He was more business - he was more 'push-this, push-that' kind of a thing," said Lawson, who later admitted to his son that Jobs did a "good job" developing the iPad.Ī different figure from those early tech days made a much larger impression on Lawson: Allan Alcorn, creator of the iconic video game "Pong."įairchild sent Lawson to meet Alcorn in the early 1970s to discuss electronic parts for "Pong." The conversation prompted Lawson to start building his own coin-operated video game in his garage, called "Demolition Derby." He did, however, recognize Jobs' business instincts immediately. Lawson noted in a 2009 interview that he "was not impressed with them - either one, in fact." As one of the only Black members of the now-famous Homebrew Computer Club, Lawson said he met both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak around the time they were busy developing a desktop computer that would become the Apple I. As a young engineer in 1970s Silicon Valley, Lawson rubbed shoulders with multiple future tech giants.
Gaming cartridges weren't Lawson's only brush with history.
0 kommentar(er)
