We lost another one, Ward passed away at the age of 78.

Sorry if this was already covered here. I just saw it.

"On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen,
along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading
to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged
much of our online world today."

Aw, man. I hate to hear that. Such a pioneer. RIP, Mr. Christensen.
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j0hnny a1pha wrote to All <=-

"On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin
board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago
in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today."

I'm glad Jason Scott interviewed him for the BBS documentary - we have
some footage of him that'll live on.

RIP.



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Re: RIP, Ward Christensen
By: j0hnny a1pha to All on Mon Oct 14 2024 01:14 pm

"On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today."

I saw this the other day, and it's sad to hear. I saw his interview in BBS: The Documentary, where he was talking about making his BBS software with Randy Suess, where they were snowed in and couldn't go to work, and they started working on CBBS. That seems to me like it would be a perfect snowed-in project to work on at home.

Nightfox
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On 14 Oct 2024 at 01:14p, j0hnny a1pha pondered and said...

We lost another one, Ward passed away at the age of 78.

Sorry if this was already covered here. I just saw it.

RIP Ward... :(

I saw this earlier on social media but good to see it being shared in echomail which I think is more poignant.

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We lost another one, Ward passed away at the age of 78.

Sorry if this was already covered here. I just saw it.

RIP Ward... :(
I saw this earlier on social media but good to see it being shared in echomail which I think is more poignant.

F
RIP Ward... </3

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

... Redundant book title: DOS For Dummies

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