Novi Sad@feddit.org to unix like operating system lovers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-23 days agoTape containing UNIX v4 from Bell Labs (c. 1973) found in a storage room at the University of Utah – potentially the only complete copydiscuss.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down11
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkTape containing UNIX v4 from Bell Labs (c. 1973) found in a storage room at the University of Utah – potentially the only complete copydiscuss.systemsNovi Sad@feddit.org to unix like operating system lovers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoNo they do not. Where did you get that piece of crap info from?
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoMost likely they’re thinking of VHS and audio tapes.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoWhere do people store these things? In a swamp?
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoFrom my box of floppy disks that where sitting in shelf since ~2000.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoGood for you, I can find 40 year old disks that read fine.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWere they sitting next to a bookshelf speaker? Almost all my mid eighties floppies still work…
No they do not. Where did you get that piece of crap info from?
Most likely they’re thinking of VHS and audio tapes.
Where do people store these things? In a swamp?
From my box of floppy disks that where sitting in shelf since ~2000.
Good for you, I can find 40 year old disks that read fine.
Were they sitting next to a bookshelf speaker?
Almost all my mid eighties floppies still work…