Fairchild Channel F Video Game System, 1976
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The Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System is the first home video game console to include interchangeable cartridges. Jerry Lawson, Fairchild's head of engineering and hardware, co-invented the cartridge, which continues to be adapted into systems today. Lawson was one of the first Black engineers to work in Silicon Valley and was an early member of the Homebrew Computer Club.
The Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System is the first home video game console to include interchangeable cartridges. Jerry Lawson, Fairchild's head of engineering and hardware, co-invented the cartridge, which continues to be adapted into systems today. Lawson was one of the first Black engineers to work in Silicon Valley and was an early member of the Homebrew Computer Club.
Artifact
Game console
Date Made
1976
Creators
Lawson, Gerald Anderson, 1940-2011
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. Consumer Products Division
Place of Creation
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.74.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Metal
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.75 in (Packaging)
Width: 18 in (Packaging)
Length: 13 in (Packaging)
Inscriptions
on top of console: FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM on bottom of console: FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORP. / MODEL NO. FVE100 / FCC TYPE APPROVAL NO. TV 262 / VALID ONLY WHEN OPERATED PURSUANT / TO FCC RULES. PART-15 / MADE IN U.S.A. / 315772 on front of transformer: FAIRCHILD on back of transformer: 427 / Coils Inc. / Input 120V 60 Hz / Output 18V 12 VA / UL 108R Listed / Class 2 Transformer / Model 2185 / For Indoor Use Only on back of television connector: TAIWAN R.O.C. on top of packaging: CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEO / CARTRIDGE / NOT / INCLUDED / Programmable cartridge / entertainment for exciting video / fun, challenge, action / FAIRCHILD on front, sides and back of packaging: CHANNEL F(TM) / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
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