Pa nthawi imene makampani a masewera a pakompyuta ndi masewera a kanema anali odzazidwa ndi amuna a ku Caucasian, Jerry Lawson anali watsopano. Anapanga imodzi mwa mapulogalamu oyambirira a masewera a kanema (Fairchild Channel F), omwe anapangidwa ndi imodzi mwa masewera owonetsera ndalama ( Demolition Derby ), anali mtsogoleri wa Videooft, yemwe anali woyambitsa okhaokha wa Atari 2600 , ndi African American woyamba mu makampani a masewera a masewera kuti akwaniritse zoterezi.
Dzina: Jerry Lawson
Kubadwa: 1940
Maliko Mu Mbiri Yamasewera: Woyamba Wakale wa Mavidiyo Wowonongeka Wowonongeka ndi Wokonza, Wotsogoleredwa ku Fairchild Channel F kanema yowonetsera masewera, okonzedwa ndikupanga Demolition Derby masewera osewera, mtsogoleri wa Videooft wosintha masewera.
Jerry Lawson & Early Life
Kuleredwa mwana wamwamuna wopeza ndalama zochepa kuchokera ku nyumba yomanga ku Jamaica, New York sanamulekerere mnyamata wina Jerry Lawson. Amayi ake, adatsimikiza mtima kuti mwana wawo apite ku sukulu zapamwamba ndipo adzalandira maphunziro apamwamba kwambiri, ngakhale atakhala mtsogoleri wa PTA. Bambo ake, yemwe anali wam'tali wautali wautali, anali ndi apatite okonda kwambiri sayansi ndi sayansi yamakono, yomwe anaipatsa mwana wake.
Ali mnyamata, Jerry anali kale ndi chithunzithunzi chosachiritsika komanso wogwira ntchito, atalandira ham radio license ndikugwiritsira ntchito kumanga wailesi yake ya amateur m'chipinda chake, komanso kupanga ndi kugulitsa walkie-talkies.
Kukonza Njira Yake ku Fairchild
Atapita ku Queens College ndi City College ku New York, Lawson anayamba ntchito yamisiri, akugwira ntchito zamakono zamakono ndi makampani monga Federal Electric, Grumman Aircraft, ndi PRD Electronics. Pambuyo pake, anafika ku Fairchild Semiconductor mu 1970 akugwira ntchito limodzi ndi maulendo awo onse okhala ndi mzere komanso ma microprocessors.
Kwa zaka zingapo zoyambirira ndi Fairchild, Jerry anayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zipangizo zamakono zamakompyuta, momwe zofuna zake zinakula adalowa ku Homebrew Computer Club ndipo adayanjana ndi Atali , Nolan Bushnell ndi Ted Dabney, komanso injini ya Pong , Alan Alcorn .
Fairchild Channel F - Chiyambi cha Game Game Trailblazer
Nolan ndi Ted adasonyezera Jerry chilengedwe chawo, Computer Space , malo oyamba owonetserako masewera osungirako malonda, kenako Jerry anayamba kuyendayenda panyumba, kupanga ndi kupanga makina ake a Demolition Derby , pogwiritsa ntchito microprocessors kuchokera ku Fairchild.
Pamene a ku Fairchild adziwa za chilengedwe chake, adamuika kuti aziyang'anira polojekiti yawo yomasewera, yomwe potsiriza idzakhala Fairchild Channel F, yoyamba ya ROM cartridge video console.
Jerry Lawson ndi POW TV
Kuwonjezera pa kukhala mutu wa polojekiti ya Fairchild Channel F ndikupanga zigawo zake zambiri, Lawson, ndi timu yake inagwiritsanso ntchito kukulitsa machitidwe omwe angapitirire masewera a cartridge.
Chimodzi mwa zosiyana kwambiri ndi zasayansi za Channel F zomwe Lawson ndi gulu lake adagwirizanitsa zinali TV Pow , yoyamba, komanso masewera a kanema omwe amawonetsedwa pa TV.
Monga chiwonetsero cha ana am'deralo amasonyeza pakati pa katototi, wokhala nawo angakhale nawo osewera akuitanira kuti alowe nawo pa TV Pow , yomwe ili ndi masewero owonetsera malo omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito Channel Channel, omwe ali ndi chiwerengero chachikulu chomwe chili pakati. Sitima za adani zikadutsa patsogolo pa chiwongoladzanja, woseŵerayo amalira "POW" kuti awotche ndi kuwomba.
Pambuyo pa Fairchild Channel F
Atachoka ku Fairchild, Lawson adayamba kujambula masewero ake a Video, Videooft, ndi cholinga chokhazikitsa masewera ndi zipangizo zamakono kwa Atari 2600 . Videooft inathera kupanga klari imodzi yokha, " Generator Bar ", yomwe inakonzedwa kuti iwonetsere mtundu wa televizioni ndikukonzekera chithunzi chowongolera.
Lero Lawson akusangalala ndi ntchito yopuma pantchito ndikupita kumalo otsegulira masewera monga msonkhano wokhala alendo. Kuyambira pachiyambi cha ntchito yake mpaka lero, iye amakhumudwa akamakumana ndi anthu ambiri omwe anamva za iye, koma akamakumana naye pamasom'pamaso akudabwa ndi kuti ali wakuda. Monga momwe adayankhulira mu 2009 ndi Benj Edwards pa webusaitiyi Vintage Computing ndi Gaming "Chabwino sindimayendayenda ndikuuza aliyense kuti ndine wakuda. Ndimangochita ntchito yanga, mukudziwa?"