FND Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Neat! Too bad there are not more screenshots. I'd love to see some of those in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 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". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Thats a very nice list! It seems like these are missing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) 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 April 13, 2009 by Wickeycolumbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) 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 April 13, 2009 by FND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) 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 April 14, 2009 by Atarifever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Where are the screenshots? I can't find 'em on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) I hate your webpage. It makes me want to buy a Channel F. Nothing should ever make someone want to buy a Channel F. :D 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 April 14, 2009 by FND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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