From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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