Bill human

William David Mensch, Jr. (born February 9, 1945 in Quakertown , Bucks County , Pennsylvania) is an American computer engineer and founder, managing director and CEO of the Western Design Center (WDC) in Mesa , Arizona . Before he founded the company in 1978, he worked as a manager in various positions at Philco-Ford , Motorola and MOS Technology .

Mensch played a key role in the development of the Motorola 6800 and MOS Technology 6502 microprocessors and later expanded the architecture of these processors with his company Western Design Center. The company produces the hobby computer " Mensch Computer ", which is based on the Western Design Center 65816 microprocessor.

literature

Brian Bagnall: On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore. Variant Press, 2005, ISBN 0-9738649-0-7 (This describes the development of the Commodore computers and the role of Bill Mensch in them in great detail.)

personal data
SURNAME	Man, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Human, William David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American electronics engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Quakertown , Pennsylvania