VCF SE 4.0 -- Memories from Commodore -- Bil Herd

This is the talk given by Bil Herd at VCF SE 4.0 on April 3, 2016

Bil Herd is a computer engineer who created several designs for 8-bit home computers while working for Commodore Business Machines in the early to mid-1980s. After first acting as the principal engineer on the Commodore Plus/4, C16/116, C264, and C364 machines, Herd designed the significantly more successful Commodore 128, a dual-CPU, triple-OS, compatible successor to the Commodore 64. Prior to the C128, Herd had done the initial architecture of the Commodore LCD computer, which was not released. After leaving Commodore, Mr. Herd continued to design faster and more powerful computers with emphasis on machine vision and is a co-author on a patent involving n-dimensional pattern matching. Herd also designed an ultrasonic backup sensor for vehicles while working for Indian Valley Mfg. in 1986, a feature found on many modern vehicles today. Mr. Herd continues as an entrepreneur doing design and architecture and is also on staff as video producer at Hackaday.com and maintains a hardware based website Herdware.com.