
What we’re about
Discussing and learning about the Forth programming language through:
*Monthly meetings http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html
*Active website http://www.forth.org/svfig/
*Email discussion list
Upcoming events (2)
See all- July SVFIG ZOOM Meeting --- Fourth Saturday!Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
SPEAKERS NEEDED!
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JOIN US FOR IN-PERSON LUNCH IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA!
SEE SEPERATE MEET-UP EVENT. RESERVATIONS ENCOURAGED.
COME CELEBRATE DR. TING'S ANNUAL JULY BBQ AT THE TREE HOUSE. (STANFORD CAMPUS)
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go to: forth.org/zoom
for the SVFIG Zoom Meeting
**The Zoom Room is open 24-7, stop by and give it a try!
**If Forth.org is down, you can go to the Zoom room via this direct link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89716879946?pwd=Umx2WlNqU0pjbFplb3M1YS81WUU4dz09
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There will be NO IN-PERSON meeting at Stanford! Zoom only! In-person lunch after meeting.
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*** PLEASE NOTE 09:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time) START TIME
*** ONE HOUR DIFFERENCE FROM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.
***All duration and descriptions are approximate or perhaps entirely inconsistent with what will eventually transpire.
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# AGENDA
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Festive Starting of the Recorder
There will be a brief joyful interlude to mark the beginning of the monthly recording of the Zoom session. Recordings will be posted to the SVFIG YouTube channel!
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Announcements
Ting's stuff, storage books, what to do with old computers?
Coming this month July: annual C.H.Ting July Barbecue: STANFORD, THE TREE HOUSE!
Upcoming https://bayarea.makerfaire.com/ and Vintage Computer Festival.
Suggestions for speakers?
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File Access Using OOP --- Bill Ragsdale
...The first steps for securities analysis using Forth and Object Oriented Programming.=+
Screen Shot --- Everyone
We'll pause to record the roster for posterity. If you're on the lam, turn off your camera or log out for two minutes.
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Decoding ICE40 --- Brad Nelson
I'll present my progress towards on-device FPGA synthesis using Forth on the pico-ice and it's ICE40, discuss its bitstream format, and the consider the challenges remaining.
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Omni*Web: the Secret Codes to Break Technofeudalism, Inspired by 101 Years of Hilbert Hotel Paradox --- Liang Ng
We adapted Hilbert hotel paradox by using hash codes or hash numbers as hotel room numbers, to help ordinary users appreciate their applications, and investigate their relationships with the lookup mechanisms in FORTH colon definition words.
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CoSy Update --- Bob Armstrong
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ADJOURNMENT
The recording will be stopped without festivities. Good fellowship and conversation can continue in our tastefully furnished Zoom Room.
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Message Kevin Appert for more info! Send messages through Meetup-message, email, etc.
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Zoom meetings are recorded and presented on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SiliconValleyForthInterestGroup
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Upcoming:
Random Access, Round Table, Replays, Ad Hoc (as necessary)
Suggest a topic. Suggest speakers.
Trade shows, Maker Faire, public outreach.
Elevator pitch for Forth / printing a bookmark list of resources
Meeting locations from history, Chabot, ABI, Dyson Wedge, Cogswell, …? We need a list!