BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Anthropic + xAI Colos
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Mon, 11 May 2026 19:55:00 +0000
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JR>  PF>  The Forbin Project was the original shop that created Qmodem, I
JR>  PF>  thought?
JR> 
JR> John Friel was one of the originators of Colossus BBS as a beta tester and
JR> developer. Dan Plunkett wrote Clossus and pulled in Friel and 2 others to
JR> create a company they named The Forbin Project.
JR> While with them John Friel III released, in 84 I think, Qmodem as an
JR> alternative to PC-Talk. He sold Qmodem in 91 to Mustang Software who
JR> revamped it and released Qmodem Pro in 92.
JR> 
JR>  MP> Could be?  I remember the name Chuck Fornsburg/berg but not what he
JR>  MP> might have called the project.
JR> 
JR> I think you're getting Cuck Forsberg, author of DSZ Zmodem, confused with
JR> 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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