I haven’t read his bio, but I knee-jerk get sad seeing these pioneers because whenever I read more about them they often include something like:
“Despite the huge popularity of Thing They Created, they received no royalties and died in poverty.”
The unsaid part is that someone else got rich off their genius. Every time, it makes me want to join the communist party.
Thank you Jerry. Your invention was a great source of joy to me as a kid.
Jerry was father to all of us who grew up in that era, in a small way 🙏
And as a direct result of his creation, he was also responsible for the art of blowing dust out of the cartridge so it would boot.
A great man. May he rest in peace.
I feel bad for the mother who had to birth it.
I’ll always update posts about Jerry Lawson. The Fairchild Channel F was truly revolutionary.
