MACINTOSH TV

The 'Macintosh TV' was Apple's first attempt at computer-television integration. It shared the external appearance of the Macintosh LC 500 series, but in black. The Macintosh TV was essentially a Performa 520 that could switch its built-in 14" Sony Trinitron CRT from being a computer display to a cable-ready television. It was incapable of showing television feeds in a desktop window, although it could capture still frames to PICT files. Ironic for a system based around television, one of the reasons cited for its failure was its sub-par (especially for Macs) graphics performance.
It came with a small remote control that is also compatible with Sony televisions.
Only 10,000 were made in the model's short time on the market.

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Specifications

★ Introduced October 1993, Discontinued February, 1994 [1]

★ Requires System 7.1 (with Enabler 404) to 7.6.1

★ CPU: 32 MHz 68030

★ FPU: 68882

★ performance: 7.0 MIPS

★ ROM: 1 MiB

★ RAM: 5 MiB from factory (4 MiB on motherboard, expandable to 8 MiB using a single 100ns 72-pin SIMM; can use 1 MiB or 4 MiB SIMM)

★ video: 512 KiB VRAM; supports 640 x 480 at 8-bits

★ L2 cache: none

★ hard drive: 160 MB

★ CD-ROM: 2x

★ ADB ports for keyboard and mouse

★ DIN-8 serial ports on back of computer

★ DB-25 SCSI connector on back of computer

★ Antenna In (F-type RF Connector)

★ Composite Video-In, Stereo Audio Input (RCA-type)

★ no expansion slots

★ size (HxWxD): 17.9" x 13.5" x 16.5"

★ weight: 40.5 lb.

★ PRAM battery: 3.6V lithium

★ Gestalt ID: 88

★ addressing: 32-bit

★ upgrade path: none

See also

★ Apple Interactive Television Box

★ iMac

★ Apple TV

External links

★ Macintosh TV on apple-history.com

★ Macintosh TV technical specification at apple.com