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Comment on Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died

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Sometime around 1994, when I was 14, I remember using QModem to connect to my best friend's computer down the street. We spent all day sending text messages back and forth. Then I discovered BBSs and eventually an early version of the internet offered by my towns local library BBS. A whole world opened up from that moment.

Your father's work had a big impact on my life. I'm sorry for your loss.

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