I think the Captain Lawson is this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lawson

who is responsible for a puzzling sign on I-94 south of Milwaukee:

http://www.onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/lawson.html

Cheaper, for IDE interface:

http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/accessories/cf_adapters

Logic Supply is an embedded systems supplier, nice people to do business with. Turn your old laptop into a flash box.
Oh yeah, put more RAM in it, install linux.

"My ball got stuck at the top and just went back and forth. I couldn't get the last 3 words. FAIL."
"Needs work (ball only bounces off paddle at 90 degrees) but a nice concept."
Minor design deficiency - the top surface of the paddle has to be convex to prevent harmonic lock, or the playing field must have non-commensurate sides, impossible on any real computer graphics system.