Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!spdcc!mirror!pallio!dg From: dg@pallio.UUCP (David Goodenough) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Irv Hoff Message-ID: Date: 1 Nov 90 22:33:58 GMT Lines: 67 Tom McEnroe on GEnie posted the following. With a very heavy heart I relay it on. ------------------------------------------------------- Category 1, Topic 8 Message 1 Sun Oct 28, 1990 T.MCENROE1 [Tom] at 20:58 PST Users of IMP, MODEM7, etc. will be saddened by the following news about Irv Hoff dying of cancer. Just today (Sunday, Oct. 28, 1990) I captured the following message from Fog's BB #1 in Daly City, CA, and am posting it here for your information. I'm sure that users of both MODEM7 and IMP (and I'm one of thousands) would want to know about his fatal illness. No later word about Irv appeared on Fog's BB, so I don't know whether he is still alive. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [Message #17896 on Fog's BB #1] Posted: 09/11/90 at 10:43 pm From: JIM SWITZ To: ALL USERS About: Irv Hoff To Whom It May Concern: I just saw an old friend of mine tonight - Irv Hoff. For those of you who've known Irv, you know that he's meant a lot to our BBS hobbies and addictions. From the earliest days of CP/M teleommunications, Irv was there, with MDM740, IMP, BYE5, KMD and so many other applications and utilities vital to us in those days. Some were original, others were built from the work of others. And, like many of the pioneers of shared software (NOT shareware software), Irv released his source code freely, with comments and assistance. Although he took fierce pride in his work, and was occasionally the focus of some controversy, he was always wiling to help others and to learn from others how to improve his own work. Moreover, Irv actually *encouraged* voice contact at almost any hour - an extreme rarity among hackers. Much of what Irv has done has survived to today - buried in countless DOS applications and utilities as algorithms. Anyway, it appears that Irv is not long for this world, quite frankly, and is suffering from advanced colon cancer. I was shocked, actually, to see him show up to tonight's PRACSA meeting. Judging from his recent messages on the PRACSA board, I didn't expect to see him again, ever. He's looking mighty weak and thin these days, but seemed in relatively good shape, considering, and brought his wife to meet us. Recent messages from Irv indicated he thought he might not see October, much less Christmas, but maybe he's got a few weeks' reprieve. So, for those who know or know of Irv, I thought you should be aware of the current situation. I'm sure that some contact from his friends would be most appreciated now, while he can still deal with the outside world. He finds it very hard to even get to his BBS out in the radio room these days, but DOES check in when he can. Let's use the communication pathways that Irv pioneered to get in touch, at least once, and let him know we're here, and that he's remembered and appreciated, ok? His BBS number (PRACSA) is 415-948-2513 in Los Atos Hills, CA, and can be reached via CAPAL if you use PC Pursuit. Regards, Jim ------------------------------------------------------- The CP/M community will surely miss Irv, who has produced a vast collection of excellent Public Domain software. I hope and pray that the work he has done will be with us for many years, and that his memory never fades away. dg -- Our hope is in the name of the LORD, who hath made Heaven and Earth.