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  • Re: Anthropic + xAI Colos

    From John Richards@VERT/BYUBLG to Mike Powell on Monday, May 11, 2026 02:03:54
    Mike Powell wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Also, IIRC, there was a software developer back then called the
    Forbin
    Project. I wonder now if maybe that was the name of the development group that created the Colossus BBS software, or if I am remembering
    it

    from some other package? :D

    The Forbin Project was the original shop that created Qmodem, I
    thought?

    John Friel was one of the originators of Colossus BBS as a beta tester and developer. Dan Plunkett wrote Clossus and pulled in Friel and 2 others to create a company they named The Forbin Project.
    While with them John Friel III released, in 84 I think, Qmodem as an alternative to PC-Talk. He sold Qmodem in 91 to Mustang Software who
    revamped it and released Qmodem Pro in 92.

    Could be? I remember the name Chuck Fornsburg/berg but not what he
    might have called the project.

    I think you're getting Cuck Forsberg, author of DSZ Zmodem, confused with
    this. He was never with The Forbin Project.


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  • From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to MIKE POWELL on Monday, May 11, 2026 10:07:00
    The Forbin Project was the original shop that created Qmodem, I
    thought?

    Nope, thst would be Mustang Software, the original makers of Wildcat!.

    Could be? I remember the name Chuck Fornsburg/berg but not what he might
    ha

    You're thinking of Chuck Forsberg, the inventor of thr ZModem Protocol
    in 1986.


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  • From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to DIGITAL MAN on Monday, May 11, 2026 10:09:00
    John Friel (The Forbin Project) was behind QMODEM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qmodem

    Before Mustang Software took it over, IIRC.

    Qmodem
    Original authorJohn Friel III[1]
    DeveloperMustang Software
    Initial release1984; 42 years ago
    Operating systemMS-DOS

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  • From Mike Powell@VERT/CAPTEST to John Richards on Monday, May 11, 2026 19:55:00
    The Forbin Project was the original shop that created Qmodem, I
    thought?

    John Friel was one of the originators of Colossus BBS as a beta tester and developer. Dan Plunkett wrote Clossus and pulled in Friel and 2 others to create a company they named The Forbin Project.
    While with them John Friel III released, in 84 I think, Qmodem as an alternative to PC-Talk. He sold Qmodem in 91 to Mustang Software who revamped it and released Qmodem Pro in 92.

    Could be? I remember the name Chuck Fornsburg/berg but not what he might have called the project.

    I think you're getting Cuck Forsberg, author of DSZ Zmodem, confused with this. He was never with The Forbin Project.

    LOL, I see now that Poindexter typed "Q" but I read "Z"! :D Yes, I very much had things confused!


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