovered From Tape

UNIX version 4 is quite special on account of being the first UNIX to be written in C instead of PDP-11 ASM, but it was also ...