[svfig-announce] Meeting October 25 - This Saturday

[Kevin Appert]

--- SVFIG Meeting October 25, 2008 ---

!!! WE'RE BACK AT COGSWELL !!!
1175 Bordeaux Drive,  Sunnyvale, CA

*** SEE IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SECURITY ***
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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 floor plan:
<<<http://www.forth.org/svfig/room-map.jpg>>>

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AGENDA
09:45  --- COFFEE AND A CHAT

10:00 ---  FORTH DAY 2008 --- Kevin Appert
Suggest a speaker or volunteer to speak!

10:10 -OPTIMIZING COMPILER-ASSEMBLER FOR eP32 MICROPROCESSOR-C.H. Ting
"I am preparing a eP32 user manual for NASA, and have to document this 
funny macro-assembler implemented by my colleagues in Taiwan. It is very 
interesting and can be very useful for other subroutine thread FORTH 
implementations.  It uses a word doMacro to take care of short machine 
instruction sequences, which behave differently in interpreting mode and 
compiling mode."

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

13:00 --- INTRODUCTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, RUMORS & GOSSIP

13:20 ---  BUYER'S GUIDES ONLINE --- Kevin Appert
Kevin will discuss specialized online references for the parts and tools 
of our trade.  If you have an interesting link or two, please bring it 
along to the meeting.


14:00 PM --- THE FUTURE OF THE PAST; VINTAGE COMPUTER FEST STEERING 
COMMITTEE WANTS YOU! --- Sellam Ismail
Sellam Ismail has been overwhelmed by the one-man-show nature of the 
VCF.  After many years it's his intent to make it more of a team-effort. 
  He's graciously agreed to come and give us the details of his vision 
for continuing this remarkable event.

14:30 --- USB DATA ACQUISITION DONGLES --- ALL ASSEMBLED
We'll be looking at these interesting devices on the fly.  If you have 
an interesting link or two, please bring it along to the meeting.  Sure 
hope the wifi is up!

15:00 --- RANDOM ACCESS
We always find _something_ to talk about.  If you have an interesting 
link or two, please bring it along to the meeting.

16:00 --- ADJORN

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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!

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

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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>>>


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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
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*** 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, except for
us, of course.
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