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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:35:10 -0000 (UTC)
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Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the first computer-based Bulletin
Board System, and creator of XMODEM, the first file-transfer protocol
designed to work over noisy phone lines (both in the late 1970s), has
passed away at the age of 78.

He never made a big deal out of his pioneering achievements, and always
kept a modest profile in his personal life.

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/>