Poke around here:??
Still lots of people active in the world of Forth, some not that old.
Likely far more people than in this little Bitx enclave.
And looking at that webpage, I now vaguely recall that the meetings I attended were likely
that of the Silicon Valley Forth Interest Group, not the now famous Homebrew Computer Club.
Vaguely recalled, because there was seldom anything said about Forth at any meeting I attended,
except for the time Charles Moore came by to give a talk.
I had a rather snarky remembrance of an encounter with Charles Moore in a previous post,
He's an interesting guy, still around, has done far more in his career than I.
Here's a recollection from somebody that knew him, a comment in that Hackaday post:
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I knew Chuck, he¡¯s a great guy. I went to school with his son Eric, brother of Forth. I still have one of his custom boards running the Novix NC4000.
One day, I went to visit Eric. His dad was developing some software. He was typing on a home-made keyboard that was made from 7 limit switches attached to his leg with Velcro. He was typing 7-bit ASCII using his fingers and left-right part of his palm. Not only was his typing very fast on that thing, he has also developed a custom predictive dictionary system that made him that much faster! Chuck was the most intelligent person I¡¯ve ever met. I miss you Eric!
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A chording keyboard like that might be a great addition for digital modes on a portable uBitx
? ??https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard
Jerry, KE7ER
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 12:28 PM, Dj Merrill wrote:
On 3/22/21 3:17 PM, Arv Evans wrote:
There are probably a few of us still around that once were adept at Forth.
You guys are bringing back memories.?
