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   candycanearter07 to Francis Strelok   
   Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Die   
   15 Oct 24 21:10:03   
   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Francis Strelok  wrote at 12:21 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  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.   
   >>   
   >>    
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   >   
   > Sorry to hear, RIP.   
      
      
   Yeah, rest in peace..   
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