May 2021
Meeting Notes

Compiled by Dave Jaffe

Contributions from Kevin Appert and others


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Zoom Chat

09:30

World War II Context - Bill Ragsdale
Bill will provide an overview of the world during World Wat II to provide contetx to his two presentations

Video (5:20)

09:36

javaEforth - CH Ting
Dr Ting will describe a very simple implementation of eForth in Java in which all Forth words are objects, the Forth interpreter / compiler has been reduced to a simple loop, and the colon word inner interpreter is coded in one short line of Java.

Slides
Video (29:49)
javaEforth zip file

10:06

Radio Amateurs in World War II - Bill Ragsdale
Bill will discuss the interception of encrypted Germany military messages in World War II by civilian ham radio operators.

Video (27:57)
Slides

10:35

The Enigma of Forth, Programming the Enigma Cypher Machine - Bill Ragsdale
This presentation will cover the emulation - in Forth - of the German Enignma cypher machine which intercepted military traffic during World War II.

Slides - link
Video (58:50)
Enigma Forth software
Forth Projects
Enigma Machine - Wikipedia
Crypto Museum
Enigma Electronic Self-Build Kits
Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes - Documentary
The Imitation Game
How you can intercept secret messages being sent to spies

11:13

An Update On CoSy - Bob Armstrong
Bob will provide a summary of the recent developments of CoSy including the discussion of a "CoSy Box”.

Video (34:51)
CoSy screen shot

11:47

End of Meeting


Other items:

Forth
Creole Forth for Visual Basic - Joseph O'Conner
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
Let's Not Dumb Down the History of Computer Science - Professor Emeritus Donald Knuth, Stanford University - video (52:49) - article
Chips
Components
Software Applications
Space is Expensive - Can 3D Printing and On-Orbit Construction Drive the Cost Down?
Space Applications
Space stuff
Programming Languages other than Forth
Operating Systems
Utilities
Hardware
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
Tutorials
Education
Contests
Blogs
Other
Voltera V-One PCB Printer
The Best Multitools for Every Situation
Who Invented the Phillips Head Screwdriver?


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