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Re: F21c, tapes of Chuck Moore


> Date sent:      Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:27:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From:           jfox@dnai.com (Jeff Fox)
> To:             MISC
> Subject:        F21c, tapes of Chuck Moore

> Dear MISC readers:
> 
> F21c die came back from MOSIS yesterday.  I am now getting them packaged
> in the 68 pin ceramic packages for testing.
> 
> >> >From: Mark Tillotson <markt@ctf.com>
> >> >Subject: Videotape of SV FIG meeting
> >> >
> >> Sorry, no video tape this time.  Perhaps I will arrange an interview
> >> with Chuck where I can ask him some leading questions and tape his
> >> answers.  Sort of like the one I did up on the mountain a few years
> >> ago.  I was told that I captured Chuck's presentation very well even
> >> if I did miss a little here and there by people who were there.
> >
> >Is this available.

I just had an idea, what if we pressed all the tapes on CD's, as in 
volume they are cheaper, then Mr Ting would have something more to 
sell at say $5-10 pluss shipping.  If you get the right people to 
press them then it should be less than a doller a CD.  The only 
problem is finding a cheap setup to convert the system over to CD 
video or preferably the new Wavelet system that should get 3 to 4 
times more on a CD and can decompress in software.  Drivers could be 
included for IBM and Apple etc.  Is anybody out there experienced 
with this sort of thing?


> 
> I have two tapes of Chuck so far and have asked him if he would do
> new one.  He agreed that perhaps there are many basic concepts and
> ideas about Forth that may not be in common practice and that perhaps
> it would be good for him to cover some stuff that he always just
> assumed people understood.  I have a list of questions about Forth,
> and MISC chips, and OKAD, and good style that I plan to ask.  Since
> it has not been done perhaps people would like to post some questions
> here that might be asked in a taped interview.
> 
> The two tapes I have are from 1994.  In April I did an interview at his
> home where he showed his original Novix system for reference, and talked
> about OKAD and the latests chips.  In June I taped a presentation for
> SVFIG mostly on his latest work with OKAD and the hardware.  After I
> get the latest interview done I will make copies of all three tapes
> available.


Sorry to see the death of your almost live video image though the 
picture with you and the car in the background did seem to looses 
it's effect after a while ;) 

>  > Jeff Fox             
 jfox@dnai.com    > Ultra Technology Inc. http://www.dnai.com/~jfox/ 
> 
> 
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