Happy Birthday Jerry Lawson Father of the Game Cartridge (OG Black Nerd)

[Neuromancer]

Jerry Lawson (engineer) - Wikipedia

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Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011)[3][4] was an American electronic engineer. He is known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console as well as leading the team that pioneered the commercial video game cartridge.[5] He was thus dubbed the "father of the videogame cartridge" according to Black Enterprise magazine in 1982. He eventually left Fairchild and founded the game company Video-Soft.[1]

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

The Google doodle for him is pretty dope.

 

[CopiousX]

Jerry Lawson (engineer) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011)[3][4] was an American electronic engineer. He is known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console as well as leading the team that pioneered the commercial video game cartridge.[5] He was thus dubbed the "father of the videogame cartridge" according to Black Enterprise magazine in 1982. He eventually left Fairchild and founded the game company Video-Soft.[1]

Did you check the bottom of your screen when you posted this? The recent coli update makes it real easy to see duplicate threads.


@Get These Giants beat you to it by 12hours.

 

[Originalman]

Salute to the brotha.... a pure genius....

 

[Mowgli]

Blow in the cartridge put the Nintendo tape right on the edge of the inside make sure it slams down in a secure grinding fit and the game should come on

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Peace to the OG

 

[Originalman]

Blow in the cartridge put the Nintendo tape right on the edge of the inside make sure it slams down in a secure grinding fit and the game should come on

 

[Originalman]

Real talk I owe that brotha so much. If it wasn't for me blowing on cartridges I would have never been able to increase my lung capacity, help reduce my asthma and play sports as a youngster.

So this brotha changed my life for the better.....one nintendo, sega genesis cartridge blow.... at a time...



Thank you Mr. Lawson....

 

[Neuromancer]

Did you check the bottom of your screen when you posted this? The recent coli update makes it real easy to see duplicate threads.


@Get These Giants beat you to it by 12hours.

I just got back on the Coli so I didn't notice.