RIP. Zmodem was so amazing. It was a huge step forward. I got started in 1980 with an old Hayes 300 baud modem on the Source, and graduated to Compuserve and BBSes in 1986 when I got a 2400bps modem. When I got a 9600bps modem in ~1988, that&#x27;s when things really took off for me online.<p>Early BBS culture was really something else--we&#x27;d do meetups at the local Godfather&#x27;s Pizza on Saturday afternoon and knew each other by our handles. We&#x27;d trade notes on new BBSes that had cool downloads or interesting message boards, and give each other advice on which companies had the best long distance plans. I remember doing math to calculate how many 3.5&quot; disks worth of data I could download from a given BBS in another area code--IIRC it was something like $5 per disk with a 9600bps modem. I didn&#x27;t even try downloading full games until I had a fast enough modem because downloading a floppy at 2400bps meant you&#x27;d blow out your daily time allocation before the download finished. What an era.<p>Thanks Chuck.