April 2019 Meeting Notes

April 2019 Meeting Notes Compiled by Dave Jaffe Contributions from Kevin Appert and others SVFIG on Google+ Hangout: long url - tinyurl SVFIG on Google+ - SVFIG on YouTube - SVFIG on YouTube Live SVFIG YouTube Channel Videos: morning (1:01:15) - afternoon (2:56:49)
08:00	Breakfast We met up at the Starbucks in the Tresidder Union on campus
10:00	Coffee and a Chat
10:30	ESP32forth Robot and Maker Faire - CH Ting I put together a robot with the NodeMCU ESP32S kit as its controller and tested the motor drive, obstacle sensors, and speaker. I am anticipating Don's AIR robot. We need to plan our Maker Faire booth activities. I used CV2 on Python to produce a very short movie with my digital Earth images. CV2 was used by Stanford’s Stanley, the first autonomous vehicle winning the DARPA contest. I will demonstrate making karaoke songs from MIDI songs. AC Power Meter Slides - 830 Kb pdf file
11:30	Lunch We enjoyed lunch at The Treehouse.
13:15	Introductions, Rumors, Gossip, and Announcements
13:40	Reviving Software from 1973 and How a Maneuver Board Works - Dwight Elvey Dwight has resurrected the code written for the Intel 4004 processor to maneuver ships. The original was written at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. by Kenneth Harper Kerns, a student of Digital Research’s Gary Kildall. Forth for the 4004 Projects Maneuvering Board Basic Maneuvering Board Review (video 12:08)
14:40	Break for Cake We'll be celebrating!
14:00	Running Forth Unikernels - Andreas Wagner The discussion included NanoVMS and Rump Kernel.
15:05	The History of my Involvement with Computers and Forth - John Rible
14:55	Random Access We'll discuss various topics including YouTube and Maker Faire logistics.
16:00	Clean Up and Adjourn
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 Microbit Computer Index Meet micro:bit Features Wikipedia entry Micro:Bit Single Board at Fry's - $10 Mecrisp Forth running onMicro Bit BBC Micro:bit: Tests Tricks Secrets Code Chips Components Software Applications QEMU Space Applications Space stuff Meet the man who helped double-check the sums to keep Apollo 11 safe Programming Languages other than Forth Which Programming Languages Use the Least Electricity? Operating Systems Utilities Hardware Other Books Manuals & Documentation Articles Applications Stores Robots Games Companies Tinkersphere Lectures People Surplus Houses Meetings Videos Present Value of a Cash Flow (video by Bob Armstrong 15:18) C64 Programming: May the Forth be with you - Part 1 (37:12) C64 Programming: Into the Forth Dimension - Part 2 (53:37) Courses Trade Shows Podcasts Personal Computer History The incredible story of the first PC, from 1965 Retro Computing Tutorials Education Contests Blogs Other Happy Anniversary Mobile Phone!

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