August 2022
Meeting Notes

Compiled by Dave Jaffe

Contributions from Kevin Appert and others

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Zoom Chat

09:30

Start of Zoom Meeting - Kevin Appert

09:31

uCore Applications - Klaus Schleisiek
Klaus spoke about applications for his Forth processor.

Video (41:30)

Slides

10:12

August Forth Challenge - Bill Ragsdale
You are asked to create a one or two-digit check code for a 10 digit account number. Detect one digit in error and/or the exchange of two adjacent digits.

Video (13:34)

Slides

10:26

CoSy- Bob Armstrong
Bob presented an update on CoSy.

Video (15:00)

10:41

New Linux Forth - David Smith
David spoke about SmithForth, a new Forth for Linux x86-64, that begins with handwritten machine code and ends at Forth 2012.

Video (31:05)

Slides

SmithForth Workings (video 32:54)

A Forth for x86-64 personal computers

11:12

A Day at the Vintage Computer Festival West - Dave Jaffe
"I will present a photo review of the exhibits at this year's West Coast Vintage Computer Festival."

Video (23:50)

Slides

11:36

Introductions - All Present

Video (22:20)

11:58

End of Zoom Meeting

Other items:

Forth

Some common Forth words defined

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

Other Books and Magazines

Manuals & Documentation

Articles

Applications

Stores

Robots

Games

Companies

Lectures

People

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Surplus Houses

Meetings

Videos

Courses

Trade Shows

Podcasts

Personal Computer History

From Floppies to Solid State: The Evolution of PC Storage Media

The 20 Most Influential PCs of the Past 40 Years

Retro Computing

Tutorials

Education

Contests

Blogs

Other

15 Creative Uses for an Old Computer