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Channel-F

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Overview

Introduced in 1976 by Fairchild, the Channel-F was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Fairchild F8 microprocessor operating at 1.79 MHz.
  • Memory: 2 KB ROM (cartridge) plus 64 bytes of scratchpad RAM on the console.
  • Display: Video circuitry supporting 192×144 resolution with 64 selectable colors and eight hardware sprites.
  • Sound: Two-tone generation via dedicated audio channels integrated into the video chip.

Supported ROM extensions

zip, rom, bin, chf

Emulators

  • freechaf (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_FREECHAF

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml