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Episode 114:

Pop In The Cartridge.

Runtime: 58 Minutes

Today, we'll tell you the story of the Fairchild Channel F, the first home video game console to use cartridges. As part of the story, you'll learn all about Sherman Fairchild, William Shockey, the birth of Silicon Valley, the traitorous eight, the founding of Fairchild Semiconductors, and the development of the Channel F console. Join us for today's historical trip down Memory Card Lane.

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Fairchild Channel F

References:

Additional Sources:

Transistor Article:

  Wikipedia

Bell Labs Article:

  Wikipedia

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Article:

  Wikipedia

Traitorous eight Article:

  Wikipedia

Sherman Fairchild Article:

  Wikipedia

William Shockley Article:

  Wikipedia

Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory Article:

  Wikipedia

Fairchild Semiconductor Article:

  Wikipedia

Jerry Lawson (engineer) Article:

  Wikipedia

Fairchild Channel F: The Truth About The First Cartridge-Based Console

  Looper

The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge

  FastCompany

The Fairchild Channel F games list and facts. Created by Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.

  VoxOdyssey

Fairchild Channel F / Channel F System II (1976 – 1984)

  Museum of Obsolete Media

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Schoolbell Sound:

School bell.wav by 13FPanska_Stranska_Michaela

Link: https://freesound.org/s/378394/

License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/