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Tape containing UNIX v4 from Bell Labs (c. 1973) found in a storage room at the University of Utah – potentially the only complete copy (discuss.systems)
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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No they do not. Where did you get that piece of crap info from?

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Most likely they're thinking of VHS and audio tapes.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Where do people store these things? In a swamp?

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

From my box of floppy disks that where sitting in shelf since ~2000.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Good for you, I can find 40 year old disks that read fine.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Were they sitting next to a bookshelf speaker?

Almost all my mid eighties floppies still work...