[TUHS] Some tapes

[grog@lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey)]

On Friday,  3 May 2002 at  1:07:05 -0400, Kevin Schoedel wrote:
>>> - UNIX V5 (handwritten label dated Feb 7 1977): one 2400' tape
>>
>> Yes!  Do you know if it's source or object?
>
> No idea. I assume it's a system backup tape, rather than a distribution tape,
> since it has six dates written on the label, the last marked 'archived. One
> can hope that the system had sources online; it is a 2400' tape, and a slight
> difference in appearance between the inside and outside suggests it might be
> about 2/3 full. (These tapes, by the way, came from the University of
> Waterloo.)

Ah, well, let's hope.

> There's also that unidentified short tape with a Bell Labs notice -- is the
> wording enough to identify the version (assuming it is a UNIX tape)? This one
> reads "THIS INFORMATION IS PROPRIETARY AND IS THE PROPERTY OF BELL TELEPHONE
> LABORATORIES, INC. ITS REPRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE TO OTHERS, EITHER ORALLY OR
> IN WRITING, IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF BELL LABORATORIES."

I think that's pretty generic.

Greg
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