<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Jeez. That would be "the other Johnny". I often use the DECnet dump tool he wrote (anfdump) and will always have fond memories of interactions we have had.<div><br></div><div>Same for Hans. He used to go out of his way to retrieve and digitize arcane pieces of software only he seemed to have physical media of. Again fond memories of email exchanges.</div><div><br></div><div>May their souls rest in peace.</div><div><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">---</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">39.19151 N, 77.23432 W</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">QCOCAL::SANYAL via <a href="http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html">HECnet</a></span></div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 28, 2020, at 3:49 AM, Johnny Billquist <<a href="mailto:bqt@softjar.se">bqt@softjar.se</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On 2020-02-28 01:31, Tim Sneddon wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I just saw this post on comp.os.vms...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.vms/CfdWe71de4M">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.vms/CfdWe71de4M</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>It would appear that Hans Vlems has passed away unexpectedly on November 3rd, 2019.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Yes, sadly he did. I did know about it, but had not figured out if I should say something or not.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Well, while I'm at it then...</span><br><span></span><br><span>In January, Johnny Eriksson also passed away suddenly. He was also on HECnet, running simulated PDP-10 machines with mainly Tops-10, which was his preferred system. I'm definitely going to miss him.</span><br><span></span><br><span> Johnny</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus</span><br><span> || on a psychedelic trip</span><br><span>email: <a href="mailto:bqt@softjar.se">bqt@softjar.se</a> || Reading murder books</span><br><span>pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>