To give you an idea of how underreported this chapter in computing history is... I was born in the 1970s and grew up in the 1980s. Huge computer nut since an e

To give you an idea of how underreported this chapter in computing history is... I was born in the 1970s and grew up in the 1980s. Huge computer nut since an early age, devouring computer magazines many years before we even owned a computer. Used Apple ]['s in school and knew which game consoles used 6502's and their descendants. And I still had no idea that WDC was based a few miles from where I grew up. I learned that only a few years ago! From a local perspective, perhaps this is because they promoted themselves as being based in historic Valley Forge, PA. When in reality, they were based in nearby Norristown, which is kind of a downtrodden town and obviously lacks the name recognition of a national landmark like Valley Forge. I'm sure Norristown would have loved to trumpet their role in the computer revolution, but that would have been tricky to reconcile with MOS's (understandable) claim to actually hail from the next town over. Awkward! (....or maybe it's because MOS left behind a superfund cleanup site....)