1987 Rochester Forth Conference
Comparative Computer Architectures

The Rochester Forth Conference on Comparative Computer Architectures was hosted by the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Rochester, 1987.

The conference was orginised by the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc, and the IEEE Computer Society, with sponsorship from:

Boylan, Brown, Code, Fowler, Randall and Wilson (Rochester, New York)
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland)
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (Greenbelt, Maryland)
Instruments and Controls Divison of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, Tennesee)

Presentations Include:

• Invited Papers
  • Biological Aspects of Neural Nets, Dr. Iben Browning
  • A Stack-Frame Architecture Language Processor, R.D. Dixon
  • The Massively Parallel Processor: Architecture and Application, John E. Dorband
  • A 32 Bit Forth Microprocessor, John R. Hayes, Martin E. Fraeman, Robert L. Williams and Thomas Zaremba
  • Writable Instruction Set, Stack Oriented Computers: The WISC Concept, Philip Koopman, Jr.

• Presented Papers
  • PRIDE-II Physical Layout Program or Modifying Forth for "Non-Believers", Tom Almy
  • ColorForth: A Powerful Programming Language for the COCO-II, Georges-Emile April
  • Architectures for High-Speed Processing, R.K. Bardin
  • Forth and Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI): I. From Mainframe to Micro: From Coursewriter to Forth, J. Brooks Breeden
  • Forth and Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI): II. The Role of Forth in Formative Evaluation of Instructional Materials, J. Brooks Breeden
  • Organizing and Financing Start-Up Software Ventures, Robert E. Brown
  • Committee Networks: What They Can and Cannot Do, R.J. Brown
  • A High Performance VME Processor Card When 32-Bit Super-Micros Can't Cut It, Phil Burnley and Thomas Harkaway
  • Advantages of a Fully Segmented Forth Architecture, Jim Callaham
  • An Emulator for Utah Common LISP's Abstract Virtual Register Machine, Harold Carr and Robert R. Kessler
  • Putting LISP on Forth Base, Harold Carr and Robert R. Kessler
  • Forth Data Structures:AWorkingProposal, Rob Chapman
  • Fuzzy-Forth Rule Based Production System for Real Time Control Systems, L.E. Borges da Silva, G.-E. April and G. Olivier
  • Extended Memory Operations for F83, Robert H. Davis
  • Object-Oriented Local Variables/Data Structures for F83, Robert H. Davis
  • High Performance Neural Networks, W.B. Dress
  • A Forth Implementation of LISP, Tom Hand
  • BOXER: An Interactive Analysis System for Cardiovascular Physiology Data, Jesse W. Hartley
  • A Unification of Software and Hardware; A New Tool for Human Though, Glen B. Haydon
  • Transportable Forth and Cross Compilers, Rieks Joosten
  • Implementing Forth on the 80386, John E. Lecky
  • BORON---Yet Another Object Oriented Forth, Steven M. Lewis
  • A VLSI Implementation of a Stack-Frame Computer, C. Longway, Ray Siferd and R.D. Dixon
  • Computer-Aided Medical Diagnosis: An Alternative to an "Expert System", Robert L. Luke III
  • The Least Common Robot Project, Donald Meyers and A. Richard Miller
  • The Fastest File Manager: DATAHANDLER-PLUS, A. Richard Miller and Jill A. Miller
  • Forth, Esperanto, and the Tower of Babel, A. Richard Miller
  • High Density Parallel Processing: I. The Processor Array and Macro Controller, H.T. Nguyen, R. Raghaven, C.H. Ting and H.S. Truong
  • High Density Parallel Processing: II. Software and Programming, H.T. Nguyen, R. Raghavan, C.H. Ting and H.S. Truong
  • A Concurrent Architecture for Real-Time Intelligent Process Control, Jack Park and Maj. Stephen R. Le Clair
  • A Two-Fisted Algorithm for Moving Data in Tight Places, Walt Pawley
  • An OPS5 Expert System Converted to FORPS, James L. Rash
  • Forth, Expert Systems, and Mechanical Engineering Education, C.M. Sargent, L.G. Watson, R.T. Burton and R.M. Westman
  • clusterFORTH Networking on an OPTO-22 LC2, Adam Shackleford and Jon Waterman
  • Forth as a Language for Digital Signal Processing, Martin J. Tracy
  • Six RePTIL Verbs and the Macintosh, Israel Urieli
  • Adding Probabilistic Decision Making to Expert 2, L. Glen Watson

• Abstracts
  • The Implementation of a Parallel Architecture for the OPS Export System Language, John D. Allen Jr. and Philip L. Butler
  • Compiling 65816 Forth with a 6502 Metacompiler, Allen Anway
  • Do-Loop Exit Address on Return Stack and ?LEAVE, Allen Anway
  • Toward an Iconic Forth, Greg Dickerhoof
  • LMI Forth for OS/2, Ray Duncan
  • Machine Comperhension as a Control and Planning Tool, Henry Harris
  • MATHCALC, Dr. D. Jagerman
  • High-Speed VME-Based Graphics Processor, Jim Jonas and Tom Sargent
  • Parallel Processing Using the PC4000-RISC System, George A. Nicol
  • Implementation Strategies for Language-Oriented Architectures, L.L. Odette and W. Wilkinson
  • Concept for Forth Engine Based Workstation, Douglas W. Ross
  • clusterFORTH in the Factory, J. Waterman and A. Shackleford

• Working Groups
  • Esperanto Engine
  • Fig Chapters
  • Forth Standards
  • Forth Workstations
  • NC4000 User's Group
  • Neural Nets
  • Parallel Computing

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