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Subject: Forth Engines / Harris
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Date: 10 Feb 91 21:49:46 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 6,  Topic 15
Message 228       Sun Feb 10, 1991
F.SERGEANT [Frank]           at 15:16 CST
 
 David McIntyre writes: .
 DM> After I sent in my entry to the RTX contest, I realized that I've 
 DM> never heard anything about either the winners or what other people 
 DM> tried to do.  How about if people who won the EB posted some of their 
 DM> ideas, winning or not? .
  Yes, well, I originally expected Harris to make the announcements any  day,
so even after I was notified I kept fairly quiet.  Here's a list  of the
winners: .
   Frank Sergeant   - First Prize Winner  - Disk Drive Aligner
   Rob Chapman      - Best Hardware Entry - Simple Sampler
   James H. Vogeley - Best Software Entry - Eye Tracker
   Harry Winter     - Hardware Runner-Up  - Digital Pocket Oscilloscope
   Matthew Mercaldo - Software Runner-Up 
                          - Real Time System Motor Controller .
  I attended the Embedded Systems Conference near San Francisco last  fall and
stood by the Harris booth demonstrating my disk drive aligner  to passers by. 
All the above entries were on display, except for the  Eye Tracker.  I was
told it wouldn't display well at the conference  because of its need for a
darkened booth.  I had a good, but tiring,  time.  I met some very interesting
people, including (no, I don't dare  say, or I'll be sure to leave someone
out!).  The entries each had  their own PC connected to the RTX board so that
the programs could be  downloaded, except for Rob's.  His booted from battery-
backed RAM and  had no need of the extra PC.  Unfortunately, only the boards
and a  very brief summary sheet were displayed.  It would have been so much 
nicer if the full write-ups, schematics, and diagrams had also been on 
display. .
  Yes, I'd love to hear from other entrants, about their ideas, etc. . 
  -- Frank
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