I was able to backup/restore an old COBOL system via cpio between modern GNU cpio (man page last updated June 2018), and SCO's cpio (c. 1989). This is neither

I was able to backup/restore an old COBOL system via cpio between modern GNU cpio (man page last updated June 2018), and SCO's cpio (c. 1989). This is neither to affirm nor contradict Kurzweil, but rather to praise the GNU userland for its solid legacy support.