Jerry Lawson - First Black Video Game Professional

Nakong ea ha indasteri ea papali ea lik'homphieutha le video e ne e tletse banna ba Caucasian, Jerry Lawson e ne e le moqapi. O ile a bōpa e 'ngoe ea lipapali tsa papali ea lipapali tsa video tsa cartrid (Fairchild Channel F), e entsoeng ka e' ngoe ea lipapali tsa pele tsa lichelete ( Demolition Derby ), e ne e le hlooho ea Videooft, moetsi oa pele oa Atari 2600 , le African African pele lefapheng la papali ea video ho finyella lintho tse joalo.

Lebitso: Jerry Lawson

Tsoalo: 1940

Tšoaea Historing ea Gaming: Moqapi oa Ntoa ea Pele ea Ntoa ea Video Black le Moqapi, Moeta-pele oa Fairchild Channel F video game console, e entsoeng le e hlahisitse papali ea Demolition Derby , moqapi oa lipapali tsa Videooft.

Jerry Lawson & Early Life

Ho hōlisa mora oa lelapa le nang le phaello e tlaase ho tloha mohahong oa Jamaica, New York ha ho mohla a kileng a thibela Jerry Lawson e monyenyane. 'Mè oa hae, o ne a ikemiselitse ho etsa bonnete ba hore mora oa hae o ea likolong tse phahameng le ho fumana thuto e ntle ka ho fetisisa, esita le ho sebeletsa e le hlooho ea PTA. Ntate oa hae, eo e neng e le khale a le lebōpong la leoatle, o ne a e-na le li-apatite tse harolang saense le theknoloji, tseo a ileng a li fetisetsa mora oa hae.

Ha e ntse e le mocha Jerry o ne a se a ntse a e-na le lisebelisoa tsa theknoloji e sa phekoleheng, a fumana lengolo la radio radio le ho le sebelisa ho theha seteishene sa seea-le-moeeng sa amateur ka kamoreng ea hae, hammoho le ho etsa le ho rekisa li-walkie-talkies.

Boenjiniere Tsela ea Hae ho Fairchild

Ka mor'a ho ea Queens College le The City College of New York, Lawson o ile a qala mosebetsi oa boenjiniere, a sebetsa litsing tsa theknoloji tse hlahisoang ke mekhatlo e kang Federal Electric, Grumman Aircraft le PRD Electronics. Qetellong, o ile a fihla Fairchild Semiconductor ka 1970 a sebetsa le li-semiconductors tsa bona tse feletseng le microprocessors.

Lilemong tse seng kae tse qalang le Fairchild, Jerry o ile a qala ho kenella le theknoloji e eketsehileng ea k'homphieutha, ha lithahasello tsa hae li ntse li eketseha o ile a kena le Homebrew Computer Club mme a sebelisana le bathehi ba Atari , Nolan Bushnell le Ted Dabney, hammoho le moenjiniere oa Pong , Alan Alcorn .

Setsi sa Fairchild F - Tšimoloho ea Game Game Trailblazer

Nolan le Ted ba ne ba bontšitse Jerry pōpo ea bona, Computer Space , papali ea pele ea lipapali tsa chelete ea thekiso ea lichelete, ka mor'a moo Jerry a qala ho phalla lapeng, a etsa le ho haha ​​mochine oa hae oa lichelete, Demolition Derby , a sebelisa microprocessors ho tloha Fairchild.

Ha basebetsi ba Fairchild ba ithuta ka pōpo ea hae ea libaka ba mo beha mookameli oa morero oa bona oa video console console, e leng qetellong e tla ba Fairchild Channel F, e leng ROM ea video ea pele ea video ea console.

Jerry Lawson le POW ea TV

Ho phaella tabeng ea ho ba hlooho ea morero oa Fairchild Channel F le ho qapa likarolo tse ngata tsa eona tsa prototyped, Lawson, le sehlopha sa hae le bona ba ile ba sebetsa ho eketsa bokhoni ba lisebelisoa ho feta lipapali tsa cartridge.

E 'ngoe ea mekhoa e ikhethang ka ho fetisisa ea theknoloji ea Channel F eo Lawson le sehlopha sa hae ba neng ba se kopanya e ne e le TV Pow , ea pele le papali ea video feela e bapalitsoeng ka thelevishene.

E le karolo ea bana ba sebakeng sa heno e bonts'a pakeng tsa li-cartoons, moeti o tla ba le ba bapalang ba hoeletsa ho ea kenya letsoho Thabeng ea Pow , e nang le papali ea papali ea ho thunngoa ea Channel F, e nang le sepheo se seholo sa sepheo sa bohareng. Ha likepe tsa lira li fofa ka pel'a palo, motho ea bapalang o ne a hoeletsa "POW" ho chesa le ho otla sepheo sa bona.

Ka mor'a Tsela ea Fairchild F

Ka mor'a hore a tlohe Fairchild, Lawson o ile a qala moqapi oa lipapali tsa video, Videooft, ka boikemisetso ba ho etsa lipapali le lisebelisoa tsa theknoloji bakeng sa Atari 2600 . Videooft e qetella e theha cartridge e le 'ngoe feela, " Generator Bar Generator ", e neng e etselitsoe ho boloka' mala oa thelevisheneng le ho fetola tšoara ea setšoantšo le lehlakoreng.

Kajeno Lawson o thabela mosebetsi oa ho tlohela mosebetsi 'me o bapala lipapali tsa lipapali le likopano e le sebui sa moeti. Ho tloha ts'ebetsong ea mosebetsi oa hae ho fihlela kajeno, o hlolloa ha a kopana le batho ba bangata ba utloileng ka eena, empa ha a kopana le eena ka boeena ba makatsoa ke taba ea hore o motšo. Joalokaha a boletse puisanong ea 2009 le Benjamin Edwards bakeng sa websaeteng ea Vintage Computing le Gaming "Hantle ha ke tsamaee ho bolella motho e mong le e mong ke le mosi. Ke mpa ke etsa mosebetsi oa ka, ua tseba?"