Name: Ward Christensen

Born: Unknown in West Bend, Wisconsin, USA

  • Co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first BBS (bulletin board system) ever brought online (1978).
  • Inventor of Xmodem.
  • Wrote a cassette-based operating system before floppies and hard drives were common.

Honors and awards

  • Dvorak Award for Excellence in Telecommunications (1992).
  • Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (1993).

Websites

  • Ward Christensen on Twitter