Date   : Wed, 10 Apr 1991 18:43:09 GMT
From   : astroatc!niemi@speedy.wisc.edu (Bob Niemi)
Subject: Re: IRV HOFF DEAD

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