1. Forum
  2. Fidonet
  3. CLASSIC COMPUTER

  • Very sad news

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Wed Jul 3 10:48:41 2019
    I regret to inform you that one of our own, Ben Ritchey, passed away on June 27 at the age of 65.

    I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions and provided me with many things, including his source code to the current Elist bot. We were working together on an issue concerning MOD RUL updates not working.

    Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

    Rest in peace, Ben.

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Sean Dennis on Thu Jul 4 06:45:41 2019
    Sean Dennis wrote to All <=-

    I regret to inform you that one of our own, Ben Ritchey, passed away on June 27 at the age of 65.

    I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions and provided me with many things, including his source code
    to the current Elist bot. We were working together on an issue
    concerning MOD RUL updates not working.

    Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

    Rest in peace, Ben.

    Bummer .... none of us get out of here alive. But, we're seldom ready
    when the journey is over. I only knew Ben from his sporadic appearances
    in the Cooking Echo - but, 65 is young (says the 77 year old).

    All we can do is live it by a bit of philosophy I picked up from a Datsun/Nissan ad on the glass teat ... "Life's a journey. Enjoy the
    ride."

    It's worked for me - so far.
    ... "Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one." - O. W. Holmes
    --- MultiMail/Win32
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Dave Drum on Thu Jul 4 09:44:47 2019
    Hello Dave,

    04 Jul 19 06:45 at you wrote to me:

    Bummer .... none of us get out of here alive. But, we're seldom ready
    when the journey is over. I only knew Ben from his sporadic
    appearances in the Cooking Echo - but, 65 is young (says the 77 year
    old).

    I don't know the cause of death but it was sudden.

    All we can do is live it by a bit of philosophy I picked up from a Datsun/Nissan ad on the glass teat ... "Life's a journey. Enjoy the
    ride."

    Indeed. Even if sometimes we can't see past our own noses.

    It's worked for me - so far.

    It's all you can do.

    Later,
    Sean

    ... This place is so weird that the cockroaches have moved next door.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to Sean Dennis on Sat Jul 6 05:02:50 2019
    Re: Very sad news
    By: Sean Dennis to All on Wed Jul 03 2019 10:48 am

    I regret to inform you that one of our own, Ben Ritchey, passed away on June 27 at the age of 65.

    I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions and provided me with many things, including his source code to the current Elist bot. We were working together on an issue concerning MOD RUL updates not working.

    Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

    Rest in peace, Ben.

    Sorry for your loss... :(
    Regards,
    KrUpTiOn
    --- SBBSecho 3.07-Linux
    * Origin: The New Frontier ][ BBS(frontierbbs.net) - [Ohio] (1:226/17)
  • From Phillip L Taylor Jr@1:275/201.30 to Sean Dennis on Sun Apr 26 22:00:25 2020
    I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions
    and provided me with many things, including his source code to the current

    Elist bot. We were working together on an issue concerning MOD RUL
    updates
    not working.

    Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

    Rest in peace, Ben.

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)

    I am sorry to hear that. I have been active in Fidonet for a long time now. How long has been in Fidonet?
    --- CNet/5
    * Origin: 1:275/201.0 (1:275/201.30)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Phillip L Taylor Jr on Tue Apr 28 14:37:06 2020
    PLTJ> I am sorry to hear that. I have been active in
    PLTJ> Fidonet for a long time now. How long has been in
    PLTJ> Fidonet?

    Ben was active in Fidonet for a very long time. I started officially in Fidonet in 1996 as a point and in 1998 as a node. He was around then.

    Later,
    Sean


    --- Maximus/2 3.01
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Sean Dennis on Tue Apr 28 17:52:48 2020
    Re: Re: Very sad news
    By: Sean Dennis to Phillip L Taylor Jr on Tue Apr 28 2020 14:37:06


    Ben was active in Fidonet for a very long time. I started officially
    in Fidonet in 1996 as a point and in 1998 as a node. He was around then.

    according to

    https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?name=ben+ritchey

    ben's first address appeared in Aug 1997... not sure how accurate that is, though... some nodelists may be missing on that site but for now, it is the best we have...


    )\/(ark
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Mark Lewis on Wed Apr 29 01:40:42 2020
    Hi Mark,

    ben's first address appeared in Aug 1997... not sure
    how accurate that is, though... some nodelists may be
    missing on that site but for now, it is the best we
    have...

    That rhymes with my memory of when I first met Ben. I really didn't get into Fidonet fully until I was nodelisted for the first time. I was actually a lot more active in Sysops' Tech Net (STN) at that time and Fidonet was more of an afterthought. As STN slowly died off, I became more active in Fidonet and that's when I first met Ben.

    Later,
    Sean


    --- Maximus/2 3.01
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200)