[vcf-midatlantic] Bil Herd's new book

Jeffrey Brace jeffrey at vcfed.org
Thu Jul 29 23:35:20 UTC 2021


On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 9:43 AM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> "Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer’s Story of Commodore Computers
> in the 1980s brings you on a journey recounting the experiences of
> working at Commodore Business Machines from 1983 to 1986, as seen
> through the eyes of a young hardware engineer, Bil Herd. Herd was the
> lead design engineer for the TED series of home computers which
> included the Plus/4 and C16. He was also the lead designer for the
> versatile C128 that sold in the millions and was known fondly as the
> last of the 8-bit computers. In this book, Bil tells the inside
> stories that he and his extraordinary team, called “the Animals,”
> lived through at Commodore."
>
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BDF92F4


That's awesome. Bill had mentioned that the book was coming out soon and
just got an e-mail asking if I can tell everyone about it, but you beat me
to it Adam! ;)

I'm going to order a personal copy and make sure to use smile.amazon.com
and designate VCF as my charity. :-D


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