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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: 0.231s | source
1. ergonaught ◴[14 Oct 24 03:07 UTC] No.41833869[source]▶
Bummer. Not sure it's possible to overstate the impact BBSs had on me and my life between 1983-1997 (and all the things downstream of that). Certainly used a whole lot o' Xmodem initially.