Doug Spence <ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca> said:
Speaking of which... how common are the Channel Fs? I
picked up several
cartridges for one some time ago, but I've never seen the actual unit.
I've only seen ads for them in old magazines.
I see one about every two years. I have 3, 2 of which are in boxes.
And I've managed to collect all of the regular cartridges, except
for #26, in the boxes with instructions.
#19 is the hardest to find.
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/museum/mvfair.htm
There was a second system (System II) that I believe was
produced by the company that bought the rights to Channel F from
Fairchild. The big differences in the two systems was that the
original had a dark plexiglas cover over the controller storage
compartment and the controllers were hard wired into the unit.
It was the first home video game system to use programmed
cartridges, but I think the cool thing about the Channel F was
it 4 axis controller.
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Doug Coward
Press Start Inc.
Sunnyvale,CA
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