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Re:Build an 8-bit CPU from scratch by segfaultbuserr on Monday December 14, 2020 @08:26PM (#25425908)
> Western Design Center (WDC, no relation to WD) who supposedly owns the rights to produce them.

The founder of WDC, Bill Mensch [0], was one of engineers from the original 6502 team at MOS Technology.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mensch

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Re:Build an 8-bit CPU from scratch by colejohnson66 on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:03AM (#25430895)
Well that certainly explains it. I never knew that
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