2024-10-15
Damn... another tech pioneer gone on ahead. I remember reading Ward Christensen's plain text documentation for the XModem file-transfer utility back BEFORE THE INTERNET was invented. https://arstechnica.com/...
Ars Technica
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11
On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Threads: @blinkenjim . Mastodon: @CyberpunkLibrar...