The history of Bill Bernard

About this episode

Bill Bernard shares his experiences in technology and engineering from his childhood to his professional career.

Hacker History sits down with Bill Bernard. Bill tells us of his time building and breaking things with his father. The days of TI99 and Apple IIe in school, and some great engineering in college. Bill has some pretty cool experiences working for Zenith, then the phone company trying to sell TV, and a Cable […]

People in this episode

Host: Josh Bressers

Guest: Bill Bernard

Topics covered

• history
• technology
• engineering
• entrepreneurship
• personal experiences

Keywords

• Bill Bernard
• technology history
• engineering
• Zenith
• Apple IIe
• TI99
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zenith, TI99, Apple IIe, phone company, Cable

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