Xref: utzoo comp.os.cpm:5101 rec.radio.amateur.misc:1648 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj From: ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: IRV HOFF DEAD Keywords: IRV HOFF dead Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 91 19:08:30 GMT References: <3771@astroatc.UUCP> Organization: Ian Justman's IBM-PC Lines: 29 niemi@astroatc.UUCP (Bob Niemi) writes: > In article <1679@doitcr.doit.sub.org> jungkunz@doitcr.doit.sub.org (Helmut Ju > >We, the AMSTRAD CPC USER GROUP Munich, would like to state our participation > >in the sorrow on the death of IRV HOFF, according to John Deakins's mail. > >May he rest in peace. And may he be enabled to lead some software developers > >into sane fields again! A lot of work has inspired programmers all over the > >world. May he be never forgotten! > > > >Helmut Jungkunz > >Chairman Aw, gee, how long ago was that? One of our local servers barfed and I didn't get news for a few days. That really IS sad. > Prior to the advent of personal computing, Irv Hoff was active in amateur > radio RTTY, and made as many contributions to furtherance of that art as > he made to PC software. I am not particularly well read in either field, > but I recall seeing Irv's name often; I suspect a list of his accomplishments > would be too long to post. I personally benefited from his disk utility > (I think it was DU), for the Osborne 1. DU, I believe, was a contribution by Ward Christensen. > I had the pleasure of but one RTTY QSO with Irv in the mid-to-late 60's. > His spirit and energy will be hard to replace. I've only talked with him on the phone. And yes, his spirit and know-how will be very hard, if not impossible, to replace.