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Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the BBS and internet pioneer, has died
Christensen co-developed the world's very first computer bulletin board system, and also created the popular XMODEM file transfer protocol.
Ars Technica reports that Ward Christensen, the co-creator of the computer bulletin board system—a sort of precursor to the internet as we know it today—has died at age 78. Christensen and co-creator Randy Suess came up with the idea as a way to stay in touch with other members of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists' Exchange during a blizzard that blew through the Great Lakes region in 1978. Again, pretty primitive stuff compared to today, but there are fewer gaming experiences more intense and enraging than getting a constant busy signal when you've only got 10 minutes left to submit your Global War moves.
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