John(athon) D. Harris is a well-known computer programmer, hacker, and author of some classical 1980s Atari computer games. He features in Steven Levy's book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" as one of the young computer hackers working at Sierra On-Line. Wikipedia
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I f one person could be chosen to hold the title of "early 1980s game industry folk hero," John Harris would be a leading candidate. www.dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/HARRIS.HTM