<div dir="ltr">We have two great meetings lined up:<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>**********************************************************************</div><div>June 17th at 7:00pm, at Business Resource Center in Orem:</div>
<div><br></div><div>"Program the OpenWest USB Widget"</div><div><br></div><div>The folks at The Transistor have teamed up with Provo Linux Users Group to bring us this presentation. The content is *not* Perl. If you got one of those USB widgets at OpenWest, bring it, and we'll learn how to program it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>My understanding is that this is going to be Python based. However, I'm hoping to learn enough to understand how to bring the principles back over to Perl using the CPAN module, Device::USB.</div>
<div><br></div><div>NOTE: The meeting is not in our usual location, and not Perl-centric. </div><div>*************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*************************************************************************</div>
<div>July 15th at 7:00pm, at Mountainland Applied Technical College, Thanksgiving Point Campus:</div><div><br></div><div>"Perl via Paper Ink Metal and Oil"</div><div><br></div><div>John Whitney will be giving us an extended version of his OpenWest presentation:</div>
<div><br clear="all"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Presentation and demonstration on refurbishing two 1970 Teletype </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Model 33 Data Terminals, and using then via a Linux box, with Perl, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Bash and everything else, to receive and send email via the Internet, </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">to print the news (Drudge), the weather (National Weather Service), </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and Wikipedia information. Used C++, Assembly, Perl, Mojolicious, </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CPAN, and Perl Source Filtering to get everything to work. Will </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">demonstrate custom designed PCB hardware using embedded </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">micro-controllers to bridge 50 years of computer technology. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Everything used was Open Source, including the PCB design </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">software, KiCad. After the presentation, there will be 30 minutes </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">for Q and A, along with some hands on use of these amazing </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">electro-mechanical wonders of yesteryear, the original Input / Output </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">devices for early mini computers of the 1970's.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">For this event we request (but do not *require*) Eventbrite registration:</font></div>
<div><a href="http://slpm.eventbrite.com/?aff=estw">http://slpm.eventbrite.com/?aff=estw</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>As we are inviting other groups to participate, registration will help us to ensure that</div><div>
we don't over-fill our room capacity, and that we have enough refreshments on hand.</div><div><br></div><div>***************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Finally: The June 17th "Program the OpenWest USB Widget" meeting will be in place of our regular monthly meeting. Typically our meeting is the 2nd Tuesday each month. I was out of town this month at the time, and shifted to the 17th, not remembering that this would conflict with the "widget" meeting. Personally, I'd like to attend the widget meeting, so we're just joining in with PLUG/Transistor on this one.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><br>David Oswald<br><a href="mailto:daoswald@gmail.com" target="_blank">daoswald@gmail.com</a><br>
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