Duimon’s Fairchild Channel F
Specs
– The Fairchild Channel F is a game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976 and invented by Jerry Lawson. It made its first public appearance in June of 1976 at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. However, the company only displayed a non-working empty shell, so the system did not attract much press attention. A few weeks later, the Channel F made a much bigger debut nationwide as part of a July 6, 1976 article in Businessweek called “The Smart Machine Revolution.” It has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge–based video game console, and the first console to use a microprocessor.
- CPU chip: Fairchild F8 operating at 1.79 MHz (PAL gen. 1: 2.00 MHz, PAL gen.2: 1.77 MHz)
- RAM: 64 bytes, 2 kB VRAM (2×128×64 bits)
- Resolution: 128 × 64 pixels, approximately 102 × 58 pixels visible depending on TV
- Colors: eight colors (either black/white or four color max. per line)
- Audio: 1 channel capable of playing 500 Hz, 1 kHz, and 1.5 kHz tones that could be modulated to produce different tones
- Input: two custom game controllers, hardwired to the console (original release) or removable (Channel F System II)
- Output: RF modulated composite video signal, cord hardwired to console
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Graphic Topic Timeline
Enterprise 128: 770
Preset Example
Recommended:
- Add Duimon-Custom-Color folder to Mega_Bezel_Packs folder, if not already
- Choose Duimon Graphic preset as reference and add desired settings to .slangp file
- Save and place preset into Fairchild – Channel F folder
- Name preset file “color”-[“style”].slangp;Brown-[PVM20].slangp
#reference "../../../../Duimon-Mega-Bezel/Presets/Standard/Fairchild_Channel_F/ChannelF-[STD]-[Guest]-[PVM20].slangp"
HSM_DEVICE_HUE = "333.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_SATURATION = "75.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_BRIGHTNESS = "38.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_GAMMA = "0.450000"
DeviceImage = "../../../../Duimon-Mega-Bezel/Graphics/PVM/PVM20_Bezel2.png"
Preset Images
[Custom-Bezel_002]
DeviceImage = "../../Duimon-Mega-Bezel/Graphics/_Common/Dual_Bezel_Bezel2.png"
DecalImage = "../../Duimon-Mega-Bezel/Graphics/_Common/Dual_Bezel_Frame2.png"
[PVM20]
DeviceImage = "../../Duimon-Mega-Bezel/Graphics/PVM/PVM20_Bezel2.png"
[TM20]
DeviceImage = "../../Duimon-Mega-Bezel/Graphics/PVM/TM20_Bezel2.png"
Preset Settings
.-------.
| Brown |
'-------'
[Bezel]
HSM_BZL_COLOR_HUE = "22.000000"
HSM_BZL_COLOR_SATURATION = "75.000000"
HSM_BZL_COLOR_VALUE = "28.000000"
[Device]
HSM_DEVICE_HUE = "333.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_SATURATION = "75.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_BRIGHTNESS = "38.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_GAMMA = "0.450000"
[Decal]
HSM_DECAL_HUE = "333.000000"
HSM_DECAL_SATURATION = "75.000000"
HSM_DECAL_BRIGHTNESS = "28.000000"
HSM_DECAL_GAMMA = "0.450000"
.--------.
| Yellow |
'--------'
[Bezel]
HSM_BZL_COLOR_HUE = "34.000000"
HSM_BZL_COLOR_SATURATION = "74.000000"
HSM_BZL_COLOR_VALUE = "89.000000"
[Device]
HSM_DEVICE_HUE = "345.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_SATURATION = "74.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_BRIGHTNESS = "99.000000"
HSM_DEVICE_GAMMA = "0.450000"
[Decal]
HSM_DECAL_HUE = "345.000000"
HSM_DECAL_SATURATION = "74.000000"
HSM_DECAL_BRIGHTNESS = "89.000000"
HSM_DECAL_GAMMA = "0.450000"
Preset Settings Key
[Bezel]: Bezel
[Custom-Bezel_001]: Bezel
[Custom-Bezel_002]: All
[PVM20]: Device
[TM20]: Bezel and Device