January 2013 Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
SVFIG on Google+ Hangout-
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Videos -
morning (13:07) -
afternoon
(2:08:40) |
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09:45 |
Coffee and a Chat |
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10:00 |
King Tut's Pyramid Gravimeter - CH Ting
Ting
talked about this project which was published in the January issue of "Nuts
& Volts" magazine and will challenge us to do a better job of it in Forth.
Ting wrote: "The gravimeter is very simple, using a piece of conductive foam
with a mass to measure its resistance, and hence the gravity. Its precision is
about 0.1% and shows clearly the changes in gravity during a day. It uses a
PIC16F916, programmed in assembly language. I am sure we can do a better job
with Forth on an Arduino, but I will leave that to the students."
- Read the
article (for subscribers)
- Code
for King Tut’s Pyramid Gravimeter
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10:45 |
Historical Ampex Recorder - Larry Miller
Larry
restored the Ampex 200a audio recorder (Serial Number 3) now on exhibit at
Green Library at Stanford. He described the restoration process and told us
about the historical significance of the 200a. After lunch, we walked to Green
Library to see the audio recorder and as a bonus, the VRX1000 video
recorder.
- Ampex
Model 200a installed in Green Library, Information Center
- 1948
Ampex Model 200a Tape Recorder
- Ampex
Model 200 recorder
- The Museum of
Braodcasting
- Stanford
Acquires Ampex History Collections
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11:45 |
Lunch
We walked to and ate at the
Treehouse. |
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12:35 |
Seeing the Actual Ampex Recorders - Larry
Miller
We proceeded from the Treehouse to the Green Library to see the
Ampex 200a audio recorder and the VRX1000 video recorder. |
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13:00 |
Introductions, Announcements, Rumors, and Gossip |
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13:50 |
GoPro Hero3 Camera - Dennis
Ruffer
Dennis demonstrated his GoPro Hero3 camera.
- GoPro Hero3
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14:00 |
Vmgen Interpreter Generator - Dennis A.
Ruffer
Vmgen supports the construction of interpretive systems by
generating the code for executing and dealing with virtual machine (VM)
instructions from simple descriptions of the VM instructions.
- Vmgen
interpreter generator
- Code
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14:40 |
Break |
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15:00 |
Kestrel 2, What, Why, and How Much Fun is That? - Samuel A. Falvo
II
Sam gave a recap of the talk he delivered at the January BIYSIG
(Build It Yourself SIG) meeting.
- BIYSIG
- Slides
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Random Access
If time permits, there will be
opportunities for impromptu talks, amiable ambling discussions, sauntering
through news://comp.lang.forth, and other
conversations. |
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15:55 |
Clean Up |
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16:00 |
Adjourn |
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Other items:
- Forth
- FlashForth
for the PIC 18, 24, 30, & 33
- PICForth
- StandAloneForth
- PIC
MicroController Forth Languages
- Programming
Languages (scroll down to Forth)
- Computers
- Workslate
- Software
- PowerPoint
Viewer
- Nucleus RTOS
(Real-time Operating System)
-
µC/OS-II
- SwiftX
- Utilities
- Hardware
- Gizmo development
board (as seen as RTECC)
- Gameduino
available from Sparkfun
and
Jameco
- Forth Programming Books
- Articles
- Perspectives
on Personal Computing - Jef Raskin and Tom Whitney (January 1981)
- Stores
- Robots
- Games
- Companies
- Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer
- Software
Engineer - Nearfield Systems Inc. - Torrance, CA
- Computer
Network Exploitation Developer - Parsons Corporation - Columbia, MD
- Lectures
- People
- Bob Pease
- The
Successful Use of Breadboards for Complex Prototype Circuits
- Remembering Bob
Pease
- GreenArrays
- Surplus Houses
- Meetings
- Videos
- Books
- Linux Device
Drivers (2nd edition) Online Book
- Courses
- Podcasts
- Other
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