The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Garage warriors: Computer pioneer makes a name on geek TV "Now, 22 years after Paterson and his employer, Seattle Computer Products, licensed Paterson's operating system to Microsoft for $50,000, Paterson is getting his 15 minutes of fame. ...
He's a leading competitor on Comedy Central's highly rated "BattleBots" cable-television show, where he drives his heavyweight robot Hexidecimator in fight-to-the-death matches against other high-tech luminaries and everyday folk."