February 2008 Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
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09:45
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Coffee and a Chat
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10:00
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Forth Day 2008 - Kevin Appert
Suggest a speaker or volunteer to speak!
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10:15
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ARMkey - CH Ting
"I will talk about ARMkey, a little board produced by my friend in Taiwan.
It consists of an ARM7 processor in a 40-pin DIP package emulating an 8051. The
board plugs directly into a USB port which pretends to be on a COM port. I've
had it for years, but only recently found that it is very interesting and can
be very useful for many applications."
- ARMkey is $69
- ARMkey slides - 326 Kb pdf file
- ARMkey tutorial - 915 Kb pdf file
- Hyperterminal alternatives
- Minicom
- Putty
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11:30
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A Quick Look at
Mathematica
- Tom Gregory
"I have been using Mathematica in a start-up and am still new at it. I
plan to introduce Mathematica and to comment on similarities to Forth that
really appeal to me. Mathematica has a lot more to it than what I have used so
far."
- Mathematica alternatives
- Scilab
- Octave
- Maxima
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Noon
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Lunch
Some folks bring their lunch, some folks go to Togos.
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13:00
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Introductions, Announcements, Rumors, Random
Access
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13:30
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IntellaSys Presentations and Demos
- Michael Montvelishsky will demo a MIDI keyboard with several new
synthesiser sounds, all running on the SEAforth24A.
- Charley Shattuck will give a tour of ColorForth, showcasing newly
released features including editting in ColorForth.
- Doug Dillion talked about blocks and strings.
- Randy Leberknight focused on ports.
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16:00
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Adjourn
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Other items:
- Review of
the Yoggie Pico personal firewall
- Bytecode
interpreters for tiny computers
- Kragen Javier Sitaker
- kragen -at- pobox.com
- Build
a PC So Small It'll Fit in a Drive Bay
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