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It is sad to learn Chuck Peddle has died. I remember him at WESCON in 1975 selling single units of the 6502 off the floor for $20 cash. He was an iconic vision
by drallison 7y ago
It is sad to learn Chuck Peddle has died. I remember him at WESCON in 1975 selling single units of the 6502 off the floor for $20 cash. He was an iconic visionary character, nearly always excited. His efforts created Apple and a bunch of other computer companies and introduced the joys of computing to lots of people. We need more people like him.
- PhantomGremlin 7y agoNitpick. The 6502 was $25. The 6501 was $20. The 6501 was almost the same thing as the 6502. However it was more-or-less pin compatible with the Motorola 6800 while the 6502 wasn't. The 6501 never became popular because a) Motorola objected b) the 6501 needed two-phase non-overlapping 5V rail-to-rail clocks, so it needed external clock generator circuitry, while the 6502 had a single TTL compatible clock input. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502#Introducing_the_6501_and_6502 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502#Introducin...
- drallison 7y agoI am pretty sure that I paid $20 at WESCON, a "conference special" but I could have dropped a bit.