Jerry Lawson's Fairchild Channel F Console

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"Gerald Anderson "Jerry" Lawson (Dec 1, 1940 – Apr 9, 2011). Electronic engineer, one of the 1st Black computer engineers in Silicon Valley. He was also known for his work in designing the ‘Fairchild Channel F’ video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable used as commercial video game cartridges. His innovations in this area led to him being considered the father of the game cartridge. He eventually left Fairchild and founded the game company Video-Soft... One of the most influential names of the early video game industry. Jerry created game cartridges as we know them, changing the way games were created and sold, and helped to grow our industry immeasurably. Created the technology that paved the way for modern gaming.His groundbreaking technology became the foundation for Atari, Nintendo and Sega. The developer of the first interchangeable cartridge video game console with a microprocessor, the Fairchild Channel F (1976). This console predated the Atari 2600 by one year... He was a pioneering engineer in the video game industry, notable for developing the first home video game console with interchangeable cartridges, the Fairchild Channel F. Lawson was largely self-taught in engineering. The channel F is such an underrated console."


Some Articles & Video:
https://www.biography.com/inventor/jerry-lawson

https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545




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i only recently found out about lawson's story with the channel f, but even so he seems like he was such a cool and chill guy. i wish he was still around to this day, i'd love to get to talk to him about his experiences just once. he seems like he'd be the type of guy to have a seemingly infinite amount of life stories to tell, and i'd listen to every single one.
 
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