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12:17 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 1:06 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Yea. Al Kossow was saying on TUHS it was going to him, chances, are good it
can be read with a special setup that digitizes the analog tape signals for
enhanced recovery techniques. Biggest risk in my mind is overwritten in the
70s kniwing how rare tapes were some places.
Warner
paul
12:54 p.m.
Oh wow! That is amazing. Hopefully that tape is indeed recoverable.
Sad that Dennis Ritchie isn't with us to learn about this.
- Peter
On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
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13 Nov
2:19 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 at 21:01, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Sad that Dennis Ritchie isn't with us to learn
about this.
Well, true, but Ken Thompson still is, and just gave a lengthy
interview to the CHM.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks/
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12:54 p.m.
On Tue, 2025-11-11 at 14:56 -0500, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Which one of the Unix developers said "Version 7 was an improvement on
all of its successors?"
7:50 p.m.
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:54:17 -0800
From: Van Snyder
On Tue, 2025-11-11 at 14:56 -0500, Paul Koning via
cctalk wrote:
>
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983 and
> https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovere…
Which one of the Unix developers said "Version 7
was an improvement on all of
its successors?"
None of them
The original quote is from the late Mark Crispin, who noted on the Unix-Haters
ARPANET mailing list more than 30 years ago
TOPS-20: A great improvement on its successors.
Rich
12 Nov
12 Nov
12:56 p.m.
On Tue, 2025-11-11 at 12:54 -0800, Van Snyder wrote:
On Tue, 2025-11-11 at 14:56 -0500, Paul Koning via
cctalk wrote:
Which one of the Unix developers said "Version 7 was an improvement
on all of its successors?"
It was actually Andrew Tannenbaum in his textbook about operating
systems.
13 Nov
13 Nov
2:18 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 at 20:06, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983 and
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovere…
Amazing.
The 2nd link is my article on the rediscovery. Thanks for sharing it. :-)
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