I'm afraid time abides no one! It seems that the greats were of an earlier time, no pun intended, but they were pioneers who made technology work for them.Happy computing. Murray 🙂
On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 1945 - 2024 > > Found dead 10/11/24 in a "wellness check". > > Little or no other information yet. > > Ward Christensen created the first "BBS". > Then, when he needed to transfer files, he created XMODEM. The XMODEM > protocols became the de facto standard for transferring files. > Later, there was some competition from Kermit, but, other than being "FROM > A > UNIVERSITY!", it wasn't nearly as good. > > > Not only are all of the greats dying off, but soon there won't be anybody > around who even knew about them. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com >
