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Black and STEMbruary, Day 5
Feb. 5th, 2025 09:21 amGerald Lawson
Mr. Lawson was one of the first black electronics engineers in Silicon Valley. He's largely credited with inventing the video game cartridge. No word on if he invented blowing in the cartridge to make it work :P
Anyway, he worked on the Fairchild Channel F, which was the first home video game system, though it was quickly superceded by Atari. He also started his own video game company, VideoSoft. A Google doodle was dedicated to him in 2022.
Mr. Lawson was one of the first black electronics engineers in Silicon Valley. He's largely credited with inventing the video game cartridge. No word on if he invented blowing in the cartridge to make it work :P
Anyway, he worked on the Fairchild Channel F, which was the first home video game system, though it was quickly superceded by Atari. He also started his own video game company, VideoSoft. A Google doodle was dedicated to him in 2022.
