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[[wikipedia:Vectorbeam|Vectorbeam]]{{fileref|Syzygy US 01.pdf|page=4}} (named after his creation) but after facing huge financial problems and being pressed to sell the Patents of his invention by Cinematronics Larry finally gave up and sold the company with the patents back to them in 1979.
 
[[wikipedia:Vectorbeam|Vectorbeam]]{{fileref|Syzygy US 01.pdf|page=4}} (named after his creation) but after facing huge financial problems and being pressed to sell the Patents of his invention by Cinematronics Larry finally gave up and sold the company with the patents back to them in 1979.
  
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After exiting the video game field, Larry founded Sierra Systems in 1980, producing embedded systems development tools, one of them, the [[Sierra 68000 C Compiler]], was largely used in the early 90's in 68000-based applications ranging from navigational systems to printer applications and video games.
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After exiting the video game field, Larry founded Sierra Systems in 1980, producing{{ref|https://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of_26.html}} embedded systems development tools, one of them, the [[Sierra 68000 C Compiler]], was largely used in the early 90's in 68000-based applications ranging from navigational systems to printer applications and video games.
  
 
Currently, Larry Rosenthal  trades as KeyRinger, LLC., focusing in the sale of one of his last inventions, a lost key finder and remote control locator called ''KeyRinger™''.
 
Currently, Larry Rosenthal  trades as KeyRinger, LLC., focusing in the sale of one of his last inventions, a lost key finder and remote control locator called ''KeyRinger™''.
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*[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4053740A/en?assignee=lawrence+david+rosenthal&oq=lawrence+david+rosenthal Patent US4053740]
 
*[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4053740A/en?assignee=lawrence+david+rosenthal&oq=lawrence+david+rosenthal Patent US4053740]
 
*[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6366202B1/en?assignee=Lawrence+D.+Rosenthal&oq=Lawrence+D.+Rosenthal Patent US6366202]{{fileref|Patent Assignment Cover Sheet 2013-12-12 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf|page=10}}
 
*[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6366202B1/en?assignee=Lawrence+D.+Rosenthal&oq=Lawrence+D.+Rosenthal Patent US6366202]{{fileref|Patent Assignment Cover Sheet 2013-12-12 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf|page=10}}
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*[https://www.keyringer.com/ www.keyringer.com (Official website for Sierra Systems lost key finder and remote control locator ''KeyRinger™'')]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20030618025919/http://keyringer.com/}}{{fileref|Patent US8451127.pdf|page=10}}
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*[https://www.keyringer.com/ www.keyringer.com (Official website for Sierra Systems lost key finder and remote control locator ''KeyRinger™'')]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20030618025919/http://keyringer.com/}}{{fileref|Patent US8451127.pdf|page=10}}{{fileref|TheNationalLocksmith US 2003-12.pdf|page=45}}
 
*[https://archive.fo/LMGag "From the Computer Lab to the Arcade: The Journey of Space War" at paleotronic.com (archived 2019-07-18 08:19)]
 
*[https://archive.fo/LMGag "From the Computer Lab to the Arcade: The Journey of Space War" at paleotronic.com (archived 2019-07-18 08:19)]
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apg3W7yXULY California Extreme (CAX) speaker session - Larry Rosenthal at www.youtube.com (recorded at California Extreme 2014, July 12, 2014)]
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apg3W7yXULY California Extreme (CAX) speaker session - Larry Rosenthal at www.youtube.com (recorded at California Extreme 2014, July 12, 2014)]

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Sierra Systems
Founded: 1980
Headquarters:
Oakland, California, USA

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Sierra Systems is a company founded in 1980 in Oakland, California by Electrical Engineer, Inventor and Video Games Industry pionner Larry Rosenthal[1][2] (Lawrence David Rosenthal).

Larry was a 17 years old student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), when he saw in 1962, for the first time Spacewar! running on a PDP-1 Computer. Impressed with what he saw Larry created in 1973 his own processor and computer[3] built with surplus parts obtained from a run-down store near the Oakland airport called Mike Quinn Electronics[4] thus creating his home version of Spacewar!. He called his invention the Vectorbeam System[5], which turned to be the first coin-op video game to make use of a vector display.

He licensed his new invention to Cinematronics, a pioneering arcade game developer, based in El Cajon, California that had its heyday in the era of vector display games, who released it in 1977 as Space Wars[6]. Discontent with the royalties received Larry quit Cinematronics taking with him the "Vectorbeam System"[7] in the Spring of 1978 to form his own company called Vectorbeam[6] (named after his creation) but after facing huge financial problems and being pressed to sell the Patents of his invention by Cinematronics Larry finally gave up and sold the company with the patents back to them in 1979.

After exiting the video game field, Larry founded Sierra Systems in 1980, producing[8] embedded systems development tools, one of them, the Sierra 68000 C Compiler, was largely used in the early 90's in 68000-based applications ranging from navigational systems to printer applications and video games.

Currently, Larry Rosenthal trades as KeyRinger, LLC., focusing in the sale of one of his last inventions, a lost key finder and remote control locator called KeyRinger™.


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References

  1. ↑ http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.pt/2012/11/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of.html
  2. ↑ [ http://www.vectorlist.org/Vectorlist/1997/08/0229.html http://www.vectorlist.org/Vectorlist/1997/08/0229.html]
  3. ↑ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QhFAsymdwNk/U8VTZdYBR5I/AAAAAAAADEM/zi7Ine41IrM/s1600/lr.PNG
  4. ↑ http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.pt/2013/07/dave-needle-and-jerry-lawon-two-early.html
  5. ↑ https://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rats2.jpg
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Syzygy US 01.pdf, page 4
  7. ↑ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3a-ud4rIanQ/U8VTdNcXHHI/AAAAAAAADEY/A4OnvHj1Ung/s1600/lr1.PNG
  8. ↑ https://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of_26.html
  9. ↑ File:Patent Assignment Cover Sheet 2013-12-12 (United States Patent and Trademark Office).pdf, page 10
  10. ↑ http://keyringer.com/ (Wayback Machine: 2003-06-18 02:59)
  11. ↑ File:Patent US8451127.pdf, page 10
  12. ↑ File:TheNationalLocksmith US 2003-12.pdf, page 45
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