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Encyclopedia > Apple Pippin
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Apple Pippin
Apple Pippin (Atmark Player)
Front and rear views of the Apple Pippin (Atmark Player)
Manufacturer Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) & Bandai
Type multimedia player
Generation Fifth generation (32-bit era)
First available 1995 – 1997
System storage 6 MB combined memory
Controller input "Applejack": control pad with embedded trackball
Connectivity 14.4 kbit/s modem
Online service PSINet/@World
Release Date(s) Flag of Japan March 28, 1995
(Atmark Player)
Flag of the United States September 1, 1996
(@World Player)
Units sold less than 42,000
Top-selling game unknown

The Apple Pippin was a technology for a multimedia player platform marketed by Apple Inc. (then Apple Computer Inc.) in the mid 1990s. It was based around a 66-MHz PowerPC 603e processor, a 14.4 kbit/s modem and ran a cut-down version of the Mac OS. The goal was to create an inexpensive computer aimed mostly at playing CD-based multimedia titles, especially games, but also functioning as a network computer. It featured a 4× CD-ROM drive and a video output that could connect to a standard television monitor. The platform was named for the Newtown Pippin, an apple cultivar, related to the McIntosh apple (which lent its name to Apple's Macintosh computer). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (640 × 640 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) The logo for the Apple Pippin, Apple Computers ill-fated multimedia console, created by MetaDesign. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 235 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Apple Pippin ... Download high resolution version (1024x799, 124 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Apple Pippin ... A console manufacturer is a company that manufactures and distributes video game consoles. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ... Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe. ... In the history of computer and video games, the 32-bit / 64-bit /3D era was the fifth generation of video game consoles. ... A game controller is an input device used to control a video game. ... Logitech TrackMan A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket containing sensors to detect rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down mouse with an exposed protruding ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This is a list of video game console and handheld game console sales. ... This is a list of video games that have sold one million copies or more. ... Apple Inc. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... The PowerPC 601 prototype reached first silicon in October 1992 The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built. ... This article relates to both the original Classic Mac OS as well as Mac OS X, Apples more recent operating system. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A network computer is a lightweight computer system that operates exclusively via a network connection. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Species Malus domestica Malus sieversii Apple is the fruit (pome) of the genus Malus belonging to the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Apple Inc. ... For other uses, see Macintosh (disambiguation) and Mac. ...


Apple never intended to release its own Pippin. Instead it intended to license the technology to third parties, a business model similar to that of the ill-fated 3DO; however, the only Pippin licensee to release a product to market was Bandai. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer is the name of a number of video game consoles released in 1993 and 1994 by Panasonic, Sanyo and Goldstar. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ...


By the time the Bandai Pippin was released (1995 in Japan; 1996 in the United States), the market was already dominated by the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation, game machines that were much more powerful than the more general-purpose Pippin. In addition, there was little ready-to-use software for Pippin, the only major publisher being Bandai itself. Costing US$599 on launch, and touted as a cheap computer, the system, in reality, was commonly identified as a video game console. As such, its price was considered too expensive in comparison to its contemporaries. The Nintendo 64 ), often abbreviated as N64, was Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... “USD” redirects here. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ...


Only a few thousand Pippins were manufactured; production was so limited that there were more keyboard and modem accessories produced than actual systems.[1]


Ultimately, Pippin as a technology suffered because it was a late starter in the 3D generation of consoles, and was under-powered as a gaming machine and personal computer. Bandai's version died quickly, only ever having a relatively limited release in the United States and Japan.


In May 2006, the Pippin was selected for an article entitled "25 Worst Tech Products of all Time" by PC World Magazine. PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services. ...

Contents

Technical Specifications

Hardware

  • 66MHz PowerPC 603 RISC microprocessor
    • Superscalar, three instructions per clock cycle
    • 8KB data and 8KB instruction caches
    • IEEE standard single and double precision Floating Point Unit (FPU)
  • 6MB combined system and video memory, advanced architecture
    • Easy memory expansion cards in 2, 4 and 8MB increments
  • 128K SRAM store/restore backup
  • 4x CD-ROM drive
  • Two high-speed serial ports, one of which is GeoPort ready
  • PCI-compatible expansion slot
  • Two ruggedized ADB inputs
    • Supports up to four simultaneous players over Apple Desktop Bus (ADB)
    • Supports standard ADB keyboards and mice with connector adapters

GeoPort was a serial data system used on some models of the Apple Macintosh. ...

Video

  • 8-bit and 16-bit video support
  • Dual frame buffers for superior frame-to-frame animation
  • Support for NTSC and PAL composite, S-Video and VGA (640x480) monitors
  • Horizontal and vertical video convolution

Audio

  • Stereo 16-bit 44kHz sampled output
  • Stereo 16-bit 44kHz sampled input
  • Headphone output jack with individual volume control
  • Audio CD player compatibility

Software

  • Runtime environment derived from Mac OS
  • PPC native version of QuickDraw
  • Reduced system memory footprint (computer specific features removed)
  • Disk-resident System Software stamped on CD-ROM with title
  • System boots off of CD-ROM
  • Pippin System Software upgrades released through CD-ROM stamping operations
  • 68k emulator
  • Macintosh Toolbox intact

See Also

Apple Inc. ...

References

  1. ^ Assembler. Apple Bandai Pippin. Retrieved Nov. 30, 2006

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