August 2017 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 (1:11:20) - afternoon (3:01:30)

10:30

Building a Spectrometer - CH Ting
"Electronic spectrographs recorded by a digital camera can be processed like a traditional spectrometer. The resultant curved spectral lines must be straightened and integrated vertically to form an accurate spectrum. I will talk about the spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, and spectrophotometer, and all the fun I've had with them."

Slides - 693 Kb pdf file

11:30

Lunch
We enjoyed lunch at The Treehouse.

13:00

Vintage Computer Festival Slideshow - Dave Jaffe
Dave will show more than a few photographs from the VCF.

Slides - 4.37 Mb pdf file

13:45

VM without the 'Virtual': A Novel Execution Model for the GA144 - James Bowman
Also participating in this project are Michael Schuldt and Mark Flamer.

Slides - 379 Kb pdf file
GA144 note: Native threaded execution

14:45

What's all this T-Shirt Stuff, Anyhow? - Brad Nelson
Brad will give us a few behind-the-scenes details of the t-shirt process and perhaps the secret inside story of the origin and meaning of the SVFIG logo.

Slides - 309 Kb pdf file

14:50

Break with T-Shirt Sales

15:00

Eclipses and So Forth - Brad Nelson
"Predicting solar eclipses was challenging to ancient astronomers. With the benefit of modern measurements, and a little bit of Forth, we'll tackle eclipse prediction!"

Slides - 479 Kb pdf file

16:00

Clean Up and Adjourn


Other items:

Forth
Forth for MSP430
Forth Tutorials
Forth CPUs
Forth Articles and Blogs
Forth: The Hacker’s Language - Elliot Williams
Forth Programming Books
1995 FORML Conference Proceedings - Cover & Table of Contents
Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer
Other Jobs
Green Arrays
Forth People
Misc Forth Stuff
Angelus Robots - employs Max Forth 68HC11
Computers
Microstick II
Chips
Components
Software Applications
How Kroll Ontrack Recovered 99% of Data from Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster
Space Applications
Programming Languages other than Forth
Michelson: The Language of Smart Contracts in Tezos
Operating Systems
Has Real-mode DOS been removed from Microsoft's Windows Millennium Edition?
DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender
FreeDOS 1.2
Utilities
Hardware
Other Books
Manuals & Documentation
Articles
Applications
Stores
Robots
Games
Companies
Lectures
People
Surplus Houses
Meetings
Videos
Courses
Trade Shows
Podcasts
An Interview with Bil Herd, former Commodore Engineer - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
An Interview with Chuck Peddle - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Personal Computer History
Alice 3 - Z80 CP/M computer
Brad A. Grantham - Alice 3
PiDP-8/I: Recreating the PDP-8/I
Starting to make a PiDP-11/70
PDP-12
Tutorials
Education
Contests
Blogs
Other
See How This Intricate, 3D Printed Mechanical Calculator Works
Notation as a Tool of Thought - Kenneth E. Iverson


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