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Title: Fred Fish
Post by: McVenco on April 23, 2007, 03:35:23 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fish

Fred Fish passed away last Friday. :-(

Another (huge) icon in the Amiga is no more. I really adored him for the work he did for the Amiga PD scene.

My sincere condolences to his family/friends/anyone who knew him in general.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: JimS on April 23, 2007, 03:54:28 PM

That is indeed sad news. Fred's disk collection was and is an invaluable resource. Condolences to his family and friends.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: meega on April 23, 2007, 04:07:29 PM

Sad news indeed, and further condolences.

(I never knew him, but I would likely know very little about the Amiga without his work. I would probably never have progressed beyond seeing the Amiga as a games machine with a funny controller - the keyboard.)

I'll not forget him, nor his legacy.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: itix on April 23, 2007, 04:30:34 PM

Fred Fish was absolutely one of the most famous Amiga people with Fish disk collection and initiator of great GeekGadgets. Life is short...

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: cecilia on April 23, 2007, 04:44:13 PM

Fred Fish had the Amiga Spirit!

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: drewz21 on April 23, 2007, 05:03:21 PM

Sad news indeed.  He was a valuable member of the Amiga community.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: cv643d on April 23, 2007, 05:19:18 PM

That is sad indeed, his work was very important for the Amiga. His name will live on in the Fred-Fish collection!

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: tonyvdb on April 23, 2007, 05:24:49 PM

Fred fish is and was the spirit of "Amiga" I don't know anyone that knows anything about the Amiga that doesn't know who he was or at least heard of the Fish collections. This truly is a sad time.

My condolences to the family during this time of loss.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: swift240 on April 23, 2007, 05:26:47 PM

I am sorry to hear this, I have had a load of Floppies in the past from Fred, he was a good sort.
I know he will be missed, he gave a lot to the Amiga community.
Another sad day.  

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: dammy on April 23, 2007, 05:42:01 PM

RIP  :-(

Dammy

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: dannyp1 on April 23, 2007, 05:45:22 PM

As long as there is someone, somewhere sitting in front of an Amiga computer Fred will be alive.  He almost single handidly connected the Amiga community long before the internet.  He helped distribute author's software when there was no other way to do it.  I still use software I got from his disks all the time (Wallyware Solitaire almost daily).  Rest In Peace my friend.  You made a difference.           Dan :boohoo:

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Zac67 on April 23, 2007, 06:39:37 PM

Very sorry to hear that. Fred Fish definitely was one of the key individuals that made the Amiga great. He broke the ground for Aminet and even today's Open Source movement. We owe him more than can be said here. :cry:

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Amiduffer on April 23, 2007, 08:07:27 PM

Awww. How sad.  :-(

Going through that huge pile of fred fish disks at the user group meetings was a fun time. Sort of like a treasure hunt.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: hardlink on April 23, 2007, 08:13:02 PM

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dannyp1 wrote:
As long as there is someone, somewhere sitting in front of an Amiga computer Fred will be alive. I still use software I got from his disks all the time ...

Yes, and I am still, even on the day he passed, finding new needs for software from his collection. Including software that I never tried before now!

Thanks, Fred. RIP.

 

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: adolescent on April 23, 2007, 08:17:24 PM

Fred Fish was one of the reasons the Amiga was so great.  RIP Fred. :-(

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: red_orion on April 23, 2007, 09:41:20 PM

Rest in Peace Fred. You will be missed.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: jj on April 23, 2007, 10:03:59 PM

RIP Fred you will be missed, my thoughts go out to your friends and family

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: benJamin on April 23, 2007, 10:58:57 PM

Thanx for all your time and condolences to your family; my PD library would have been non-existent without your unforgettable efforts.

jaminJay
"Geek Gadgets forever."

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Bezzen on April 23, 2007, 11:09:33 PM

Very sad news.  :-(

Had (well, have actually) bucketloads of Fred Fish floppies.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: guru-666 on April 23, 2007, 11:20:16 PM

bummer....very sad!  Now there is somebody who did something for the amiga!

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: jutrem on April 24, 2007, 12:40:27 AM

RIP Fred Fish  

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: bloodline on April 24, 2007, 12:44:48 AM

The guy invented Public Domain... I think we should have a drink in his memory, :pint:

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: novaburst on April 24, 2007, 02:32:21 AM

I'm sad to hear the news. It was always a treat to look through Fish disks.

Thank you Fred, you will be missed.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Amiduffer on April 24, 2007, 03:51:42 AM

Does anyone have a photo of Fred that they can put up?

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Ross1 on April 24, 2007, 03:31:53 PM

This picture is the only one I could find, its not very good sorry.
(http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/fredfish.jpg)

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: meega on April 24, 2007, 03:39:22 PM

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(http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/fredfish.jpg)

Archived, but not forgotten.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Zero on April 24, 2007, 04:57:39 PM

Indeed a great loss and a sad day.

 :-(

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: golem on April 24, 2007, 05:57:29 PM

The time I spent ordering Fish floppies and looking forward to them being delivered and getting the goods and testing out the programs and learning from them.
A true Amiga icon.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: JimS on April 25, 2007, 02:01:00 AM

I found this one in the February 1988 issue of Amazing Computing... not very good, I'm afraid. The original looked like it was a video frame grab or something.

(http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7951/fredfishwocxf3.jpg)

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: mikety on April 25, 2007, 02:29:38 AM

My sincere condolences to his family.

Perhaps this sequence of emails could be forwarded to his family.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: beller on April 25, 2007, 02:39:27 AM

Fred is gone but definately won't be forgotten by Amiga users around the world.  Fred provided a valuable service to all of us by sending out high quality software at a time when many of our software libraries consisted of EA's original Amiga demo disks!


So long Fred...I know there will be Amigas in heaven.  Fred will insist on it!

With condolences to his family,

Bob

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: odin on April 25, 2007, 04:10:15 AM

I came too late to enjoy the heyday of the Fred Fish disks, but I think it's safe to say they were a major contribution to the success of Aminet.

Thanks Mr. Fish! Thanks for your big contribution.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: redrumloa on April 25, 2007, 06:11:41 AM

This is what I just posted to AW.NET

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This is something this whole community can agree on, a huge loss  Does anyone have proper family information to send our condolences? It would be nice for us all to pitch in and and the family something.. Anything.. Flowers? Money to a charity in his name? Does anyone reading this have pertinent information to coordinate this?

If there was anyone we should show respect to, Fred Fish would be on the list. Anyone have info? :-(

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: redrumloa on April 25, 2007, 06:22:28 AM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b1/Fish-Compton-Haynie.jpg/800px-Fish-Compton-Haynie.jpg)

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Left to right are Fred Fish, Jason Compton and Dave Haynie being recognized by the Amiga Atlanta Inc. User Group (circa 1995).

 :-(

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: derringer3 on April 25, 2007, 07:42:35 AM

Sic transit gloria mundi.

RIP Fred Fish.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: AmiGeezer on April 25, 2007, 02:10:33 PM

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mikety wrote:

Perhaps this sequence of emails could be forwarded to his family.

Just done so...

Sad loss...
Matt

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: B00tDisk on April 25, 2007, 02:37:35 PM

Those Fish disks were a beloved nemesis of mine.  When I was young and dumb I greedily collected a huge pile of them (I'm thinking like 1990, '91 or thereabouts) and then it hit me one day - if I'd tucked away the $3 per disk (or whatever it was) I'd have had the money to get an A3000!  D'oh!  Still, I had a lot of fun.

Rest in peace, Fred.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Diveadx on April 25, 2007, 02:52:27 PM

This is Michelle Fish, Fred Fish's wife.  Someone from this site forwarded me the link.  I would like to thank all of you for the kind words about Fred and his work.

He strongly believed in the work he did over the years and appreciated the support of the Amiga community.

I will miss him more than I can believe, but it's wonderful to see that  he has not been forgotten by a group he worked so hard to help.

If you are interested to see what he had been doing over the past few years, you can go to our website at  http://www.diveadx.com.  Fred's dream was to cruise the oceans and I thank God, that we made that dream come true for him.

please forgive me as I have not had time to update the site announcing his death.

Thank you,
Michelle Fish

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Diveadx on April 25, 2007, 03:29:55 PM

Here's a picture of Fred buzzing around in Turks & Caicos with his favorite pooch!


(http://www.diveadx.com./Trip%20to%20Turks%20011_small.jpg)

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: AmiGeezer on April 25, 2007, 03:47:24 PM

Hi Michelle,

Glad you got the picture sorted.  :-)

Best wishes and consolations.
Matt

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: tonyvdb on April 25, 2007, 07:14:39 PM

Michelle Fish,
I am so thankful that you have seen this thread, Your husband and yourself have really given the Amiga community a gift and it will never be forgoton. The Fish disks as mentioned already are an invaluable source of programs and information.

Once again Thank you

Tony

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: Boot_WB on April 25, 2007, 08:46:41 PM

Wow, unbelievable, the man was a legend - surprising to find he was mortal.
Condolences on your loss Michelle.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: redrumloa on April 25, 2007, 08:54:43 PM

@Michelle

Welcome to Amiga.org..

Your husband was a celebrity around these parts, he helped provide the very first software for the platform. We will always be grateful.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: B00tDisk on April 25, 2007, 09:41:04 PM

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Diveadx wrote:
This is Michelle Fish, Fred Fish's wife.  Someone from this site forwarded me the link.  I would like to thank all of you for the kind words about Fred and his work.

He strongly believed in the work he did over the years and appreciated the support of the Amiga community.

I will miss him more than I can believe, but it's wonderful to see that  he has not been forgotten by a group he worked so hard to help.

If you are interested to see what he had been doing over the past few years, you can go to our website at  http://www.diveadx.com.  Fred's dream was to cruise the oceans and I thank God, that we made that dream come true for him.

please forgive me as I have not had time to update the site announcing his death.

Thank you,
Michelle Fish

God bless you and keep you in what must be a very difficult time, Mrs. Fish.  All of us appreciated the work your husband did, but certainly you must miss him more than we can.  You have my sincerest condolences.

Title: Re: Fred Fish
Post by: scuzzb494 on April 26, 2007, 07:36:05 PM

I am numb.

scuzz