KERNAL is the original name as I spec d it I ll let someone else edit how Bob Metcalf ethernet PARC and 3Com founder was a consultant at the Moorpark R D facility for Commodore in the summer of 1980 The N was for networking I provided hooks in the PET ROM so that the Teacher s PET be attached to a master slave network In the Commodore 64 there was a cartridge with the networking software and an interface card to the 6522 serial port We had two test installations in New Brighton Middle School in Capitola Ca and the Watsonville Middle School in Watsonville Ca Both had a PET with 30 C 64 s I developed all the hardware and did the fabrication myself Later a school in Wayne PA was set up with a similar installation Another misconception is the origin of the Vic 20 The real creator of the concept was Jim Kennedy who was the Commodore engineering manager after Chuck Peddle left in August 1978 to work at Apple Jack Tramiel asked him to visit MOS and he talked to Bob Yannes where he got the specs for the VIC chip He and I discussed a prototype VIC 20 but unfortunately Kennedy was canned in February 1980 when CHuck was re hired by Commodore John Feagans Ele ele Hi