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MODELS CV 364 C264 Plus/4 C232 C116 C16 Portable 116? My Collection TECHNICAL DATA Hardware Software FACES Disclaimer: All the information presented here, was taken from the following sources: Brain Bagnal's Book On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore. Available at Amazon.ca The new edition had been delayed at Amazon until Feb.2010 Also, a lot of information has come from Video interviews with Bil Herd and Dave Haynie. Dave has a lot of videos on You-Tube. Search them out.. I wish I could post them here, but I don't have permission. Lastly, more sites on the net have information. There are even a few dedicated sites to the C16. Do a Goggle search, because Bing is just a flash in the pan.:) Please help keep the lounge alive and donate Today.Your donation helps keep an Computer from ending up in a Landfill, and keeping the history Alive for future generations!	Last Update : Oct 2, 2009 History may want to forget Both Commodore and the TED Computers, but we here at the lounge believe that all the people who worked hard to get Ted done and out the door must be commended for their efforts. Without Ted, the C128 and the Amiga's would not be what they are today. If ANY one was missed, by all means, please e-mail here at the lounge and it will be updated right away. CHIP Designers The Chip Designers were: Dave Diorio: Dave was the Co- chip designer on Ted. It is unknown at this time what Dave Does today, but a quick Goggle search says there is a Dave Diorio who is the VP and GM of DTV at Broadcom. Bruce Aherns: It is unknown at this time if Bruce is still around and what he does. Bob Raible: Bob did continue for a long while at Commodore, he worked on the "Lisa" chip in the A3000+. It is not known at this time what he is doing. Eric Yang: It is unknown at this time if Eric is still around and what he does. Hardware Designers: Bil Herd: Chief hardware Designer: Bil went on with Dave Haynie to produce the C128. The C128 would probably not be as backwards compatible, if not for all the flak he got for the Plus/4. Him and Dave earned the nickname "the Amimals" and he was know as the man who could "fix" things, no mater how complex the problem. Today Bil is part of a company called IDS: InterActive Design Solutions and part of the Mercury Consulting Group. He also is kind enough to put up with us crazy people who remember his hard work from his Commodore Days. He can be seen at the occational Commodore show with Dave Haynie. Dave Haynie: Dave went on to make some of the best known Amiga hardware after the TED and C128. Today, he makes YouTube Videos, and still haunts Commodore Conventions. Wikipedia says that he makes Radio Control systems at a company called Normadio, and has a multimedia Company Called Frog Pond Media. As of this writing, all links to his homepages, all known e-mail addresses and such are down. All attempts to contact him up to this point have failed, so he must be in the witness protection program at this point in time (or maybe the Commodore Protection Program -so he doesn't put up with us crazy people). Software Designers Freddy Bowen: The Kernel programmer. In one of the Plus/4's easter eggs, his name is highlighted.Not much is known on Freddy's where about's these days. Terry Ryan : Terry worked on Basic 3.5 for the TED series and went on to program Basic 7.0 for the 128. It is unknown what he is up to today. Read the book for the story on the "bunny" ! John Copper : John worked on the Drivers, and the coding around the Cassette. He once threw a fake brick at Bil Herd's head. He didn't stay at CBM long after the TED came out. It is unknown what he is doing today. Hedley Davis: would later re-write a lot of the Cassette code. It is assumed that he works at Microsoft/Xbox division, but that has never been confirmed nor denied.

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My Collection

TECHNICAL DATA

Hardware

Software

FACES

Disclaimer:
All the information presented here, was taken from the following sources:
Brain Bagnal's Book
On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore.

Available at Amazon.ca
The new edition had been delayed at Amazon until Feb.2010

Also, a lot of information has come from Video interviews with Bil Herd and Dave Haynie. Dave has a lot of videos on You-Tube. Search them out.. I wish I could post them here, but I don't have permission.

Lastly, more sites on the net have information. There are even a few dedicated sites to the C16. Do a Goggle search, because Bing is just a flash in the pan.:)

Please help keep the lounge alive and donate Today.Your donation helps keep an Computer from ending up in a Landfill, and keeping the history Alive for future generations!

Last Update : Oct 2, 2009

History may want to forget Both Commodore and the TED Computers, but we here at the lounge believe that all the people who worked hard to get Ted done and out the door must be commended for their efforts. Without Ted, the C128 and the Amiga's would not be what they are today. If ANY one was missed, by all means, please e-mail here at the lounge and it will be updated right away.

CHIP Designers

The Chip Designers were:

Dave Diorio: Dave was the Co- chip designer on Ted. It is unknown at this time what Dave Does today, but a quick Goggle search says there is a Dave Diorio who is the VP and GM of DTV at Broadcom.

Bruce Aherns: It is unknown at this time if Bruce is still around and what he does.

Bob Raible: Bob did continue for a long while at Commodore, he worked on the "Lisa" chip in the A3000+. It is not known at this time what he is doing.

Eric Yang: It is unknown at this time if Eric is still around and what he does.

Hardware Designers:

Bil Herd: Chief hardware Designer:
Bil went on with Dave Haynie to produce the C128. The C128 would probably not be as backwards compatible, if not for all the flak he got for the Plus/4. Him and Dave earned the nickname "the Amimals" and he was know as the man who could "fix" things, no mater how complex the problem.
Today Bil is part of a company called IDS: InterActive Design Solutions and part of the Mercury Consulting Group. He also is kind enough to put up with us crazy people who remember his hard work from his Commodore Days. He can be seen at the occational Commodore show with Dave Haynie.

Dave Haynie:
Dave went on to make some of the best known Amiga hardware after the TED and C128. Today, he makes YouTube Videos, and still haunts Commodore Conventions. Wikipedia says that he makes Radio Control systems at a company called Normadio, and has a multimedia Company Called Frog Pond Media. As of this writing, all links to his homepages, all known e-mail addresses and such are down. All attempts to contact him up to this point have failed, so he must be in the witness protection program at this point in time (or maybe the Commodore Protection Program -so he doesn't put up with us crazy people).

Software Designers

Freddy Bowen: The Kernel programmer. In one of the Plus/4's easter eggs, his name is highlighted.Not much is known on Freddy's where about's these days.

Terry Ryan : Terry worked on Basic 3.5 for the TED series and went on to program Basic 7.0 for the 128. It is unknown what he is up to today. Read the book for the story on the "bunny" !

John Copper : John worked on the Drivers, and the coding around the Cassette. He once threw a fake brick at Bil Herd's head. He didn't stay at CBM long after the TED came out. It is unknown what he is doing today.

Hedley Davis: would later re-write a lot of the Cassette code. It is assumed that he works at Microsoft/Xbox division, but that has never been confirmed nor denied.