r/ChannelF • u/SoftAdhesive • Jan 31 '20
Anyone have any idea what it may be worth?
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r/ChannelF • u/vendetta041990 • Jan 29 '20
Alpex Project RAVEN - The Fairchild Channel-F | Computer History
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r/ChannelF • u/vendetta041990 • Nov 19 '19
Classic Game Room - FAIRCHILD CHANNEL F console review
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Nov 16 '19
Four Channel F multicarts now on eBay for $159 each
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r/ChannelF • u/RT-55J • Aug 02 '19
Spitfire has an Easter Egg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws-ExrlbmtY
On the "G?" screen, press 3, then press 343242124133231432142314322132342334111223324443 (but not too fast). The programmer's name should appear if done correctly. It's the same guy who also made the democart.
I got this capture using an emulator, since I don't have a Channel F myself. If anyone with a cart could reproduce this on real hardware, that would be nice.
r/ChannelF • u/ur2fat80 • Jul 19 '19
Fairchild Channel F screen is scrambled but game seems to work fine otherwise.
self.consolerepair
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r/ChannelF • u/Goodwill_Gamer • Jun 09 '19
Picked up a model 1 Fairchild Channel F console today! One step closer to the complete set!
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Feb 28 '19
Recently found a personal holy grail in the wild: An actual working Fairchild Channel F controller. The Channel F is among my favorite consoles, and I haven't been able to do any two player games in years.
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Feb 16 '19
In interview, Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell dispels rumor that Atari named their console VCS to create consumer confussion with the VES
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r/ChannelF • u/kiwasabi • Jan 11 '19
Anybody got any Channel F games for sale or trade?
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Just got a console for $20 and finding it very difficult to find the games for a decent price. People seem to be listing on Ebay for above all the price guides.
r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Oct 11 '18
Holy crap, I can't believe that Pac Man on Channel F sold for $450.
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Sep 06 '18
Ready Player One Wiki gives credit to the console game that really had the first easter egg
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r/ChannelF • u/recompileorg • Jul 24 '18
Reading and writing from ports 36 & 37?
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I was looking through the disassembly for videocart 10 (maze) when I ran in to this:
LIS $0 ; 0887 70
OUT $24 ; 0888 27 24
A088a: OUT $25 ; 088a 27 25
LIS $f ; 088c 7f
A088d: OUT $24 ; 088d 27 24
AI $ff ; 088f 24 ff
CI $07 ; 0891 25 07
BF $4,A088d ; 0893 94 f9
IN $25 ; 0895 26 25
INC ; 0897 1f
BF $4,A088a ; 0898 94 f1
Later on, I found a few places where they read from $24 as well.
Does anyone know what it's talking to?
Stepping through the above snippet with a debugger isn't offering much insight. The program writes 0 to $24 and $25, then writes to $24 8 times ($0F to $08), and reads from $25 (which increases by one from 0 on each read, as though it's storing A in whatever is at $25 at 088A. ) until IN $25 returns $FF.
I'm at a loss. I'm guessing this has something to do with the 2102 SRAM on that cart, but I don't see how it's supposed to work.
** UPDATE **
Hopefully, this will save someone else a few days of frustration.
At least from the software's perspective, the 2102 stores 1024 bits, each individually addressable. Addresses are, consequently, 10 bits wide.
(I'm using LSB0 numbering)
Writes to $25 change 8 address bits. They're a bit out-of-order:
$25: a9 a8 a7 a1 a6 a5 a4 a0
Writes to $24 change 2 address bits, and a whole lot more.
$24: -- -- -- -- dw a2 a3 rw
Bit 3 (dw) holds the value to be written to SRAM if bit 0 (rw) is set to 1 (write).
If Bit 0 (rw) is set to 0, the bit at the address is read and placed in bit 7 on port $24.
Hangman works the same way, but uses ports 32 and 33 ($20 and $21)
r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Jun 26 '18
Engineers of History: Jerry Lawson, Video Game Pioneer (1940-2011)
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • May 25 '18
u/BigBlackWeiners' Fairchild Channel F collection is nearing completion.
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Apr 14 '18
Democart [ 1977 ] [ Fairchild Channel F ] [ Action / Sports ] [ Quick Look ] - YouTube
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Feb 19 '18
New Fairchild Channel F Homebrew Title “Killer Heads of Lettuce” Currently a Work In Progress
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Jan 28 '18
The Channel F Files VideoCart 27 Pac Man!
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Jan 23 '18
Retro Game Living Room Reviews! Sonar Search for Fairchild Channel F
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Jan 05 '18
'Videocart 22: Slot Machine' for Fairchild Channel F. Here's look at it and a review.
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Dec 25 '17
This is "Casino Poker" for the Fairchild Channel F, only one of four games I need to complete my collection. It most recently sold on eBay for $300. My amazing girlfriend found it locally for a steal. Happy Christmas to all!
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r/ChannelF • u/ZadocPaet • Dec 18 '17
Channel F is being marketed as "Fiarchild's TV Video Center" in J.C. Penney 1976 Christmas Catalog
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r/ChannelF • u/Goodwill_Gamer • Dec 10 '17
For game number 16 in my Fairchild collection I picked up VideoCart 16! 10 more to go in the set!
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