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Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem

From Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups comp.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem
Date 2015-11-19 12:14 -0500
Organization National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Message-ID <alpine.LNX.2.02.1511191213500.12732@darkstar.example.org> (permalink)
References <n2kdrt$qch$1@dont-email.me> <db5uqqFeeamU1@mid.individual.net>

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, RS Wood wrote:

> On 2015-11-19, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>> http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/12060_Charles_Alton_Forsberg
>
> Rest in peace, Mr. Forsberg.  I have many fond memories of zmodem - an
> early introduction into the magic of being able to find things located
> elsewhere and acquire them.  Talk about a new world opening up - get to
> a terminal, gopher/wais your way around, zmodem them down.  Life didn't
> get much better than that.  And in a way, it /didn't/.
>
DIdn't he used to post in .folklore?

I have some vague memory of maybe he did, but maybe what happened is he 
did searches, and responded to something specific about zmodem, rather 
than be a regular participant.  Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

   Michael

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Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-11-19 12:04 +0000
  Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-11-19 12:49 +0000
    Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-11-19 12:14 -0500
    Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-11-19 14:53 -0600
      Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-11-19 23:07 +0000
        Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-11-20 06:16 +0000
          Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-11-20 07:42 +0100
    Re: Chuck Forsberg has died - author of Zmodem Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2015-12-07 21:21 +0100

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