Sujet : Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
De : kludge (at) *nospam* panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Groupes : comp.miscDate : 16. Oct 2024, 01:50:47
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Organisation : Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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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
-- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died