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  • BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 14 23:35:10 2024
    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/>

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  • From Joerg Walther@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Tue Oct 15 15:12:19 2024
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    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/>

    Here you can watch him in an interview for the 2005 BBS Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8QshBWE&index=1

    -jw-
    --
    And now for something completely different...

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  • From Francis Strelok@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Tue Oct 15 12:21:53 2024
    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.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Francis Strelok on Tue Oct 15 21:10:03 2024
    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..
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to ldo@nz.invalid on Wed Oct 16 00:50:47 2024
    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

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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