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From: bass@dmsd.UUCP (John Bass)
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Subject: Re: tar for V6 system
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 17:08:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 14 17:08:02 1984
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The original PDP11 V7 release tapes had a V6 tar included as
a file conversion aid ... note that it was the only reasonable
way to move files up from v6 to v7 ... the filesystems were
incompatable and tp died a rightful death.

As a side question how many V6 and V5 systems are still out there?

John Bass