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646: Unix v4

646: Unix v4

Update: 2026-01-151
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The Unix v4 recovery, webzfs, openbgpd 9.0, MidnightBSD 4.0, and more...



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This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon



Headlines



University of Utah team discovers rare computer relic

The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!

UNIX V4 Tape from University of Utah

UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again

An initial analysis of the discovered Unix V4 tape






WebZFS






News Roundup



OpenBGPD 9.0 released






MidnightBSD 4.0






Let's run FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W






Figuring out how I want to set up the TVPC

TVPC update






C&C Red Alert2 in your browser






Tarsnap



This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.



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