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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:10:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Francis Strelok <fr@nc> wrote at 12:21 this Tuesday (GMT):
> 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.
>> 
>> 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/>
>> 
>
> Sorry to hear, RIP. 


Yeah, rest in peace..
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