From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 611b7328 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 21A8494C00; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:39:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C13994BEA; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:38:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 71D2D94BEA; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:38:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08FEE94BE9 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:38:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id BCCDD35E104; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:38:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:38:45 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Mike Haertel Message-ID: <20190311173845.GU31834@mcvoy.com> References: <201903100731.x2A7VZJF033832@ducky.net> <7wpnqzj7tr.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <201903102253.x2AMrks8039290@ducky.net> <201903111728.x2BHSNqG045196@ducky.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201903111728.x2BHSNqG045196@ducky.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] a possible source for 4.1BSD tapes X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Other than for history's sake, I don't see the value of 4.1, it wasn't a great release (even though Masscomp did their changes to 4.1c if I remember correctly. Clem?). 4.2 was the first release that I remember being pretty solid and 4.3 improved on that. On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 10:28:23AM -0700, Mike Haertel wrote: > I contacted Kirk. He was surprised to learn that the copy of 4.1 in > his CSRG archive is not, in fact, 4.1. > > Also he says that the contents of the existing CSRG archive disks > are all he has; apparently the dumps of old distribution tapes to > disk were hastily done on the way out the door as CSRG was being > shut down. > > He suggested I inquire with TUHS for a copy, so evidently he does not > read this list. His other suggestion was to reconstruct from SCCS files. > > I think at this point the preservation community has essentially all > the bits from tape 1 of the 7/10/81 release (in somewhat scattered > form needing to be reassembled into a usable distribution tape image). > > The contents of tape 2 seem to be altogether lost (unless someone is > able to recover it from surviving media). -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm