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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
Date: 16 Oct 2024 00:50:47 -0000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>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.

Oh no!  First Irv Hoff and now Ward!
--scott

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