Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System (VES - original name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F Collection of text characters, 1976-1981 Fairchild 5x5 / 4x5 / 3x5 US-ASCII valid fonts, 2018-04 dpla Fairchild derived from the old 7-segment numerics. Breakthroughs of this 2nd-gen video game console: . first artificial intelligence (AI) in game, . first programmable game cartridges (27), . '8 colors' (in 102x58 out of 128x64 px), . hold button menu, joystick/paddle controllers. Today's young home players cannot understand this. 2018 0424 dpla