December 2016
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

Videos: morning (1:23:48) - afternoon (1:39:44) - extra (24:54)

10:30

Quantum Computing - Jack J. Woehr
Jax will present his annual review of this exciting field.

• IBM demonstrates superconducting quantum computer
• IBM Quantum Computing - Different results for large number of shots
• Welcome to the IBM Quantum Experience
• IBM quantum computing research.ibm.com
• A Tour of the IBM Quantum Lab - YouTube (video 1:19)
• A Conversation with Eva Bozoki - 01/01/1997
• Lomonosov Probe - Lomonosov Tablebases
• Two Electrons Go on a Quantum Walk and End Up in a Qudit
• Entanglement Bonanza - 11/21/2016
• Physicists Discover New Approach for Building Quantum Computers - 07/22/2016
• Quantum-pauli image

12:00

Lunch
We had lunch at the Coffee House (CoHo) as our usual venue, the Treehouse, will be closed.

13:00

Forth for WiFi Chip ESP8266 - CH Ting
"I got eForth to run on the ESP8266 WiFi microcontroller chip. I was able to execute programs through UDP packets. I am still learning WiFi tricks. I hope to demonstrate compiling and executing new Forth words on ESP8266 wirelessly."

slides

NodeMCU

Yaffa - Yet Another Forth for Arduino

14:30

Break

14:50

How to Build Primitives in Creole Forth for Excel - Joseph M. O'Connor
In Creole Forth for Excel (CFE) extensions to the language are commonly added as primitives written in VBA (analogous to writing CODE words in other Forths). This tutorial will show how to get started writing your own primitives.

slides

15:30

Ad Hoc, Ad Lib, Random Discussion
We'll address important topics, discuss Forth Day, and perhaps show some videos.

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

Misc Forth Stuff

Links from CamelForth

Some Thoughts on Forth vis-a-vis Oracle and Java SE - Sam Falvo

Computers

11 Myths about 8-Bit Microcontrollers

Transitioning to Cortex-M3 based MCUs

Access Ubuntu from Windows remotely

CHIP homepage

PocketCHIP

CHIP Pro

CHIP - The World's First Nine Dollar Computer

Next Thing Co.

Chips

Components

Software Applications

Space Applications

Programming Languages other than Forth

A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Languages

Operating Systems

Utilities

Hardware

Other Books

Manuals & Documentation

Articles

Botched Microsoft update knocks Windows 8, 10 PCs offline – regardless of ISP

You Can Probably Get Free Lynda.com Access from Your Local Library

Applications

Stores

Robots

Games

Companies

Lectures

People

Surplus Houses

Meetings

Videos

Courses

Trade Shows

Podcasts

Personal Computer History

Retro ICs that Will Never Die

Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System

BBS Documentary

I remember the FIG-Tree dial-up board. John James wrote FIG-Forth for the PDP-11 and The FIG Tree which evolved into the generic Menu Tree bulletin board system. John wrote a number of articles in Forth Dimensions including the Menu Tree implementation of XModem with an interesting CRC.

In those days you got a lower rate for a residential phone line, and it had to be listed in the phone book. The FIG Tree was an Apple ][ at Bill Ragsdale's house and it was in the phone book as "Apple Ragsdale".

Kevin Appert

Tutorials

Education

Contests

Blogs

Other

Oscilloscope Music - Pictures from Sound (video 12:11)