Old tape files needing review

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 2:56 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 2:26 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> Folks,
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>> I've got a fair amount of what would be classified as public domain tape
>> data from old customer jobs wandering around.  I don't have the time to
>> peruse it in detail and was wondering if someone would like to take a
>> stab at a sample and perhaps volunteer for the rest.
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>> Much of this is from university archivists whose job it was to archive
>> all of the unlabeled or private tapes that they found.   I doubt that
>> said folks know what to make of the data.
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>> At any rate, here's a sample from a Unix (probably V7) tar-ed up:
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>> https://app.box.com/s/htvxd534gvbccoajugfp01ndmfeevxt4
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>> The original appears to be cpio-ed.
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> Looks to be more like a USENIX tape based on the directory names...
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Maybe the 1980 USENIX tape, based on the listings and what's in the TUHS
archives...

Are your archives online, or is it a bunch of tapes still?
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Warner