Doug Coward wrote:
> 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.
Doug, I also have one of the second (System II) machines.. Out of the three
F8's I have 2 are dead.. This machine is getting very hard to find, it would
be classified as the first generation prorammed cartridge machines..How about
the RCA Studio II machine ? I believe that this machine was a close second
of the "First Generation Programable Game Machines" I purchased one of these
at Radio Shack as a closeout for $59.00 in 1977.. Have you ever seen one of
these machines ?
Check this site out:
http://newton.physics.arizona.edu/~hart/vgh/main.html
As far as I know the Fairchild F8 microprocessor was not used in any other
applications, however the RCA 1802 microprocessor was used in many
industrial applications..
Phil..
Received on Mon Oct 12 1998 - 10:06:18 BST