History of video games/Platforms/Fairchild Channel F

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Jerry Lawson Fairchild Semiconductor Engineer Jerry Lawson made an early arcade cabinet called Demolition Derby, which prompted Fairchild Semiconductor to quietly expand into the game industry.Jerry Lawson And The Fairchild Channel F; Father Of The Video Game Cartridge https://hackaday.com/2020/07/14/jerry-lawson-and-the-fairchild-channel-f-father-of-the-video-game-cartridge/ 24 October 2020 Hackaday 14 July 2020 While working on the Fairchild Channel F, Lawson made the first real game cartridges, which contained software and could expand the RAM of the System.Jerry Lawson, Inventor of Modern Game Console, Dies at 70 https://www.wired.com/2011/04/jerry-lawson-dies/ 24 October 2020 Wired en-us Because of this Jerry Lawson is recognized as one of the most important figures in early gaming technology history for his invention of the cartridge, as well as one of the first African American engineers in the video game industry.Laurel Capitol Technology University 11301 Springfield Road Gerald https://www.captechu.edu/blog/gerald-jerry-lawson-inventor-of-first-home-gaming-console-interchangeable-cartridge www.captechu.edu 3 December 2020 enJerry Lawson: The Black Man Who Revolutionized Gaming As We Know It - IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/22/jerry-lawson-the-black-man-who-revolutionized-gaming-as-we-know-it 3 December 2020 en Laswson's philosophy on games favored games that were skillful and grew the player.VC&G » VC&G Interview: Jerry Lawson, Black Video Game Pioneer https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545/vcg-interview-jerry-lawson-black-video-game-pioneer 25 October 2020 He is remembered as an important early video game and computer industry figure in general, and became a symbol of African Americans in the gaming industry.Chalk Andy Black videogame pioneer Jerry Lawson has a USC Games endowment named after him https://www.pcgamer.com/black-videogame-pioneer-jerry-lawson-has-a-usc-games-endowment-named-after-him/ 28 May 2021 PC Gamer 2021-05-11Miller Alex An Unsung Hero of Gaming History Deserves a Higher Profile https://www.wired.com/story/jerry-lawson-unsung-hero-gaming-history-podcast/ 6 February 2022 Wired Launch thumb|Fairchild Channel F logotype. The Fairchild Channel F was released in November of 1976 at a cost of $169.95.Orland Kyle Obituary: Fairchild Channel F Creator Jerry Lawson https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/124369/Obituary_Fairchild_Channel_F_Creator_Jerry_Lawson.php 24 October 2020 www.gamasutra.com en The system was acquired by Zircon and relaunched around 1981 as a budget system. In 1981 Channel F cartridges cost as little as $18.95 and as much as $29.95.Kunkel Bill Katz Arnie THE VIDEOGAMES: HOW THEY RATE (Published 1981) https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/21/style/the-videogames-how-they-rate.html 11 February 2021 The New York Times 21 November 1981 Legacy thumb|A Fairchild Channel F in a museum. The Fairchild Channel F was discontinued in 1984,Fairchild Channel F / Channel F System II (1976 – 1984) https://obsoletemedia.org/fairchild-channel-f/ Museum of Obsolete Media 28 October 2020 24 January 2018 coinciding with the video game market crash in the United States, but having been on the market for an exceptional amount of time. Around 250,000 Channel F consoles were sold.Snider Mike Before Nintendo and Atari: How a black engineer changed the video game industry forever https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/02/27/how-black-engineer-forever-changed-video-game-consoles/4752682002/ 25 October 2020 USA TODAY Following the Fairchild Channel F, Jerry Lawson would pursue other ventures, including an early attempt at console based network play.Ltd Earl G. Graves Black Enterprise Earl G. Graves, Ltd. https://books.google.com/books?id=N6pacvfrf0wC&pg=PA44&dq=APF-MP1000&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEg5yw-LHtAhUKjVkKHdC0ApMQ6AEwCHoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=APF-MP1000&f=false 3 December 2020 en Technology The Fairchild Channel F used Fairchild Semiconductor's own 8-bit F8 processor clocked at 1.7897725 megahertz.Fairchild Channel F https://www.uvlist.net/platforms/detail/63-Fairchild+Ch.+F Universal Videogame List 17 December 2020 enFairchild Channel F Pre-83 https://pre83.com/platform/fairchild-channel-f pre83.com 17 December 2020 It could process about 0.14 million instructions per second (MIPS).Murnane Kevin From Pong To Playstation: The 40-Year Evolution Of Gaming Processing Power https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2016/04/25/charting-forty-years-of-power-ratings-for-video-game-consoles-and-arcade-machines/#63dfddee2472 Forbes 26 October 2020 en Importantly, the F8 processor eliminated the need for many support chips required by competing processors,Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (V 13.4.0) http://www.cpushack.com/CPU/cpu2.html www.cpushack.com 15 January 2021 and allowed for horizontal integration, making it a very economical choice for use in the Channel F. The Fairchild Channel F had 64 bytes of RAM and 2 kilobytes of video RAM. The original Fairchild Channel F used an internal speaker, while the model II used television speakers.Fairchild Channel F (1976-1982) https://hiscoga.wordpress.com/fairchild-channel-f/ 17 December 2020 History of Console Gaming 23 September 2016 en Games A novelty at the time, some Fairchild Channel F games supported computer players, as well as pause functionality, which was known as "Hold" on games for the system.Early Home Video Game History: Making Television Play - The Strong National Museum of Play https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/early-home-video-game-history-making-television-play/1gISMn3lzjV8JQ Google Arts & Culture 25 October 2020 en 1978 Video Whizball One of the first games to include an "Easter egg".Easter Eggs in Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Sv4FVDnXQ&t=60s 2 December 2021 enFries Ed The Hunt For The First Arcade Game Easter Egg https://kotaku.com/the-hunt-for-the-first-arcade-game-easter-egg-1793593889 2 December 2021 Kotaku en-us Gallery Cartridge SABA Videoplay Technology References Fairchild Channel F Fairchild Channel F 2100%__NOTOC__