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		larsbrinkhoff 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 52 Year old data tape could contain Unix history They were able to get an even earlier set of UNIX sources running on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator. SEVEN.

bodyfour 5 months ago [–]

It's really easy to run for yourself: https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix/

Don't expect it to do much, but it's fascinating if you're interested in OS history.

anthk 5 months ago | [–]

Your parent commenter it's more than aware of Unix retroemulation and ITS...

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