Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers' Story

(1985)<p>Previous discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30895210">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30895210</a><p>If you&#x27;re interested in the history of Commodore, I thoroughly recommend the Commodore International Historical Society at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commodore.international&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commodore.international&#x2F;</a>. Dave has pulled together many of the people who were there at the time. For example, here&#x27;s an Amiga panel from the recent VCF East: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=r_AYDkuMg-U" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=r_AYDkuMg-U</a>

I&#x27;m currently reading &quot;Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer&quot; by Jesper Juul [1]. An interesting look at the history and influence of the C64 in games, the Demoscene and as a retro computer. He also has a companion website [2].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;direct.mit.edu&#x2F;books&#x2F;monograph&#x2F;5883&#x2F;Too-Much-FunThe-Five-Lives-of-the-Commodore-64" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;direct.mit.edu&#x2F;books&#x2F;monograph&#x2F;5883&#x2F;Too-Much-FunThe-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jesperjuul.net&#x2F;c64&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jesperjuul.net&#x2F;c64&#x2F;</a>

&gt; Running a 5-micrometer-technology chip at an 8-MHz clock rate caused it to dissipate a great deal of power—nearly 1.5 watts.<p>So quaint in our era of 500w graphics cards.

There was Ensoniq speaker panel at VCF East 2025 (last month). Should be uploaded to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@vcfederation&#x2F;videos" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@vcfederation&#x2F;videos</a> at some point.

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