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The interface chip they were working with had a bug on a hardware shift register and the designer were not able to switch because management wanted it to be com
by pkaye 8y ago
The interface chip they were working with had a bug on a hardware shift register and the designer were not able to switch because management wanted it to be compatible with the VIC 20. So they implemented a software solution which was 5x slower that with hardware.
- gnat 8y ago+1. Interested readers should check out the very good book "Commodore: A Company on the Edge" by Brian Bagnall for this and other fascinating stories from how the PET, VIC-20, and C64 came to be. (And parallels to Internet-age companies are a fun exercise for the reader)