[GreenKeys] Fred Sonnenrein, founder and developer of i-Telex, has passed away

[R Russell Miller]

Sad news indeed.  Fred was always very helpful to me when I was setting up
my i-Telex machine.  He will be missed by me and many others.

RIP Fred

Russ
i_telex 834328 WUTMPAM CHIL

On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 11:22 PM Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:

> A number of greenkeyers use i-Telex. The teletype model 32 was designed
> for telex. If you have a model 32, you can completely experience what it
> was like to use the telex network back in the day by usining i-Telex. And
> if you don’t have a model 32, it is still possible to use it. It is a fun
> network, completely replicating the original telex signaling, where you
> call people up and have nice slow conversations.
>
> I am sad to report that Fred Sonnenrein passed away on June 5, 2024 after
> suffering with an illness for many months. Fred had an amazing technical
> talent and was a very kind individual who never judged a person and always
> offered help where he could.  He was a great help to me in getting my
> i-Telex system working and I recently enjoyed a telex chat with him late
> last year.
>
> The i-Telex community will sorely miss him. Here is the message posted on
> the telexforum (translated from German) about his legacy:
>
> …. it should be noted the importance of Fred in the development of
> i-Telex: From 2001 to 2007, the Telexphone system existed with a modem for
> communication with each other. The number of participants remained for
> years with a tranquility of approx. 20 members.
> At the beginning of July 2007, Henning's first, all-important encounter
> with Fred took place in the Railway Museum in Braunschweig. Fred, Dipl.
> Ing. for electrical engineering with a specialization in railway signal
> technology, presents in a historic railway wagon his self-built
> TW-39 switching system with connected teleprinters. Even then, the system
> consisted of a stack of boards, still without 19-inch technology, but
> equipped with connectors. A modem or an Ethernet connection was also
> missing because Fred's stylish switching system was purely geared towards
> the local operation of teleprinters.
>
> Fred designed the modem card for the new system called "Telexphone2" as
> early as 2008. After intensive planning together with Henning, Fred
> completed the development of an Ethernet card at the end of 2011; at the
> beginning of 2012, Henning assembles the first complete systems and invents
> the name "i-Telex". The system became self-runner and today Fred's thoughts
> live on in a few hundred i-Telex systems.
>
> The i-Telex network is now larger than many country networks were in
> earlier times. In retrospect, Henning reports on his collaboration with
> Fred: "All ideas were implemented promptly and purposefully by Fred. Fred
> merged into i-Telex - for him it was a huge hobby project always with the
> premise that TW39 and ED1000 are realized as authentically as possible with
> the i-Telex system. Fred has changed all our lives (...of members) with his
> newly created system."
>
> Fred - Thank you for your help and for spending time with you.
>
> rest in peace
>
> Your friends from the i-Telex community.
>
> [image: Fred i-Telex Danke.jpg]
>
>
>
>
> Here is a picture I personally took some years ago:
>
>
>
> Thank you, Fred.
>
> Paul
> W2TTY
> i-Telex: 80003 or 468466
>
>
>
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