| SVFIG Meeting Agenda for Saturday, September 26, 1998 at Cogswell College 1175 Bordeaux Dr. Sunnyvale, CA |
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As the August meeting had to be relocated to Ting's home because Cogswell College was closed, two speakers scheduled at that time consented to be rescheduled for September. The agenda is as follows: If you would like to have meeting announcements e-mailed to you, send the message Subscribe SVFIG Meeting Agenda to: John Carpenter |
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09:45 |
Coffee and Donuts |
10:00 |
The PSC1000, a Java Machine - George Shaw George will discuss the Java based version of the Shboom chip and demonstrate the chip's performance and how it handles Java and the JavaOS |
12:00 |
Lunch Pizza or subs from Togos? Bring your Forth problem to Glen Haydon and he will organize his Brown Bag Tutorial accordingly. |
13:00 |
Introductions, Announcements, Rumors, and Gossip |
13:30 |
iMAC Firmware in Detail - John Hall John will discuss the firmware in Apple's latest products which support CD and DVD drives. The development of the iMac open firmware will be featured. |
14:30 |
Break |
15:00 |
A Binary Keyboard to play Binary Music - C.H. Ting Dr Ting proposes a keyboard with 16 even tempered note intervals per octave; a hex on classical composition. He will demonstrate some Bach organ pieces with this scale. |
16:00 |
Adjournment Post meeting "tea" at a Mt. View coffee house or somewhere else is possible - if it is too early for dinner. "Weird Stuff" is not too far away - most months, a few bargain/oddity hunters gather there after the meeting. |