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  • Chuck Peddle passes away

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 27 22:54:30 2019
    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

    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

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 1 22:46:28 2020
    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

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
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