March 2022
Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
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09:30 |
Start of Zoom Session - Kevin Appert
- Forth Dimensions & FORML Conference material
recycled
- Donations for storage unit rent solicited
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09:34 |
Factor in 2022 - John Benediktsson & Doug
Coleman
John and Doug presented a guided tour of Factor's best features,
libraries, and demos. Factor is a stack-oriented programming language created
by Slava Pestov. It is dynamically typed and has automatic memory management,
as well as powerful metaprogramming features. The language has a single
implementation featuring a self-hosted optimizing compiler and an interactive
development environment. The Factor distribution includes a large standard
library.
- Slides
- Factor
Programming Language
- Factor: A Practical Stack
Language
- Factor: an extensible
interactive language (video 1:36:39)
- Video (58:00)
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10:34 |
An overview of microCore - Klaus
Schleisiek
microCore is a Forth processor written in VHDL and running in
FPGAs. It is a wildly scalable, dual stack, deterministic computing engine for
real-time-control.
Future microCore talks will include:
- Why scalable word width is possible
- The Pause mechanism allows MUTEX in hardware
- Slides
- microCore
- microCore
documentation
- Video (40:00)
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11:29 |
Forth Programming Challenge - Bill Ragsdale
The
March Programming Challenge is to create a ‘money handler’ for a
self-service, store checkout terminal.
- Have a charge from $.01 to $100.00. Typical $32.26
owned.
- Accept cash from $0.01 through $100.00. Typical $40.00
tendered.
- Upon entry of currency or coins show the balance due.
- Output control signals to dispense: penny, nickel, dime, and
quarter, $1, $5, and $10 bills. Typical $40.00 - $32.26 = $7.74 would be
output: four pennies, two dimes, two quarters and $2 and $5 bills.
- If the transaction is cancelled, return the amount(s)
tendered.
- Video (22:40)
- Participants:
- Alexandre Dumont
- Brad Nelson
- Bill Ragsdale - slides
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12:19 |
End of Session |
Other items:
- Forth
- Forth for MSP430
- Forth Tutorials
- Forth CPUs
- Forth Articles and Blogs
- Forth Programming Books
- Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer
- Other Jobs
- Green
Arrays
- Forth People
- Products in Forth
- Misc Forth Stuff
- Computers
- Chips
- Components
- Software Applications
- Space Applications
- Space stuff
- Programming Languages other than Forth
- Operating Systems
- Utilities
- Hardware
- Weston
Selective Analyzer - 1935 (video 5:02)
- Weston
Socket Selector Unit 666 Type 1B
- Other Books and Magazines
- Manuals & Documentation
- Articles
- Applications
- Stores
- Robots
- Games
- Companies
- Lectures
- People
- Surplus Houses
- Meetings
- Videos
- Courses
- Trade Shows
- Podcasts
- Personal Computer History
- Retro Computing
- Russia's
War in Ukraine Results in Bombing of Retro Computer Museum
- Tutorials
- Education
- Contests
- Blogs
- Other
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