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history:memorial [2019/09/16 01:40] – Added Wynn Wagner (original author of Opus-CBCS) digital manhistory:memorial [2024/10/22 10:32] (current) – Added Janis Kracht. nelgin
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 [[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?pid=193404947|1954 - 2019]] [[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?pid=193404947|1954 - 2019]]
  
-Developer of [[https://www.gapbbs.com|GAP BBS Software]].+Developer of [[https://www.gapbbs.com|GAP BBS Software]] and the [[ref:DOOR.SYS]] file format. 
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 +===== Marion "Jack" Rickard ===== 
 +[[https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/mo/cape-girardeau/marion-jack-rickard-11373892|July 24, 1955 - August 31, 2020]] 
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 +Publisher of [[wp>Boardwatch Magazine]] and co-creator of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZndB0vwavkM|ONE BBSCON]]. 
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 +===== Randy Suess ===== 
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 +Randy John Suess (January 27, 1945 - December 10, 2019) 
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 +[[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/technology/randy-suess-dead.html|Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74]]
  
 ===== Wynn Wagner III  ===== ===== Wynn Wagner III  =====
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 Original developer of [[http://www.thefullwiki.org/Opus-CBCS|Opus-CBCS]] and contributor to important BBS standards, like FOSSIL ([[http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/OPUS/opushist.html|history]]). Original developer of [[http://www.thefullwiki.org/Opus-CBCS|Opus-CBCS]] and contributor to important BBS standards, like FOSSIL ([[http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/OPUS/opushist.html|history]]).
  
 +===== Mike Woltz =====
 +Michael David Woltz DECEMBER 22, 1945 – DECEMBER 20, 2022
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 +Author of [[wp>Spitfire_(BBS) Software]]
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 +https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/west-des-moines-ia/michael-woltz-11072625
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 +===== Ward Christensen =====
 +Ward Christensen (October 23, 1945 – October 11, 2024) was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.
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 +===== Janis Kracht =====
 +Long time Fidonet sysop and past Z1C passed away on October 21, 2024 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:history:|history index]]   * [[:history:|history index]]

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