Subj : Re: Anthropic + xAI Colossus ", Google Expert Advice ", design from th
To   : Mike Powell
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun May 10 2026 14:08:07

  Re: Re: Anthropic + xAI Colossus ", Google Expert Advice ", design from the
  By: Mike Powell to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 11 2026 12:55 am

 > PF>  MP> Also, IIRC, there was a software developer back then called the
 > PF>  MP> Forbin Project.  I wonder now if maybe that was the name of the
 > PF>  MP> development group that created the Colossus BBS software, or if I
 > PF>  MP> am remembering it
 > PF>  MP> from some other package?  :D
 >
 > PF>  The Forbin Project was the original shop that created Qmodem, I
 > PF>  thought?
 >
 > Could be?  I remember the name Chuck Fornsburg/berg but not what he might
 > have called the project.

Chuck Forsberg (Omen Technologies) created the YMODEM and ZMODEM file transfer protocols (both derived to different degress from Ward Christensen's XMODEM).
https://wiki.synchro.net/history:memorial

John Friel (The Forbin Project) was behind QMODEM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qmodem
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