[svfig-announce] Meeting January 26

[Kevin Appert]

SPECIAL NOTICE:  DAVID JAFFE's email address has changed.
Go here for new address <<<http://www.forth.org/svfig/jaffe.html>>>

  > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SVFIG Meeting January 26, 2007 --- this Saturday

At Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive,  Sunnyvale, CA

*** SEE IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SECURITY ***
*** RULES AT BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE ***

Main page --> <<<http://www.cogswell.edu>>>
Directions --> <<<http://www.cogswell.edu/directions2campus.html>>>

We are likely to be in our usual room - 197 A and 197 B
Marked in red on this floorplan:
<<<http://www.forth.org/svfig/room-map.jpg>>>

  > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AGENDA
09:45  --- COFFEE AND A CHAT

10:15 ---  FORTH DAY 2008 --- Kevin Appert
Suggest a speaker or volunteer to speak!

10:20 --- MULTI-TRACK MIDI FILE --- C.H. Ting
"The MIDI file standard allows one file to have many independent tracks,
allowing mixing of many voices.  In my earlier talk, multi-Tracking was
left as a student exercises.  Now the student had returned and finished
the assignment.  I will also report on the project to digitize 1000
gospel songs written by a Chinese farm girl.  These songs are very
popular in China."

NOON --- LUNCH
Some folks bring their lunch, some folks go to Togos.

13:00 --- INTRODUCTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, RUMORS, RANDOM ACCESS

13:15 --- RAINBOW FORTH --- Brad Nelson
Brad is tinkering with a reimplementation of ColorForth that can make
Windows/Linux system calls.  It is a work in progress. He would like to
show us what he has so far, and get some feedback.
<<<http://rainbowforth.sourceforge.net/>>>

14:15 --- SHORT BREAK IF TIME ALLOWS

14:30 --- THE ML1 COMPILER --- Steven Nichols
      How to install, understand and use the ML1 macro cross compiler for
creating a custom language or for creating runtime ML1 software 
projects.  <<<http://www.ml1compiler.org/>>>

16:00 --- ADJORN

  > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The schedule above may be reformatted or line-justified but
please transmit verbatim or not at all.   Any font you like is
alright with me.

No Newsgroup posts or other media distribution this month please!

  > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wireless Internet access is anticipated (though not guaranteed)
at Cogswell, so bring your wifi.

  > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Coming to SVFIG:
* Bring speaker suggestions TO EVERY MEETING!

* PLANNING FORTH DAY 2008 - EVERY MEETING

* Andy Korsak has been working on accessing sound cards from
Forth for amateur radio applications.  His preliminary
work is posted at the Win32Forth Yahoo group under
files/users/korsak.  Membership is required to see the files.
If you don't want to jump through the hoops, Dave has posted
a recent version of the files here:
   <<<http://www.forth.org/svfig/SoundCardIO.zip>>>

* The world's second Babbage Engine is coming to town.  Maybe
we can have a meeting at the Computer History Museum and have
a look.  Ting should have an E-Forth written for it by then.

 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Check the SVFIG web site at http://www.forth.org/svfig/
for last minute changes to this schedule.
The most up-to-date meeting information is at
http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html

Many thanks to our wonderful Webmaster, Dave Jaffe.

Preliminary agenda along with schedule updates and
discussion may frequently be found on the SVFIG email list.
To subscribe send email to geoperry_at_gmail.com

Please let us know if this isn't your preferred email address for the
SVFIG-Announce mailing list.  Thanks for your patience.

Please suggest a speaker or present at a SVFIG meeting.
Email me, Kevin Appert,  forther_at_comcast.net  (see the
return address)

Please do not attempt to reply to svfig-announce at ...

=========================================

*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GETTING INTO THE MEETING ***

Cogswell  now secures its doors on weekends. There will be an
SVFIG member at the door unless he's gone to get coffee or pee
because he's had too much coffee.  He'll only be there BEFORE
the meeting to let you in so please try to get there before the start.
If you are attending an SVFIG meeting for the first time, please
bring along a printout of the agenda to identify your interest in
Forth and gain admission. If you arrive after 10:15 AM there
will be a number for you to call to alert someone of your presence
at the door. The front door will also be checked at intervals of 20
to 30 minutes to accommodate those without cellphones.

VERY IMPORTANT:
Do not under any circumstances let any stranger past the Cogswell
doors.  Those who are authorized to be inside have key-cards.
___________________________________