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  • RIP Chuck Peddle

    From Tom Lake@3:770/3 to All on Fri Dec 20 20:54:48 2019
    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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  • From Rbernardo@iglou.com@3:770/3 to All on Fri Dec 20 23:00:52 2019
    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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  • From Ian Mccall@3:770/3 to Rbernardo@iglou.com on Sat Dec 21 12:17:36 2019
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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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  • From Tristan Miller@3:770/3 to Tom Lake on Tue Dec 24 09:52:04 2019
    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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  • From Rbernardo@iglou.com@3:770/3 to All on Fri Dec 27 22:46:26 2019
    More articles on the passing of Chuck are found at

    https://hackaday.com/2019/12/25/honoring-chuck-peddle-father-of-the-6502-and-th e-chips-that-went-with-it/

    and

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/technology/chuck-peddle-dead.html?nl=todaysh eadlines&emc=edit_th_191226?campaign_id=2&instance_id=14779&segment_id=19878&us er_id=52e9bd8191fe2014c39ec1549b47f2c1&regi_id=311626211226

    and on the front page of

    https://www.commodore.ca/

    Sincerely,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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  • From Rbernardo@iglou.com@3:770/3 to All on Wed Jan 1 22:44:52 2020
    And another article on the passing of Chuck...

    https://bangordailynews.com/2019/12/23/news/bangor/chuck-peddle-umaine-grad-who se-invention-paved-the-way-for-personal-computing-dies-at-82/

    plus a Maine Alumni Association article written when he was alive...

    https://www.umainealumni.com/magazine/he-changed-the-world/

    His obituary has appeared at Legacy.com. See

    https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=charles-ped dle-chuck&pid=194838073&fhid=8818

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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