Chuck Forsberg, creator of YMODEM and ZMODEM, died in September of
this year
reddit / bbs

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iheartbaconsalt · 2015-11-03 01:46

Awwww.  My first experience really downloading things was with KERMIT!
Then, when XMODEM came around I was soooo excited!   Y and Z allowed
batch downloads, and that was totally even MORE awesome!

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alteresc · 2015-11-03 02:13

RIP (pun not intended).

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Three_Eighty-Six · 2015-11-03 03:21

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!! :(

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NuSkooler · 2015-11-03 05:09

Sad news :(

Man, when I got a hold of ZModem it was like everything changed

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PublicEnemaNumberTwo · 2015-11-03 18:55

Our already dwindling community has really been hit hard these past
few months :( RIP Chuck.

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hoytler · 2015-11-05 06:06

As an ex-sysop myself, this is sad, sad, news. RIP Chuck.

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[deleted] · 2015-11-07 23:38

Lit a candle for him.  I never knew the guy personally, but I've seen
countless people use Z-MODEM when transferring files, and the protocol
at the time was way superior to anything else available.  RIP.

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drunkenpinecone · 2016-03-02 07:16

ZMODEM was a GAME CHANGER.

RIP.