TEAM6502

​One of the most influential microprocessors ever designed, the MOS 6502 is credited with ushering in the most rapid democratization of technology in human history: the personal computing revolution. When it was introduced in 1975 by MOS Technology of Valley Forge, PA, the 8-bit microchip sold for a fraction of the cost of other microprocessors, causing rapid decreases across the entire market. Featured in such seminal products as the Apple I and II, the Commodore PET and the BBC Micro, as well as Atari and Nintendo game consoles, the 6502 microprocessor has been the brains inside toys, office machines, and medical devices too numerous to mention. As one of the most widely used microprocessor architectures of all time, the CMOS related form of the 65XX is still in production today, with an estimated 6 billion units so far produced. Through personal accounts or those of family related to the original 6502 design team members including Terry Holdt, Wil Mathys, Rod Orgill, Ray Hirt, Harry Bawcom, Sydney Ann Holt, Walt Eisenhower, and John Paivinen, as well as historical documents including MOS Technology brochures, 6502 schematics, inter-office memos, notes from brainstorming sessions, patent awards, and 6502 testing procedures and results, team6506.org tells the stories of the MOS Technology engineers and employees behind the chip that put the transformative power of the microprocessor into everybody's hands. Featured here are images created for the website--of the 6502, of the people who created it, and illustrations inspired by archival MOS Technology documents that capture the founding spirit of MOS Technology as well as the lasting legacy of the little chip that changed the world.