> > >> On 2021-11-04, at 19:41, Claudio Sánchez <tokafondo_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> On the larger point, it seems the farther away we get from the origin of these machines, the less well understood they are by most folks and the time period from which the design was taken. That's unfortunate, as I think it's fascinating to see how features and capabilities that we all treat with reverence on classic systems were often borne out of necessity or cost concerns. >>> Don't "we" have any (even highly indirect) contact with CBM engineers that designed those? If they're still around these are unfortunately very last moments to document answers for such questions. I like that Bill (Herd) for a good example wrote a number of pages about what and why was made the way it was e. g. in the C128. It would be fantastic to be able to get to some answers from VC-20 / C-64 guys. Yeah - I know... but still. >> >> There is a facebook group where some of the original engineers and even Bill Mensch from MOS himself use to hang around, called "Commodore International Historical Society". Also, Bil Herd is a friendly guy talking about these facts if you can 'friend' him in facebook. > > I know Bill and have him "friended" in my mailbox among other places :-) and – as mentioned above – I very much appreciate his efforts at documenting some of the non-tangible stuff (like information why something was done the way it was) that would otherwise be forgotten. But he designed neither the PET, nor the VC-20 nor the 64. AFAIR he wasn't even there when that happened. Getting through to those who did could give us the answers. > Leonard Tramiel, Bill Seiler and John Feagans, all of them amongst the members of the facebook group. They shared with the members how Leonard and John met back decades later the PET prototype they had built then. https://twitter.com/commodoreihs/status/1218300293143658496 DISCLAIMER: I'm moderator of the facebook group.Received on 2021-11-05 05:00:02
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