Creator of Relay On BITNET, Predecessor of IRC, Dies
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DadAtH_me · 2015-11-29 02:26

> Jeff Kell passed away on November 25 as reported here in the [3000ne
wswire](http://3000newswire.blogs.com/3000_newswire/2015/11/3000-
community-keystone-jeff-kell-dies.html). He was inventor of [BITNET
Relay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET_Relay), a predecessor of
Internet Relay Chat using the REXX programming language.

> In 1987 he wrote the following [preserved article about
RELAY](http://web.inter.nl.net/users/fred/relay/relhis.html).

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pseydtonne · 2015-12-04 06:40

BITNET Relay doubled my typing speed. I came to college and there it
was -- another way to bother people! You gave us something beautiful,
Mr Kell.

CalicoJac out...