BSD 4.3 source

[Ole Juul]

This might be of interest to someone here. 10" Scotch 777 9 track tape, 6250 CPI, tar format. From the FreeBSD forum:

From my college days I have a reel tape with the 4.3 BSD Tahoe sources, circa 1989. 74 MB of old-school entertainment. Great for the VAX 750 you have heating your basement. Yours for the cost of shipping, send me a PM.

You can fine the post here if you want to respond.

 

[Tor]

Interesting. It appears that the only copy of 4.3 BSD Tahoe sources out there is broken (the tape copy cut short a couple of tar files). So this is a tape I would like to take a look at. I have a functioning tape drive. But I'm on the wrong continent.

-Tor

 

[Marty]

Hi All;
I have a friend who could read the Tape, and put the files out there for everyone, Or Maybe Al could get the Tape and Do the Same..
THANK YOU Marty

 

[Al Kossow]

Interesting. It appears that the only copy of 4.3 BSD Tahoe sources out there is broken (the tape copy cut short a couple of tar files).
-Tor

The ones on the BSD source CD?

Curiously, someone just handed me a 4.3 Reno tape on Friday.

 

[Tor]

The ones on the BSD source CD?

I was looking at minnie:

http://minnie.tuhs.org/Archive/4BSD/Distributions/4.3BSD-Tahoe/

There's a file there called 'BROKEN' which reads:

"usr.tar and src.tar are both cut short"

Other sources on the net seems to be the same copy.

-Tor

 

[Ole Juul]

Interesting. It appears that the only copy of 4.3 BSD Tahoe sources out there is broken (the tape copy cut short a couple of tar files). So this is a tape I would like to take a look at. I have a functioning tape drive. But I'm on the wrong continent.

-Tor

Perhaps you know the guy, but I don't. So I'm assuming he's in Europe somewhere. Did you find out yet?

 

[RSX11M+]

Why am I such a sucker for these stories of lost data resurrected?

I've little interest in VAX, only some historical interest in UNIX - with a passing fancy for BSD, and yet... I find it exceedingly difficult to resist making this contact to rescue this tape? :confused1:


Will someone please tell me the technical name is for this pathological condition?? :wallbang:


My head is sore from banging it on this wall my entire life. (Champollion, decypherer of the Rosetta Stone - is my hero)

 

[Marty]

Hi All;
RSX11M, I don'r know what it is called.. But, If You get the Tape and have the means to Read it.. Then I commend You!!
THANK YOU Marty

 

[RSX11M+]

You're a big help!