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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: 0.238s | source
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freefolks ◴[13 Oct 24 22:03 UTC] No.41832086[source]▶
in the 90's, Xmodem seemed to be a inferior protocol compared to Z-Modem and HS-Link.
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1. kragen ◴[13 Oct 24 22:20 UTC] No.41832198[source]▶
Sure, but that's because they were designed later with the benefit of hindsight on XMODEM, and didn't have to run on such tiny machines.