THE VIDEO SHELF · 6502 and commodore history
Oral History of Chuck Peddle
A Computer History Museum oral history of Chuck Peddle, the engineer behind the 6502 and the Commodore PET, covering his career from GE through Motorola and MOS Technology. It runs nearly four hours.
Why HN readers recommended it
Used as a primary source for 6502 origins, pricing strategy and Commodore history.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Computer History Museum
- Topic
- 6502 and commodore history
- Format
- interview
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Agreed. I was sad to hear of Chuck's passing. His MOS Technology was a huge thorn in Intel's side in the early days. That company punched way above its weight class because the chip was so simple it made a huge number of things possible. …
ChuckMcM on Hacker News · 2019-12
In In Memoriam of Charles “Chuck” PeddleMost of what I know about that comes from Brian Bagnall's books (e.g. Commodore: A company on the edge). It's covered in the first chapter. I don't know of any preserved documents - if they exist they'd belong to Motorola, and I'd expect the leavers …
vidarh on Hacker News · 2021-06
In 6502 “Illegal” Opcodes Demystified
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