18 Oct
2019
18 Oct
'19
12:36 p.m.
I don't have a PDP-7 to try it out on, but here it is:
https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-earliest-unix-code-an-anniversary-sour…
and
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2019/09/102785108…
Enjoy!
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Thomas Dzubin
Saskatoon, Calgary, or Vancouver CANADA
18 Oct
18 Oct
2:25 p.m.
Neat. I remember seeing a PDP-7 at DECUS as part of a display honoring the early history
of Unix. It wasn't running, unfortunately, but it looked like a complete machine.
That was in The Hague, in the 1980s.
Does this run on SIMH? That has PDP-7 emulation.
paul
On Oct 18, 2019, at 3:36 PM, Thomas Dzubin via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I don't have a PDP-7 to try it out on, but here it is:
https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-earliest-unix-code-an-anniversary-sour…
and
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2019/09/102785108…
Enjoy!
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Thomas Dzubin
Saskatoon, Calgary, or Vancouver CANADA
2:29 p.m.
El vie., 18 oct. 2019 a las 23:26, Paul Koning via cctalk (<
cctalk at classiccmp.org>) escribi?:
Neat. I remember seeing a PDP-7 at DECUS as part of a
display honoring
the early history of Unix. It wasn't running, unfortunately, but it looked
like a complete machine. That was in The Hague, in the 1980s.
Does this run on SIMH? That has PDP-7 emulation.
Yeah. For years, in fact. It even runs a reconstructed version of UNIX v1.
Regards
Sergio
4:16 p.m.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:29 PM SPC via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
El vie., 18 oct. 2019 a las 23:26, Paul Koning via
cctalk (<
cctalk at classiccmp.org>) escribi?:
The pdp7 code was reconstructed from 1/2 of the sources. Volume 2 was just
found and work is underway to transcribe and debug it.
Warner
Regards
Neat. I remember seeing a PDP-7 at DECUS as part
of a display honoring
the early history of Unix. It wasn't running, unfortunately, but it
looked
like a complete machine. That was in The Hague,
in the 1980s.
Does this run on SIMH? That has PDP-7 emulation.
Yeah. For years, in fact. It even runs a reconstructed version of UNIX v1.
Sergio
2:41 p.m.
On 10/18/2019 1:36 PM, Thomas Dzubin via cctalk wrote:
I don't have a PDP-7 to try it out on, but here it
is:
https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-earliest-unix-code-an-anniversary-sour…
and
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2019/09/102785108…
Enjoy!
----------------------
Thomas Dzubin
Saskatoon, Calgary, or Vancouver? CANADA
What!? No paper tape!
I wonder if we are better off today than back then, since any kind of
archving seems go into the *cloud* and vanish from the face of the
earth,where as back then you made notes and paper printouts of your code
that got archived in a back room.
Ben.
6:03 p.m.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:41:51PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
where as back then you made notes and paper printouts
of your code
that got archived in a back room.
Until the University decided to throw it all out to use the space
for their new Department of Basket Weaving.
fwiw, at one time I had a large set of G-15 paper tapes (including
the diagnostics). Got left behind in a move because I was tired.
mcl
6:08 p.m.
On Oct 18, 2019, at 9:03 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:41:51PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
Reported that sort of thing is just what happened with the hand-written complete source
code of the world's first ALGOL compiler -- the notebook was tossed during an office
move or the like because no one present realized what it was.
paul
where as back then you made notes and paper
printouts of your code
that got archived in a back room.
Until the University decided to throw it all out to use the space
for their new Department of Basket Weaving. 
19 Oct
19 Oct
4:14 a.m.
On 2019-10-19 2:08 a.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
This is why I love hearing, so often, on these lists, "I have that
stored in the basement somewhere".
--Toby
On Oct 18, 2019, at 9:03 PM, Mark Linimon via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:41:51PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
Reported that sort of thing is just what happened with the hand-written complete source
code of the world's first ALGOL compiler -- the notebook was tossed during an office
move or the like because no one present realized what it was.
paul
where as back then you made notes and paper
printouts of your code
that got archived in a back room.
Until the University decided to throw it all out to use the space
for their new Department of Basket Weaving. 
9:05 a.m.
On 10/19/19 8:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 10/19/19 4:14 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
Too bad that nobody thought to archive it on tape--I've recovered data
This is why I love hearing, so often, on these
lists, "I have that
stored in the basement somewhere".
The rest of the story:
- basement floods
- paper turns into a mushroom farm
-- THE END from mold-encrusted tapes quite successfully.
Crickets and mice are murder on paper as well, not to mention that
ordinary paper tends to self-destruct over time because of the acid content.
--Chuck
9:32 a.m.
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 10:05 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org wrote:
On 10/19/19 8:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Speaking of tapes...
CHM has Dennis Richie's stuff. There was a CB UNIX tape that was sent to
him years ago... I wonder if that made it into the CHM collection...
Warner
On 10/19/19 4:14 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
Too bad that nobody thought to archive it on tape--I've recovered data
from mold-encrusted tapes quite successfully.
This is why I love hearing, so often, on these
lists, "I have that
stored in the basement somewhere".
The rest of the story:
- basement floods
- paper turns into a mushroom farm
-- THE END 
10:45 a.m.
On 10/19/19 9:32 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
CHM has Dennis Richie's stuff. There was a CB UNIX
tape that was sent to
him years ago... I wonder if that made it into the CHM collection...
Warner
I don't think any media came back when Dave Brock visited the family and went
through Dennis' things.
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