Pane imwe nguva iyo mhizha yemakombiyuta uye yevhidhiyo yemakambani yakanga yakanyanya kuzadzwa nevarume veCaucasian, Jerry Lawson aiva mutsva. Akasika imwe yekutanga cartridge-based video game consoles (Fairchild Channel F), yakagadzirirwa yeimwe yekutanga yemari yemabhidhiyumu ( Demolition Derby ), yakanga iri mukuru weVideooft, yekutanga yevashandi veAtari 2600 , uye wokutanga African American mumudhizimusi wemitambo yemavhidhiyo kuti azadzise zvakadaro.
Zita: Jerry Lawson
Kuberekwa: 1940
Mark In Gaming History: First Black Video Game Engineer and Designer, Mutungamiri we Fairchild Channel F video game console, yakagadzirwa uye yakabudisa Demolition Derby muchengeti wemutambo, mukuru weVideooft mutevedzeri wevhesi.
Jerry Lawson Mazuva Ekutanga
Kukura mwanakomana wemhuri inotora mari yakaderera kubva purojekiti yeimba muJamaica, New York haana kumbomutsira jerry Lawson muduku. Amai vake, vakanga vakatsunga kuve nechokwadi kuti mwanakomana wavo akaenda kuchikoro chepamusoro chaivepo uye akawana dzidzo yakanakisisa, kunyange kushanda semusoro wePTA. Baba vake, murume akareba kwenguva refu, vaine apatite inoparadza yesayenzi uye teknolojia, iyo yaakapfuurira kumwanakomana wake.
Seve jaya Jerry akanga atova shongwe isingagoneki uye teterer, achiwana hovha yevhidhiyo uye aivashandisa kuti avake chiteshi chake chemasimiti kubva mumukamuri yake, pamwe chete nekugadzira uye kutengesa ma-walkie-talkies.
Kugadzira Nzira Yake ku Fairchild
Mushure mokuenda kuQueens College neThe City College yeNew York, Lawson akatanga basa reunjiniya, achishanda mumakambani ekugadzira magetsi nemakambani akadai se Federal Federal, Grumman Aircraft, uye PRD Electronics. Pakupedzisira, akaenda ku Fairchild Semiconductor muna 1970 achishanda nemitambo yavo yakazara semiconductors uye microprocessors.
Mumakore ake mashomanana okutanga na Fairchild, Jerry akatanga kupinda mune imwe teknolojia yekombiyuta, sezvo zvaaifarira zvakakura akabatana ne Homebrew Computer Club uye akashamwaridzana nevatangi veAtari , Nolan Bushnell naTed Dabney, uyewo injineri shure kwePong , Alan Alcorn .
Fairchild Channel F - Kutanga kweVhidhiyo Yemutambo Trailblazer
Nolan naTed vakaratidza Jerry zvisikwa zvavo, Computer Space , yekutanga yekutengeserana inowanikwa mari yepasitadhi yemusasa, mushure mezvo Jerry akatanga kutenderera kumusha, achigadzira uye achivaka wake pachake yemari yemabhiza, Demolition Derby , achishandisa microprocessors kubva ku Fairchild.
Apo avo vanoita pa Fairchild vakadzidza nezvezvisikwa zvake zvekudenga vakamuisa iye mutariri weimba yavo yevideo game game console, iyo ichazopedzisira yava Fairchild Channel F, yekutanga ROM cartridge video game console.
Jerry Lawson uye TV POW
Mukuwedzera pakuve mutungamiriri weFirchild Channel F uye nekugadzira zvizhinji zvezvikwata zvayo, Lawson, neboka rake zvakare vakashanda pakuwedzera maitiro ezvigaro kupfuura kungoita cartrid yemitambo.
Chimwe chezvinhu zvakasiyana zvakasiyana-siyana zvekambani yeChannel F iyo Lawson neboka rake vakaisa pamwe paiva TV Pow , yekutanga, uye pikicha yemavhidhiyo yakatambidzwa kuburikidza nekuparadzirwa kweterevhizheni.
Sezviri kuitika kune vana vomunharaunda inoratidzira pakati pemakatekiti, mukuru wacho aizotora vatambi vachidanidzira kuti vabatanidze muTV Pow , iyo inoratidza nzvimbo yekupfura mhepo inoshandiswa yeCanferensi F, ine chinangwa chakakura mukati maro. Apo ngarava dzevavengi dzakabhururuka pamberi pechipfuva, mutambi wacho aizodanidzira "POW" kuti apise moto ndokurova chinangwa chavo.
Mushure me Fairchild Channel F
Mushure mokubva Fairchild, Lawson akatanga purogiramu yemutambo wevhidhiyo, Videooft, nechinangwa chokugadzira mitambo uye tashandisirwo e-tech yeAtari 2600 . Videooft yakaguma ichigadzira imwe chete cartridge, " Color Bar Generator ", iyo yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza ruvara rweterevhizheni uye kugadzirisa mifananidzo yakananga uye yakasviba.
Nhasi Lawson ari kunakidzwa nekurasikirwa zvakakodzera uye anoenda kutora mitambo yekutambira uye magungano semukurukuri wevatenzi. Kubvira pakutanga kwebasa rake kusvikira nhasi, anonyadziswa paanosangana nevanhu vakawanda vakanzwa nezvake, asi pavanomusangana iye pachavo vanoshamiswa nekuti iye mutema. Sezvaakataura muhurukuro ya2009 naBenjamin Edwards yewebsite yeVintage Computing and Gaming "Zvakanaka ini handifambi ndichiudza munhu wose kuti ndiri mutema. Ndiri kuita basa rangu, munoziva?"