The maker of QModem has died. He worked at Wildcat! BBS (Mustang Software) for a time. I ran a multiline Wildcat BBS on DesqView and later OS/2 Warp for years. Today, my boss at Microsoft is the author of Wildcat BBS! Stay in this business long enough and you’ll meet tons of lovely and smart people.

My dad's work in the early internet days affected so many people. If you knew John Friel or just used his software to get online, please let me know, I want to know all of the people whose lives were touched.

Justin Jackson@justinjackson.ca · 2y ago

It’s Friday. You rush home from school and power up your family's 386, clicking the turbo button, hoping it will boot faster. Firing up Qmodem, you dial your favorite BBS, "Baud to the Bone." You hit "D" for Door Games. Crimson red ANSI art fills your screen. It's time for...