1991 Rochester Forth Conference
Automated Instruments

The Rochester Forth Conference on Automated Instruments was hosted by Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc., at the University of Rochester, June 18-22, 1991.

The conference was orginised by the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc, and was sponsored by:

Dash, Find Associates
Harris Semiconductor
Miller Microcomputer Services, Inc.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
New Micros, Inc.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Presentations Include:

• Invited Papers
  • Forth and Space at the Applied Physics Laboratory, by B. Ballard and J. Jayes
  • A Noteworthy Discussion of the Tradeoffs Between Forth and C for Instrumentation, by P. Helmers

• Presented Papers
  • SAYWHAT?! and FORTH: synergy for RAPID PROTOTYPING, by W. Allinger
  • Stack Verification, by R. Chapman
  • Translator Frameworks, by R. Chapman
  • TEX-GEN System, A Forth VOCABULARY for Tax Preparation, by M. Chernoch
  • Subroutine Threaded eForth, by R. Haskell
  • Levels of FORTH, by G. Haydon
  • GENETIX - FORTH Allies or Competitors, by B. Hodson
  • The PODO System: A Computer for Step-dancing, by C. Howard
  • InfoFORTH: An Overview of Software Tools, by V. Kirillin
  • Formal Forth, by P. Knaggs
  • The Cell Type, by P. Knaggs and W Stoddard
  • Some Ideas for Stack Computer Design, by P. Koopman
  • 32-bin Subroutine Threaded eForth for the Motorola 68000, by A. Leshchyshyn, R. Haskell and C. Srinivas
  • Proposal for a Compatible FORTH Standard, by R. Miller
  • RSA On the SC32 Forth Chip, by G. Nicol
  • A High Speed I/O Board For the SC32 Forth Chip, by G. Nicol
  • Using Forth as Intermediate Code, by S. Pelc
  • The QS1 Stack Processor, by J. Rible, V. Sahai and H. Berggren
  • QASM: Tiny Forth on a Tiny Chip, by J. Rible
  • Fast, Efficient, Lossless Data Compression, by D. Ross
  • ANS Forth Validation Suite: Part 1 - Testing Concepts, by D. Ruffer
  • ANS Forth Validation Suite: Part 2 - Reality Check, by D. Ruffer
  • Data Driven Application in Forth, by N. Smith
  • Portability, Forth, and Programming Language Standards, by N. Solntseff
  • System Architecture for Training a Neural Net Controller, by D. Stilling
  • The RPCT2000 Automated Communications Cable Tester, by R. St-Laurent
  • Catalyst: Automated DNA Sequencing Workstation, by C. H. Ting
  • Seven Verb Object Model in Control Systems Programming, by A. Tolstikoff, J. Dranitsin, C. Kulikoff, W. Shutoff and S. Tsarakoff
  • Calculating Area Moments of Inertia From Hand Scanner Input, by L. Watson and D. Bailey
  • Experiences With Linear Algebra and the Forth utility package MATMATH, by L. Watson and D. Stilling
  • Automated Rheed Oscillation Measurement in the GaAs MBE Process, by P. Zawasky

• Abstracts
  • Auto Mixers in a Video Environment, Programmed in a Multi-process Forth, by G. Bergstrom
  • Open Boot Update, by M. Bradley
  • Forth and Medical Imaging: A Perfect Fit, by P. Briandet
  • Meta Translation, by R. Chapman
  • MAX: A Coarse-grained Dataflow Architecture for Space Flight Applications, by L. Craymer
  • Architectural Considerations for Hight Speed Forth Engines, by M. Fraeman
  • Is Forth an Algorithm or a Language? Flow Charts vs. Outlines, by F. MacIntyre
  • Zeus the All Seeing: Image Analysis with a Macintosh and IBM and Two Kinds of Forth, by F. MacIntyre
  • "Tunnel Vision", The "Evil Eye" and Other Impediments to Scientific Vision, by D. Rayburn

• Working Groups
  • FPC
  • Object-Oriented Programming

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