Fairchild Channel F
second-generation home video game console; first console that uses programmable cartridges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fairchild Channel F (also known as Channel F) is a home video game console. The "F" in the name stands for "Fun".[1] It was designed by Jerry Lawson and released in November 1976 by Fairchild Camera and Instrument in the United States for a price of 169.95 $.[2] It is the first console that uses ROM cartridges and a microprocessor. By 1977, 250,000 Fairchild Channel F consoles were sold.[3] The production ended in 1983.[4]