Precious Computer Age relic turns up in U storage room
Dec 1, 2025 · Precious Computer Age relic turns up in U storage room The Disco-era spool of tape found in storage room may contain only known copy of Bell Labs' UNIX v4, a 1973 operating system …
Rare computer relic found at University of Utah confirmed to ...
4 days ago · A University of Utah research team's rare find in a storage closet is being called a huge, historically significant discovery after experts at the Computer History Museum verified its contents.
That Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974: From a Closet to ...
1 day ago · That Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974: From a Closet to Computing History (ksltv.com) 10 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday January 11, 2026 @10:34AM from the old-OS dept.
University of Utah finds tape with only known copy of UNIX V4 ...
4 days ago · 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 …
Unix V4: Only known copy may lurk on recently unearthed tape
Nov 7, 2025 · We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum The nine-track tape reel bears a handwritten label reading: UNIX Original From Bell Labs V4 (See Manual for format) Ricci …
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of ...
Computer History Museum software curator Al Kossow has successfully retrieved the contents of the over-half-a-century old tape found at the University of Utah last month.… UNIX V4, the first ...
Rare computer relic confirmed to be major discovery
4 days ago · Duerig said while there weren’t many comments or footnotes from the programmers of that time, they did discovery more unexpected content having to do with Bell Labs on the tape.