niemi@astroatc.UUCP (Bob Niemi) (04/11/91)
In article <1679@doitcr.doit.sub.org> jungkunz@doitcr.doit.sub.org (Helmut Jungkunz) writes: >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 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. 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. Cross posted to amateur radio news group. Bob Niemi, W9FNJ, Astronautics, Madison, WI ..uwvax!astroatc!niemi
ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) (04/12/91)
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.
caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) (04/14/91)
Sad to read that W6FFC is now a Silent Key. I knew Irv from the late 70's, when he pioneered integration of PCs (Heathkit H-89, etc.) with Ham RTTY. One of his inventions as I recall was an extended RTTY code, with LTRS-NULL shifting to lower case. Irv was a leader in the RCPM movement that paved the way for today's BBS community. He developed IMP (Irv's Modem Program) which was for many years the culmination of assembly language comms programs for CP/M. Irv worked tirelessly to help users bring up comms programs on their CP/M machines, no two of which supported the same comms API. I still remember Irv sending HEX program dumps over 20 Meter RTTY to fellow hams back in the 70's. 73... Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 17505-V NW Sauvie IS RD Portland OR 97231 503-621-3406 TeleGodzilla:621-3746 FAX:621-3735 CIS:70007,2304 Genie:CAF -- "Many such [diet] programs proffer treatment as though it were established as effective and safe. Nothing in the results published by research programs authorizes anyone to make such claims." -William Bennett, Harvard Medical School Health Letter