The 6502 is still sold today to enthusiasts - and for use in industrial and retail scenarios, as Bill Mensch, the 6502's co-creator, explains in the videos below, in what are really informative, must-watch videos about the exciting history of the 6502 processor with many of the people on the first call in the industry at that time - a fascinating slice of history. There's also the news after the videos of authenticated Steve Jobs handwriting on Apple-1 motherboards after the two Zoom videos, so please read on! It was something special, and the chip and its successors enticed Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and many other founders and companies to build their empires around it. The article that describes the second video is here, and the video of that second Zoom Call is embedded below, which is the best way to experience it!Īs a reminder, MOS Technology was a silicon chip manufacturer, based in Valley Forge, PA, and with the 6502, Chuck Peddle and Bill Mensch co-created a chip that could be sold at low price yet delivered high power. The first video is of the Zoom call on Feb 10, held at 3 tp 6pm ET, and the second on Feb 15, held at 8.30 am to 10.08am ET.
First launched in 1975, this amazing processor powered the Apple-1 and Apple II family, Ataris, the Nintendo Entertainment System, Commodore PET, Vic 20 and the successor 6510 chip in the C64, and also to celebrate Bill Mensch, the 6502's co-creator, who feartures on both Zoom video calls, along with his colleagues from the era and other great speakers and attendees!
The date is special, because it is the 75th anniversary of the ENIAC, and ENIAC Day, with the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer being the world's first all-electronic programmable computer.ĮNIAC is the technoloical equivalent of a Jurassic-era ancestor to today's ultra powerful smartphones, tablets, notebooks, desktops, PCs, Macs, VR and AR headsets, smart displays, smart speakers, smart TVs, smart homes and every connected computing and IoT device we take for granted today.Īfter the success of 2021, the organising team decided to honour the 6502 CPU in 2022. World Computer Day. The inaugural World Computer Day was last year - February 15, 2021.