Fairchild

Every BIOS file for Fairchild machines, one card per file.

How to read a card

A card gives the file's fingerprints, the emulators that read it, the setups that list it and where to download it. A file can have several versions, one per region or revision: the main one comes first, the others under "Variants". To install the files of one console, open its "Install" box.

On the setup's list names the setups whose own BIOS list has the file, by the name each gives it. Packed for its emulators by names the setups whose pack adds it because one of their emulators reads it.

Channel F

Start with: sl31253.bin, sl31254.bin. FinalBurn Neo reads channelf.zip instead.

Install the files of Channel F

Each platform names the system its own way.

Linux, macOS, Steam Deck:

Terminal

# Batocera
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform batocera --system fairchild-channel-f
# BizHawk
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform bizhawk --system fairchild-channel-f
# KNULLI
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform knulli --system fairchild-channel-f
# Lakka
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform lakka --system fairchild-channel-f
# Recalbox
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform recalbox --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroArch
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retroarch --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroBat
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retrobat --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroDECK
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retrodeck --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroPie
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retropie --system fairchild-channel-f
# RomM
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform romm --system fairchild-channel-f

Windows (PowerShell):

PowerShell

# Batocera
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform batocera --system fairchild-channel-f
# BizHawk
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform bizhawk --system fairchild-channel-f
# KNULLI
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform knulli --system fairchild-channel-f
# Lakka
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform lakka --system fairchild-channel-f
# Recalbox
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform recalbox --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroArch
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retroarch --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroBat
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retrobat --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroDECK
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retrodeck --system fairchild-channel-f
# RetroPie
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform retropie --system fairchild-channel-f
# RomM
&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1))) --platform romm --system fairchild-channel-f

sl31253.rom 1.0 KB

On the setup's list

sl31253.bin: Batocera, KNULLI, Lakka, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie
ChannelF_SL31253.rom: BizHawk
bios/sl31253.bin: RetroDECK
channelf/sl31253.bin: Recalbox
fairchild-channel-f/sl31253.bin: RomM

Packed for its emulators by

sl31253.bin: EmuDeck, ROCKNIX
bios/sl31253.bin: AmberELEC

Emulators

BizHawk, FinalBurn Neo, FreeChaF

Collection path

bios/Arcade/FBNeo/sl31253.rom (download)

Catalogued

No-Intro [BIOS] Fairchild Channel F (USA) (SL31253).bin
TOSEC Fairchild VES & Channel F BIOS (1976)(Fairchild)[SL31253].bin

SHA1

81193965a374d77b99b4743d317824b53c3e3c78

MD5

ac9804d4c0e9d07e33472e3726ed15c3

CRC32

04694ed9

SHA256

876a263d28d8f9e9f51785b91269393f06599debae9ba2ef1cba67a283504e2c

sl31254.rom 1.0 KB

On the setup's list

sl31254.bin: Batocera, KNULLI, Lakka, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie
ChannelF_SL31254.rom: BizHawk
bios/sl31254.bin: RetroDECK
channelf/sl31254.bin: Recalbox
fairchild-channel-f/sl31254.bin: RomM

Packed for its emulators by

sl31254.bin: EmuDeck, ROCKNIX
bios/sl31254.bin: AmberELEC

Emulators

BizHawk, FinalBurn Neo, FreeChaF

Collection path

bios/Arcade/FBNeo/sl31254.rom (download)

Catalogued

No-Intro [BIOS] Fairchild Channel F (USA) (SL31254).bin
TOSEC Fairchild VES & Channel F BIOS (1976)(Fairchild)[SL31254].bin

SHA1

8f70d1b74483ba3a37e86cf16c849d601a8c3d2c

MD5

da98f4bb3242ab80d76629021bb27585

CRC32

9c047ba3

SHA256

a8d2c0d958b8ea0ee2855b5416993c149a3050cb3c85b781404d3c2a233defc1

sl90025.rom 1.0 KB

On the setup's list

sl90025.bin: Batocera, KNULLI, Lakka, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie
ChannelF_sl90025.rom: BizHawk
bios/sl90025.bin: RetroDECK
channelf/sl90025.bin: Recalbox
fairchild-channel-f/sl90025.bin: RomM

Packed for its emulators by

sl90025.bin: EmuDeck, ROCKNIX
bios/sl90025.bin: AmberELEC

Emulators

BizHawk, FinalBurn Neo, FreeChaF

Collection path

bios/Arcade/FBNeo/sl90025.rom (download)

Catalogued

No-Intro [BIOS] Fairchild Channel F (USA) (SL90025).bin
TOSEC Fairchild VES & Channel F BIOS (1976)(Fairchild)[SL90025].bin

SHA1

759e2ed31fbde4a2d8daf8b9f3e0dffebc90dae2

MD5

95d339631d867c8f1d15a5f2ec26069d

CRC32

015c1e38

SHA256

bf3755d849438034f3ff92bde357310074c09088b22cf33e512ec06c65d4eaab

Next steps

• Get your files, for the setup you play on
• When a game does not start
• Every emulator, and the files each one reads
• Every hash of these files, as JSON

Data as of 24 October 2026.