SVFIG
Next Meeting:
Saturday, January 22nd
at
Cogswell College
1175 Bordeaux Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA
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Agenda to: George Perry
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10:00
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Starbucks Coffee, Tea, Bagels, and
Pastries
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10:15
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ARM7 eForth Firmware Engineering
Workshop - CH Ting
Ting is writing a manual for the ARM7 - ADuC Firmware Engineering Workshop. It
will be a summary of the ARM7 eForth for the MicroConverter Chip ADuC7024 and
the digital oscilloscope program. He has previously demonstrated the scope and
will present on how it was implemented and tested.
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12:00
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Lunch - options include: Togos,
Armadillo Willy's via Waiters on Wheels, pizza, or other local eateries
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13:00
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Introductions, Announcements, Rumors,
Gossip, and Random Discussions
Topics include: elections, speaker and topic suggestions, and changing
frequency of SVFIG meetings
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13:30
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The Importance of Being Forthish -
Glen Haydon
Glen will discuss his concepts of the value of Forth. If Forth is the answer,
what is the question?
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14:30
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Break
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15:00
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ACM Risks Newsgroup - Kevin
Appert
We'll take a random walk through events in the recent digests of
comp.lang.risks
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16:00
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Adjourn
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16:00
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Possible Beers and Dinner
Venues include St. Johns on Lawrence Expressway, Armidillo Willy's on San
Antonio Road, or Tied House in Mountain View.
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Future Meeting
Possibilities:
- Robot Parts and Pieces - Roger Gilbertson of
Mondo-tronics and the
Robot Store
- Forth-Based Ethernet Gadgets - Al Mitchell of AM Research
- ColorForth
- Space-rated Forth Chip
- Forth-based mass-market appliance computers - Canon Cat and/or Epson QX10
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