SVFIG
Meeting Agenda for
Saturday, June 24, 2000

at
Cogswell College
1175 Bordeaux Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA

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09:45

Coffee and Donuts

10:00

Technical Session: gForth -
This is a Forth that is associated with Linux or Unix. Anybody who knows about this Forth is invited to talk about it informally during this session.

12:00

Lunch - Offete Fetes a Barbeque
Ting’s company will host a barbeque.
Networking, demonstrations, and tutorials
Sign up for tutorials by name and topic on the white board

13:00

Introductions, Announcements, Rumors, and Gossip
A gift will be presented to Henrik Thurfjell for providing hospitality in May.

13:30

Featured Talk: Accessing other Application Windows from Forth - Andy Korsac
Andy used the Win32Forth DLL operation to call functions out of a National Instruments DLL for controlling an HP spectrum analyzer and a LeCroy scope. He then developed a routine to store the LeCroy raw data and other scope parameters. Andy plans to adapt the WinForth32 dialog box example for user setups.

14:30

Break for afternoon tea
Networking and demonstrations.

15:00

Impromptu Talks
Sign up for a time slot on the white board during the break.

C.H. Ting has signed up for the following:

  1. VHDL implementation of P16
  2. V2OS, an interesting floppy-booting OS with a Forth-like application: fifth. It can be the foundation of BIOS Forth and other 32-bit protected mode Forths.


16:00

Adjourn

Meeting Notes



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