2 Nov
2015
2 Nov
'15
6:53 p.m.
Here's the obituary:
http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/12060_Charles_Alton_Forsbe…
g.
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2 Nov
2 Nov
8:32 p.m.
On Nov 2, 2015 9:53 PM, "geneb" <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
Here's the obituary:
http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/12060_Charles_Alton_Forsbe…
g.
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Inventor of zmodem, eh? Thanks for passing this along.
Bill
8:44 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015, william degnan wrote:
On Nov 2, 2015 9:53 PM, "geneb" <geneb at
deltasoft.com> wrote:
I never realized he was right near here.
:(
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Eric Christopherson
Here's the obituary:
http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/12060_Charles_Alton_Forsbe…
g.
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Inventor of zmodem, eh? Thanks for passing this along.
Bill 
9:44 p.m.
On 11/2/2015 8:44 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015, william degnan wrote:
Sad to hear of his passing.
I looked for his info on the usual places as well, and found he had a
company, Omen Technology.
His site www.omen.com seems to be unresponsive, but there are copies on
archive.org. There are some interesting tidbits that maybe should be
archived. Tek 4114 software to name one thing with download.
Thanks
Jim
On Nov 2, 2015 9:53 PM, "geneb"
<geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
I never realized he was right near here.
:(
Here's the obituary:
http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/12060_Charles_Alton_Forsbe…
g.
--
Inventor of zmodem, eh? Thanks for passing this along.
Bill 
3 Nov
3 Nov
12:11 a.m.
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=omen.com
According to Netcraft, his site was last seen in 2012.
Jerry
On 11/ 2/15 11:44 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
His site www.omen.com seems to be unresponsive, but there are copies on
archive.org. There are some interesting tidbits that maybe should be archived.
Tek 4114 software to name one thing with download.
Thanks
Jim
6:04 a.m.
On 11/3/2015 12:11 AM, Jerry Kemp wrote:
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=omen.com
According to Netcraft, his site was last seen in 2012.
Jerry
Interesting that it is hosted by Comcast. I wonder if the home /
business account was combined and someone canceled it.
I have this on Archive.org from just this Oct 2. He published some
health information that is informative.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.omen.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20151002142248/http://www.omen.com/
Again, sympathy for his wife and family.
thanks
Jim
On 11/ 2/15 11:44 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
His site www.omen.com seems to be unresponsive, but there are copies on
archive.org. There are some interesting tidbits that maybe should be
archived.
Tek 4114 software to name one thing with download.
Thanks
Jim
8:20 a.m.
At 11:44 PM 11/2/2015, jwsmobile wrote:
I looked for his info on the usual places as well, and
found he had a company, Omen Technology.
Makers of Pro-YAM, a very fine telecom program for several platforms.
Scriptable, flexible, handled all the odd cases. Have been using it
for decades now under DOS.
Another example of a fellow who probably hoarded a bunch of
delightful and obscure stuff that should've been rescued.
- John
9:19 a.m.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:44 AM, jwsmobile <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
His site www.omen.com seems to be unresponsive, but
there are copies on
archive.org. There are some interesting tidbits that maybe should be
archived. Tek 4114 software to name one thing with download.
Doesn't look like any software can be downloaded. It was hosted on a
FTP site. Archive.org doesn't do FTP. :(
Does anyone happen to have a copy of ftp://omen.com? There were a few
things I would have liked.
Jim
10:18 a.m.
It was written...
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Doesn't look like any software can be downloaded. It was hosted on a FTP site.
Archive.org doesn't do FTP. :(
Does anyone happen to have a copy of ftp://omen.com? There were a few things I would have
liked.
-----
Yeah, already looked at doing that. When I hear about a site going down permanently I
often try to snag a copy for posterity and dump it on the classiccmp server for folks
(with owner permission if possible), but for this one it doesn't appear files can be
had :(
J
10:25 a.m.
Archive.org does FTP. It just doesn't present it for the world to see. I
have no idea if omen.com was grabbed. I'll check.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
It was written...
-----
Doesn't look like any software can be downloaded. It was hosted on a FTP
site. Archive.org doesn't do FTP. :(
Does anyone happen to have a copy of ftp://omen.com? There were a few
things I would have liked.
-----
Yeah, already looked at doing that. When I hear about a site going down
permanently I often try to snag a copy for posterity and dump it on the
classiccmp server for folks (with owner permission if possible), but for
this one it doesn't appear files can be had :(
J
4:33 p.m.
>
> Does anyone happen to have a copy of ftp://omen.com? There were a few
> things I would have liked.
> -----
Interesting, I didn't realize Omen was still up and operating until a few days ago. I
actually own my own registered copy of Z-Modem from those guys (this was in the days
before Z-Modem was a built in protocol in every major telecom package). I would have loved
to get an updated version but alas it seems that will not be possible anymore. May he rest
in peace.
-Ali
7:17 p.m.
On 11/03/2015 04:33 PM, Ali wrote:
Interesting, I didn't realize Omen was still up
and operating until a
few days ago. I actually own my own registered copy of Z-Modem from
those guys (this was in the days before Z-Modem was a built in
protocol in every major telecom package). I would have loved to get
an updated version but alas it seems that will not be possible
anymore. May he rest in peace.
Same here. It was required with a BBS package as an external protocol.
I still have the 5.25" floppy.
--Chuck
10:29 a.m.
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Jay West wrote:
Yeah, already looked at doing that. When I hear about
a site going down
permanently I often try to snag a copy for posterity and dump it on the
classiccmp server for folks (with owner permission if possible), but for
this one it doesn't appear files can be had :(
Maybe reach out to his widow?
g.
--
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http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home.
Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies.
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A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
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