Date   : Thu, 11 Apr 1991 19:08:30 GMT
From   : csusac!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu (Ian Justman)
Subject: Re: IRV HOFF DEAD

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.