Hidden In A University Closet Was An Important Relic Experts Thought Was Lost Forever

Researchers found the only known surviving copy of Unix Version 4 on magnetic tape, a key milestone in the evolution of ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

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 from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for most devices used today, including iPhones. Storage room 3495 at his ...

How a university research associate happened upon the only known copy of this ‘revolutionary’ software

The Salt Lake Tribune reports a University of Utah associate discovered a rare 1973 UNIX V4 software tape, believed to be the ...