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#### Fairchild Channel F

Usage:
MAME coin inputs (keys 5, 6, 7, 8) are used to select the game at the G? prompt.

History and Trivia:
Introduced in August 1976 at a suggested retail price of $170 (US), The Channel F was the
first programmable video game system to use replacable cartridges. The controllers, which were
often described as looking like plungers were attached directly to the system via 8 foot wires.
The Channel F didn't fair well in the late 1970s market dominated by Atari, and Fairchild switched their efforts to developing the Spark-16 minicomputer.

created on Thu Aug 16 22:55:01 2001