From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   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.   
      
   Oh no!  First Irv Hoff and now Ward!   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)