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Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011) was an American electronic engineer.Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable use as commercial video game cartridges.
Jerry Lawson replaced the 8080 with Fairchild's own F8 CPU; while Nick Talesfore and Ron Smith were responsible for adapting the prototype's complex keyboard controls into a single control stick, and encasing the ROM circuit boards into plastic cartridges reminiscent of 8-track tapes.
I think Jerry Lawson absolutely meets importance/notoriety requirements, as he was the inventor of the first cartridge-based gaming system, and contributed significantly to the videogaming industry, whatever the relative success or lack thereof of the Fairchild Channel F system.
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John Draper was a member of the club, as was Jerry Lawson (creator of the first cartridge-based video game system, Fairchild Channel F). [13] Li-Chen Wang, developer of Palo Alto Tiny Basic and graphics software for the Cromemco Dazzler, was a club member, and Lee Felsenstein was moderator of the club meetings.
Google paid tribute to Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on Thursday by featuring the video game pioneer as the subject of a […] The post Video game pioneer Jerry Lawson honored with Google Doodle ...
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Ken Kutaragi: creator of the PlayStation brand; Jerry Lawson: pioneered the video game cartridge by designing the Fairchild Channel F console; Palmer Luckey: founder of Oculus VR (now Reality Labs) and the designer of the Oculus Rift; Ivan Sutherland: Internet pioneer who is regarded as the "father of computer graphics."