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[FND]

Hello everyone

Just finished updating my Fairchild Web Pages with a new page containing pictures
of all the Channel F Proto's I know exist. For the time being the page can only be
accessed using the following link

Fairchild Channel F Proto page

The reason it can only be found through the above link is I will be updating with another page containing scans and lists of
all the Videocart ASSEMBLY DATE's found printed on the inside of the cart covers and on the PCB's (over 150 carts)
when I finish that page I will add the links to both pages throughout the site so they can be accessed from within the web
site

Here is a page scan of what the update will look like (wont look exactly like this as this is my Excel data base version)
anyway it should give a very good idea of when the Videocarts were being produced and the dates each were released



Hope this will be of interest to a some of you

[Lord Thag]

Neat!

Too bad there are not more screenshots. I'd love to see some of those in action.

[FND]

Lord Thag, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:55 AM, said:

Neat!

Too bad there are not more screenshots. I'd love to see some of those in action.

I do have copies of the ROM's for most of them but I cant seem to figure out the emulator,
if I can get it working I will add screen shots. maybe I should include the ROM's on the page
as well. I will need to figure out where I found them and ask permission

[Impaler_26]

FND, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:05 PM, said:

Lord Thag, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:55 AM, said:

Neat!

Too bad there are not more screenshots. I'd love to see some of those in action.

I do have copies of the ROM's for most of them but I cant seem to figure out the emulator,
if I can get it working I will add screen shots. maybe I should include the ROM's on the page
as well. I will need to figure out where I found them and ask permission

Are you using MESS? Channel F emulation works fine for me with it.

[FND]

Impaler_26, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:13 AM, said:

FND, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:05 PM, said:

Lord Thag, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:55 AM, said:

Neat!

Too bad there are not more screenshots. I'd love to see some of those in action.

I do have copies of the ROM's for most of them but I cant seem to figure out the emulator,
if I can get it working I will add screen shots. maybe I should include the ROM's on the page
as well. I will need to figure out where I found them and ask permission

Are you using MESS? Channel F emulation works fine for me with it.

Yes MESS but its not really the emulator as much as I cant figure out how to set it up after
I download the zip. I am not sure how to set up the data base dont see a install program ?
and have not been able to find a help file

Happy Easter

[Impaler_26]

FND, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:22 PM, said:

Impaler_26, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:13 AM, said:

FND, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:05 PM, said:

Lord Thag, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:55 AM, said:

Neat!

Too bad there are not more screenshots. I'd love to see some of those in action.

I do have copies of the ROM's for most of them but I cant seem to figure out the emulator,
if I can get it working I will add screen shots. maybe I should include the ROM's on the page
as well. I will need to figure out where I found them and ask permission

Are you using MESS? Channel F emulation works fine for me with it.

Yes MESS but its not really the emulator as much as I cant figure out how to set it up after
I download the zip. I am not sure how to set up the data base dont see a install program ?
and have not been able to find a help file

Happy Easter

Hm... did you download the latest version (0.130b) ? You can get it here.
You don't have to install it, just unzip it. There's a helpfile included, it's called "mess.chm".

[FND]

Impaler_26, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:05 AM, said:

Hm... did you download the latest version (0.130b) ? You can get it here.
You don't have to install it, just unzip it. There's a helpfile included, it's called "mess.chm".

Thanks I'll give that version a try, Its been awhile since I tried installing MESS so I am sure thats a newer
version.

Thanks again
FND

[Wickeycolumbus]

Thats a very nice list! It seems like these are missing though.

[FND]

Wickeycolumbus, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:51 PM, said:

Thats a very nice list! It seems like these are missing though.

Thanks

Actually Those two are listed/pictured about half way down the page, BTW they both now reside in my collection :)

[BuddyBuddies]

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:10 AM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:51 PM, said:

Thats a very nice list! It seems like these are missing though.

Thanks

Actually Those two are listed/pictured about half way down the page, BTW they both now reside in my collection :)

VERY NICE!

[Wickeycolumbus]

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:10 AM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:51 PM, said:

Thats a very nice list! It seems like these are missing though.

Thanks

Actually Those two are listed/pictured about half way down the page, BTW they both now reside in my collection :)

Thats very cool, I would love to have some Channel F protos! I see those protos now, I was only looking at the picture in your post before.

Edited by Wickeycolumbus, Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:28 AM.

[FND]

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:26 AM, said:

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:10 AM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:51 PM, said:

Thats a very nice list! It seems like these are missing though.

Thanks

Actually Those two are listed/pictured about half way down the page, BTW they both now reside in my collection :)

Thats very cool, I would love to have some Channel F protos! I see those protos now, I was only looking at the picture in your post before.

Yes I see how that can be confusing, I think I will remove that page scan as it does not have anything to do with the proto's,
I only added it to show what my next update will be (list of videocart date codes found in the videocarts)

EDIT Cant edit my first post ?

Indeed having a few Channel F Proto's is very cool only took me like two years to finally work them loose from the original buyer/finder also included two Evaluation carts and a few other early carts. Its always a long time between finds for the
Channel F so I have to make the most out of it when it happens, making the web page and sharing it here is a big part of it

Edited by FND, Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:31 PM.

[Impaler_26]

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:26 PM, said:

EDIT Cant edit my first post ?

The post editing feature has been changed a while ago. You can ask Al to let you edit your first post in this thread.

[Tempest]

Wow, Channel F protos. Those have got to be crazy rare, right up there with the Aquarius protos Ianoid has.

I look forward to reading more about them. It's not often you see protos for obscure systems.

Tempest

[FND]

Impaler_26, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:34 AM, said:

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:26 PM, said:

EDIT Cant edit my first post ?

The post editing feature has been changed a while ago. You can ask Al to let you edit your first post in this thread.

Thanks Impaler_26 I kinda remember that now.

Oh well I took care of it myself by re-naming the file I linked the picture to

[Wickeycolumbus]

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:42 PM, said:

Impaler_26, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:34 AM, said:

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:26 PM, said:

EDIT Cant edit my first post ?

The post editing feature has been changed a while ago. You can ask Al to let you edit your first post in this thread.

Thanks Impaler_26 I kinda remember that now.

Oh well I took care of it myself by re-naming the file I linked the picture to

I can still see it there. PM Albert, he will give you the power to edit it

[FND]

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:12 AM, said:

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:42 PM, said:

Impaler_26, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:34 AM, said:

FND, on Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:26 PM, said:

EDIT Cant edit my first post ?

The post editing feature has been changed a while ago. You can ask Al to let you edit your first post in this thread.

Thanks Impaler_26 I kinda remember that now.

Oh well I took care of it myself by re-naming the file I linked the picture to

I can still see it there. PM Albert, he will give you the power to edit it

Its probably still in your cache but I am sure it can not be enlarged and once your cache is cleared or the
page is refreshed it should not show up at all.

Thanks again
FND

[FND]

Got the Emulatore working (thanks Impaler_26) so I have included some screen shoots
you may have to refresh the web page after clicking on the link to see them

Web page link




FND

[Atarifever]

I hate your webpage. It makes me want to buy a Channel F. Nothing should ever make someone want to buy a Channel F.

For some reason the links on your site don't all work when you use the link in your first post (like if you click "1 through 5" on the page it brings up, you get an error, which doesn't seem to happen on your other pages).

Edited by Atarifever, Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:29 AM.

[Tempest]

Atarifever, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:28 AM, said:

I hate your webpage. It makes me want to buy a Channel F. Nothing should ever make someone want to buy a Channel F.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. I don't even know if my Channel F works, I think I plugged it in once and never touched it again. Oddly I have a pretty decent sized Channel F collection (only missing two or three games).

Tempest

[S1500]

Where are the screenshots? I can't find 'em on the site.

[FND]

Atarifever, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 AM, said:

I hate your webpage. It makes me want to buy a Channel F. Nothing should ever make someone want to buy a Channel F.

Atarifever, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 AM, said:

For some reason the links on your site don't all work when you use the link in your first post (like if you click "1 through 5" on the page it brings up, you get an error, which doesn't seem to happen on your other pages).

Yes I noticed that after I posted the link in the first post, I can't fix it now or the link will go dead and updating
the first post is not allowed

When I do the final update with the coming new page (date codes) it will be fixed, I will contact Alex at that
time and ask for permission to edit the first post

Thanks for the heads up

Here is a link to the web site with working links, just click on the "Yellow boarder" links at the top to move around
BTW The proto page is not linked from within these pages Yet so you will need to use the link in the first post to
get to that page for now

Full Web site LINK (less proto page) use first post link for ProtoPage



FND

Edited by FND, Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:40 AM.

[FND]

Tempest, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:14 AM, said:

Atarifever, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:28 AM, said:

I hate your webpage. It makes me want to buy a Channel F. Nothing should ever make someone want to buy a Channel F.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. I don't even know if my Channel F works, I think I plugged it in once and never touched it again. Oddly I have a pretty decent sized Channel F collection (only missing two or three games).

Tempest

Let me guess

Hangman #18
Checkers #19
Casino Poker #25

maybe

Video Whizball #20

These seem to have been produced in less numbers then the rest for some reason

Glad to hear the little seeds of interest I have planted are starting to grow

FND

[FND]

S1500, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:28 AM, said:

Where are the screenshots? I can't find 'em on the site.

They should be shown within the first post web page link, Maybe you will need to
refreash the page once you open it up, sometimes your cache will hold the old page
until you refreash it. LMK



FND

[Tempest]

FND, on Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:50 PM, said:

Let me guess

Hangman #18
Checkers #19
Casino Poker #25

maybe

Video Whizball #20

Close...

Checkers
Casino Poker
Slot Machine

and the Demo Carts of course.

Tempest