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RIP Chuck Peddle [message #389389]

Fri, 20 December 2019 23:54

Tom Lake
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Chuck Peddle the designer of the 6502 microprocessor and Commodore PET passed away on Dec. 15. Another great man gone. You'll be missed, Chuck!

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Re: RIP Chuck Peddle [message #389393 is a reply to message #389389]

Sat, 21 December 2019 02:00

RobertB
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To see memorials to him, go to

https://www.team6502.org

and

https://wdc65xx.com/in-memoriam-of-chuck-peddle

Sincerely,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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Re: RIP Chuck Peddle [message #389396 is a reply to message #389393]

Sat, 21 December 2019 07:17

Ian McCall
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Registered: December 2011

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<rbernardo@iglou.com> wrote:
> To see memorials to him, go to
>
> https://www.team6502.org
>
> and
>
> https://wdc65xx.com/in-memoriam-of-chuck-peddle
>

Very sorry to hear this. This person has had a massive influence on my life
and I didn’t even know him personally. The creation of the 6502 directly
lead to the home computing boom, and the early micro scene was essentially
conjured from thin air between 6502 and Zilog’s Z80.

I loves it. Went into computing as a career and here I am all these years
later. Thanks Chuck.

Ian

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Re: RIP Chuck Peddle [message #389524 is a reply to message #389389]

Tue, 24 December 2019 03:52

Tristan Miller
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Registered: September 2003

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Greetings.

On 21/12/2019 05.54, Tom Lake wrote:
> Chuck Peddle the designer of the 6502 microprocessor and Commodore
> PET passed away on Dec. 15. Another great man gone. You'll be missed,
> Chuck!

Very sorry to hear about this. Apart from his technical
accomplishments, I got the impression that he was a nice guy. He was
always happy to speak at length about his role in the microcomputer
industry for historians and tech writers.

Regards,
Tristan

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