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{{Short description|American computer programmer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Wilmette, Illinois]],
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|24|1944|05|06}}
| death_place = [[Portland, Oregon]],
| other_names = Chuck Forsberg
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'''Charles Alton "Chuck" Forsberg''' (May 6, 1944 – September 24, 2015
The widely adopted
Forsberg then wrote a version, Zmodem G, which was for use over "guaranteed error free" communications lines, such as Ethernet or short serial-to-serial computer connections. This protocol waived the usual retransmission overhead, to send files as fast as possible.
Originally, he wrote a program for Unix called rbsb (receive batch / send batch) which used block 0 to transmit a file's name, and optionally date and time, since [[Ward Christensen]] designed [[
Forsberg most recently resided in [[Portland, Oregon]], prior to his death. He ran data transmission software company Omen Technology which he founded in 1984.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.omen.com/about.html |title=About Omen Technology |accessdate=2012-02-16 |
[[File:OmenTechnology-ZComm-DSZ-SoftwareDisks.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Diskette images for Omen Technology's ZComm and DSZ products (circa 1989–1990)|Diskette images for Omen Technology's ZComm and DSZ products (circa 1989–1990)]]
[[Jesse Walker]] cited Forsberg as a participant in WMAS, a [[pirate radio|pirate radio station]] at [[Western Military Academy]] in [[Alton, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite book
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| title = Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America
| publisher = [[NYU Press]]
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