1984 The Rochester Forth Conference
Real Time Systems

The Rochester Forth Conference on Real Time Systems was hosted by the University of Rochester and the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc., June 6-9, 1984.

The conference was orginised by the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc., with sponsorship from:

Miller Microcomputer Services
Mountain View Press
Telelogic, Inc.
Union Carbide, Inc.
Dr. Alfred Hüthig Verlag GmbH

Presentations include:

• Real-Time Systems:
  • Of Widgets and Clock Ticks, by Michael Starling
  • A Forth-Based Operating System for Embedded Real-Time Applications, by Harvey Glass and Theodore Neff
  • TASK4TH: A Multitasking Forth Workstation, by John L. Sloan
  • SPHERE: An In-circuit Development System, by Evan L. Solley
  • Asynchronous Words for Forth, by R. G. Winterle and W. F. S. Poehlman

• Robotics:
  • Solution Introduction to a Continuous-Flow Analyzer: A Forth Application, by Don C. Cox, Frank W. Kerner, Leonard C. Jones and William B. Furman
  • The Use of Forth in the Instruction of Introductory Robotics, by Alan J. Cotterman, Daniel M Willeford and James E. Brandeberry
  • An Intelligent Forth-Based Robotic Vehicle, by Steven J. Formisani, Stuart D. Asakawa, Allan K. Ronne and Maged G. Tomeh

• Laboratory Systems:
  • Teaching Computerized Procees Control to Food Science Students, by George Houghton
  • Nicolet DXFTIR: Real-Time, Multi-tasking Forth and Other Trickes, by Joel V. Petersen
  • Correction of Systematically Induced Instrumentation Errors on Streak Camera Data, by Robert Boni
  • A User's View of Forth for the Study of Optical Thin Film Coatings, by Ansgar Schmid and Mark Guardalben

• Astronomy Applications:
  • Controlling a PDS Microdensitometer with Forth, by Arne A. Henden
  • Kitt Peak Forth Environment, by Thomas E. McGuire
  • A Breif Note on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory C141 Submillimeter Spectroscopy, by Hans Hieuwenhuyzen
  • CCD Detectors and the Palomar 200 Inch Telescope, by Barbara A. Zimmerman
  • Forth processors in the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, by Ben Ballard, Bob Henshaw and Tom Zaremba
  • Multiple Mirror Telescope Coalignment and Cophasing Software Control System, by J. W. Montogomery
  • A Forth Application to Infrared Astromony, by Justin Schoemwald

• Mathematics:
  • Balanced Integer Arithmetic ,by Vic Norton
  • Number Crunching with 8087 FQUANs: The Mie Equations, by Ferren MacIntyre

• Forth Implementation:
  • Implementing Forth on the NCR/32, by Greg Bailey, Michael McBride and Mary Anne Ryan
  • Implementing Forth on a New Procees, Forth for the 65816 and 65802, by John Bowling
  • Address Space Unification and Forth, by James C. Brakefield
  • Status Threaded Code, by Bob Buege
  • The Smallest Outer Interpreter, by Randy M. Dumse
  • Operating System Services in Forth for VAX/VMS, by David L. Forster
  • Using Native Machine Code Analogs of Interpreted Forth's Elements for High Performance, by Walt Pawley
  • An Approach to a Machine-Independent Forth Model ,by Nicholas Solntseff and J. W. Russell
  • A VAX Implementation of the Forth-79 Standards, by William Sebok
  • High Speed Image Capture and Image Generation, by Tom Sargent
  • Forth Machine Design Considerations, by Christopher Vickery

• Forth Tools:
  • Four Vocabulary Tools, by Robert Berkey
  • Command Line editing with Command Completion, by Mitch Bradley
  • Forth Coding Conventions, by Kim R. Harris
  • Chris Cross Interpreter, by Christopher J. Helck
  • A Break Point Utility for Forth, by Nicholas Solntseff and J. W. Russell
  • Structured Data with Bit Fields, by Mitch Bradley
  • A Forth Profile Management System, by John Michaloski
  • Color and Sound for the IBM PC in Forth, by David J. Lindbergh

• Forth Versus Other Languages:
  • Forth as a Development Tool for Micros, by Man Chor Ko
  • Development of OMNITERM 2: A MS-DOS Communications Program in MMSForth, by David J. Lindbergh
  • Forth as a Design Tool, by Gary Nemeth
  • Language Tradeoffs for Real Time Programming Applications, by Richard J. Poulo

• Other Languages Implemented in Forth:
  • A Forth Computer Music Programming Environment Design, by David P. Anderson
  • Extensions of Forth for Functional Programming, by R. D. Dixson, W. M. Edmonson, R. D. Franklin and J. L. Sloan
  • Forth Meets Smalltalk, by Charles B. Duff and Norman D. Iverson
  • A Word Processor for Chinese Characters, by Michael A. Perry
  • Hello, A REPTIL I Am, by Israel Urieli

• Telecommunications:
  • clusterFORTH, A High-Level Network Protocol, by Greg Bailey, Dean Sanderson and Elizabeth D. Rather
  • MA2301 Forth: Modular Software to Complement Modular Hardware, by Gordon Cook, Jack Irwin and Anand Sheel

• State Machines:
  • The VT52: Terminal Emulation in Forth, by James Basile
  • Mealy Machines in Forth, by John Bowling

• Working Group reports:
  • Business Applications
  • Data Structures
  • Extended Addressing Wordset
  • Forth Graphics
  • Forth in LABs and Industry
  • Forth Machines
  • Functional Programming
  • Metacompilers
  • Multi-tasking and Multi-processes
  • Operatin System File Interface
  • Real-Time
  • State Machines
  • Ad Hoc Survey

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