Comments on: New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: stephen

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:56:31 +0000

i have a fairchild channel f 1 still in the box with everything i dont think it was ever played how much is it worth
email me

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: superstition

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:24:25 +0000

I was born in '76 and grew up playing this console. My favorite game was Dodge It.

I have a first generation Fairchild Video Entertainment System and I got it from Ebay (my original had broken controllers) not knowing I needed to let it warm up for two days before using it.

It worked briefly and then died. I assume I "popped" a chip. If anyone knows of a solution for this problem, please contact me. And, if you sell Fairchild machines on Ebay be sure to warn buyers.

s u p e r s t i t i o n 2 (AT) h o t m a i l . c o m

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: Ummagumma

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:16:07 +0000

Let us know how it goes with the power supply, I have a Channel F myself with a busted up power adapter.

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: Jonathan Signor

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:46:43 +0000

Still working on getting them dumped and seeing what they are. Once that's done, a follow-up post will be made with the results!

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: Richard Brown

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:30:51 +0000

Wow, any update from the OP? I'd love to know if he got this working. "Barn finds" make me jealous. I'm always the guy showing up too late…

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: e5frog

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:10:42 +0000

Really nice find!

Who was the engineer? What's the father's name?

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: JohnJohnson2000

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:01:03 +0000

That sega reader is not that strange. They were actually on sale one christmas at Zellers I remember.

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: Geoff V.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:24:07 +0000

Beyond the coolness factor, Ben is right about the need to preserve what's left. If you are unable to located the help you need, I recommend contacting the Computer Science Department of your nearest credible University. There should be one or two guys that know what they are doing and will be willing to help you out.

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: Benj Edwards

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:12:51 +0000

Hey Jon, check this out. Not sure if it will work with yours:

Channel F Power Converter on eBay

By the way, I recommend letting Sean help you dump the prototype carts. You likely have the only known copies of the code contained on them, and it's worth it to preserve them. Let's hope the PROMs aren't dead.

Comment on New Fairchild Channel F Prototypes Discovered by: Sean Riddle

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:25:13 +0000

I've got a Channel F cart dumper that I've sent out to 3 people so far. It records the ROM images into a serial RAM chip, then I can read them back out and into a file that works with the MESS emulator.

Here's more info:
http://members.cox.net/seanriddle/chanf.html

If you are interested, send me email.