<div dir="ltr"><div>Sigh. Yep, his death made the NYT. No mention of Christensen Protocol tho -- I and many programmers of my vintage had to write XMODEM transmitters and receivers by hand back in the day.</div><div><br></div><div>-- CHS<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 10:58 AM James Taylor via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I don't know if anyone here saw it, but Ward Christensen is with us no more.<br>
Ward, with Randy Suess, created the first dial-up bulleting board system (CBBS).<br>
It was one of my first exposures to the world of online computer collaboration.<br>
Ars Technica link.<br>
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