That Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974: From a Closet to ...
Jan 11, 2026 · Remember that re-discovered computer tape with one of the earliest versions of Unix from the early 1970s? This week several local news outlets in Utah reported on the find, with KSL …
Vintage Unix Tape Closet Find Rewrites Computing History
A remarkable discovery has emerged from a University of Utah closet: a 1974 magnetic tape containing an early version of the Unix operating system. This find is more than just a nostalgic artefact; it's a …
Precious Computer Age relic turns up in U storage room
Dec 1, 2025 · A storage room at the University of Utah’s Merrill Engineering Building has yielded a priceless piece of computing history from more than half a century ago: a nine-track magnetic tape …
Rare computer relic confirmed to be major discovery
Jan 7, 2026 · Jon Duerig, one of the university engineering research associates, carefully packed up a copy of a significant early computer operating system tape and drove it to the museum in Mountain …
Unix V4: Only known copy may lurk on recently unearthed tape
Nov 7, 2025 · A tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years. The question is whether researchers will be able to take this piece …
Archivists Rediscover 1974 Bell Labs Unix Tape, Preserving OS ...
Archivists rediscovered and successfully dumped a 1974 Bell Labs Unix tape into a modern tarball, preserving early source code, compilers, and the first C-based kernel.
Rare computer software language found hidden in ... - KUTV
Jan 8, 2026 · What began as a forgotten tape in a storage room at the University of Utah has now become a restored piece of digital history.Experts at the Computer History Mu