Electronics engineer Chuck Peddle is mostly known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET school/business/home computer, both based on the 6502. MOS Technology, Inc. ... The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology in 1975. ... The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, was a small 6502-based microcomputer kit developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. ... A single-board computer is a complete computer built on a single circuit board. ... The PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was a home-/personal computer produced by Commodore starting in the late 1970s. ...

Peddle had worked at Motorola from 1973 on the development of the 6800 processor but then left for MOS Technology, where he headed the design of the 650x family of processors; these were made as an answer to the Motorola 6800. The most famous member of the 650x series was the 6502, which was subsequently used in very many microcomputer devices (three well-known examples from the consumer market being the Apple II, the Commodore VIC-20 and the Nintendo Entertainment System aka NES). Motorola (NYSE: MOT) (TYO: 6686) started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The 6800 is a microprocessor produced by Motorola and released shortly after the Intel 8080 in 1975. ... MOS Technology, Inc. ... MOS Technology 65xx is a family of 8-bit microprocessors from MOS Technology, based on the Motorola 6800 (introduced ca. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... VIC-20 with accessories. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (North America, Europe, and Australia) The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia. ...

As MOS was later bought by Commodore (CBM), Peddle left the company in 1980 together with CBM financer Chris Fish to found Sirius Systems Technology. There, Peddle designed the Victor 9000 personal computer/workstation. Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore International, an electronics company who was a major player in the 1980s home computer field. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Sirius Systems Technology, computer company in Scotts Valley, CA, USA. It was founded by Chuck Peddle and Chris Fish. ...

External link

• An adaptation of a concise German article on Peddle and his work (http://commodore.ca/history/people/chuck_peddle.htm) – From CBM resource website commodore.ca