It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...
One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.
Classic Unix tools (ls, cat, ed, cal, dc) and games show modern OS lineage ...
Computer archaeology lovers among the audience are in for a rare treat in these challenging times. Remember that Unix v4 tape ...
Akira Urushibata recently wrote to libreplanet-discuss, which hadn't been active for 2 months ( he was the last person to write to it back in November ). His latest message is a bit like an article ...
A University of Utah research team’s rare find in a storage closet is being called a huge, historically significant discovery ...
A University of Utah research team's rare find in a storage closet is being called a huge, historically significant discovery ...
Barry S. Honig  The bulk materials industry is undergoing a significant technological transformation. Organizations across ...
The Groundbreaker does not offer neat conclusions or heroic arcs, its strength lies in its honesty about uncertainty, timing ...
Archivist Al Kossow of Bitsavers, who led the technical recovery, described the process as "easy" as such efforts go. The tape, he explained, had "a pretty ...
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 ...