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Ward Christensen (of BBS and XMODEM fame) has died

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322 points DamonHD | 1 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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axpvms ◴[13 Oct 24 18:57 UTC] No.41830565[source]▶
I remember riding my bicycle over to the local sysop's place to pay $5 cash for my BBS account as a young teen. Looking back this was probably ill advised and risky. Turned out the sysop was only a couple of years older than me.
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1. kragen ◴[13 Oct 24 22:19 UTC] No.41832189[source]▶
It wasn't; you only had $5 and the bicycle to steal.