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Retro Computing => News and Events => Topic started by: RobertB on December 20, 2019, 11:11:37 PM

Title: Chuck Peddle passes away
Post by: RobertB on December 20, 2019, 11:11:37 PM
     Famed 6502 engineer Chuck Peddle has passed away.  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
Title: Re: Chuck Peddle passes away
Post by: RobertB on December 27, 2019, 10:41:39 PM
     More articles on the passing of Chuck are found at

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

and

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/technology/chuck-peddle-dead.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_191226?campaign_id=2&instance_id=14779&segment_id=19878&user_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
Title: Re: Chuck Peddle passes away
Post by: RobertB on January 01, 2020, 10:08:48 PM
And another article on the passing of Chuck...

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/12/23/news/bangor/chuck-peddle-umaine-grad-whose-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-peddle-chuck&pid=194838073&fhid=8818

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