OK, that does look like the official Mini-UNIX release from Bell Labs in 1979. I'd have to look at the files in the .tap file to verify this. Note the name Mini-UNIX was also used by Andrew Tanenbaum for the system he developed at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam much later in 1987 independent of the Mini-UNIX that I developed at Bell Labs in the mid 1970's. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX Heinz On 2/22/2020 8:46 AM, Clem Cole wrote: > .tap files are simh format files  and > 'look like a mag-tape' to the simulated tape hardware. > There are tools that will convert to/from Bob's Simulator format as > needed. > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 6:08 AM Ed Bradford > wrote: > > How do I open a .tap file in the .zip file for mini-unix? > Also, do you have a date for this snapshot. A date would be > very useful for "product comparisons" at that date. > > Ed > > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 4:43 AM Al Kossow > wrote: > > On 2/21/20 10:34 AM, Heinz Lycklama wrote: > > > I believe that the source code for this system (Mini-UNIX) was > > provided to some universities by the UNIX Support group at > > Bell Labs. WE did not license this. > > tape image at > http://bitsavers.org/bits/ATT/mini-unix_120679.zip > > > > > -- > Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. >   Cicero >