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MacintoshTV
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TheMacintoshTVisAppleComputer'sfirstattemptat
computertelevisionintegration.Itsharedtheexternal
appearanceoftheMacintoshLC500series,butinblack.[10]
TheMacintoshTVwasessentiallyaPerforma520thatcould
switchitsbuiltin14"SonyTrinitronCRTfrombeinga
computerdisplaytoacablereadytelevision.Itwasincapable
ofshowingtelevisioninadesktopwindow,althoughitcould
capturestillframestoPICTfiles.

MacintoshTV

Itcamewithasmallcreditcardsizedremotecontrolthatwas
alsocompatiblewithSonytelevisions.Itwasthefirst
Macintoshtobemadeinblackandcamewithacustomblack
keyboardandmouse.LaterApplewouldissueacustomblack
Performa5420inmarketsoutsidetheUnitedStateswithmany
ofthefeaturesoftheMacTV.Apple'ssimilarTVtunercard
wasapopularoptionforlaterLC,Performaseries,andselect
modelsofPowerMacintoshG3beigecomputers.
Only10,000weremadeinthemodel'sshorttimeonthe
market.[8]

Contents
Specifications[11]

1
2 References
3 Seealso
4 Externallinks

Alsoknownas MacTV
LD50
PeterPan[1]
Releasedate

October25,1993[2][3][4][5]

Introductory
price

US$2,097(equivalentto$3,441in

Discontinued February1,1994[7]
Unitsshipped 10,000[8][9]
Operating
system

System7.1System7.1.1,System
7.1.2(PowerPCupgrade),System
7.5MacOS7.6.1(withEnabler
404),orwithPowerPCupgrade,
MacOS9.1

CPU

Motorola68030@32MHz

Memory

5MBRAM(80ns72pinSIMM),
expandableto8MB,1MBROM

Storage

160MBHardDiskDrive,
FloppyDiskDrive1.44MB
SuperDrive

Display

builtin14"SonyTrinitronCRT

Graphics

video:512KBVRAMsupports
640x480at8bits

Dimensions

17.9"x13.5"x16.5"

Specifications[11]
Bus:16MHz
FPU:none
performance:7.0MIPS
RAM:5MBfromfactory(4MBonmotherboard,
expandableto8MBusingasingle100ns72pinSIMM
canuse1MBor4MBSIMM)
L2cache:none
CDROM:AppleCD300i(2x)
ADBportsforkeyboardandmouse
DIN8serialportsonbackofcomputer
DB25SCSIconnectoronbackofcomputer
AntennaIn(FtypeRFConnector)
CompositeVideoIn,StereoAudioInput(RCAtype)
noexpansionslots
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PRAMbattery:3.6Vlithium
GestaltID:88
addressing:32bit
upgradepath:none

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Weight

40.5lb.

Website

support.apple.com/kb/SP217(http
s://support.apple.com/kb/SP217)

References
1.MacintoshTV(http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/mactv.html),TheAppleMuseum,InterestingFacts:AsI
said,theMacTV'scodenamewas"LD50".Inthemedicalfield,thismeans"lethaldosage50%",whichmeanshalfthe
peoplethattakeitwilldie.Appledevelopersprobablydidn'tknowthis,butothersmust'vebecauseitcausedsome
contraversy.[sic]
2.APPLEUNVEILSMACINTOSHTVMACINTOSHCOMPUTERCOMBINESTELEVISIONANDSTEREOCD
PLAYERINSINGLE,LOWCOSTUNIT(ProductAnnouncement)(http://www.thefreelibrary.com/APPLE+UNVEILS
+MACINTOSH+TV%3b+MACINTOSH+COMPUTER+COMBINES+TELEVISION...a014264545),PRNewswire>
October25,1993FreeOnlineLibrary
3.ApplerollsoutMacintoshTV(http://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/25/ApplerollsoutMacintoshTV/204275152160
0/),Oct.25,1993UPIArchives
4.TheInformationAppliance(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/19931121/theinformationappliance),By
CatherineArnst,November22,1993Bloomberg,...Applehasrecentlyintroducedasimilarmachine,theMacTV,that
lookslikeatelevisionsetwithakeyboardattached.TheMacTVcanacceptCDROMcomputerdisksanddisplay
captionsontheTVprograms....
5.MacTV(http://lowendmac.com/1993/mactv/),LEMStaff1993.10.25,LowEndMac,Thiswasperhapstheoddest
Macintoshever.ItwasthelastdesktopMacwitha68030processor,thefirstwithabuiltinTVtuner,thefirstblack
desktopMac,andthefirstMactoshipwitharemotecontrol.Itistheonlymodelinthe500Seriesthatdoesnthave
anavailablePDS(ProcessorDirectSlot)thatgavewaytotheTVtuner.Thebuiltin14Trinitronmonitordisplays16
bitTVimages,butonly8bitcomputergraphics.SoftwareallowsittocaptureasingleTVframeasaPICTfile.
6.BlackEnterprise(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bl0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA41&dq=%22mac%20tv%22&pg=P
A41#v=onepage&q=%22mac%20tv%22&f=false),Apr1994,Page41,ByCarolynM.Brown,HOTPRODUCTMacTV
WhatApplegotwhenitcrossedaMacintoshwithatelevisionIt'sanelectronicsdreamcometrue:acomputer,television
andstereoallinone.
7.MacintoshTVSpecsVAW(Vectronic'sAppleWorld)(https://web.archive.org/web/20130215043110/http://www.vectro
nicsappleworld.com/profiles/61.html)attheWaybackMachine(archivedFebruary15,2013)
8.MacintoshSwitcher'sGuide(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ocfPDozIMYUC&lpg=PA26&ots=VLWRp70Bio&d
q=mac%20tv%20failure&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=mac%20tv%20failure&f=false),ByRobertStandefer,Page26,
Failure#3:MacTV...Only10,000unitsshippedbeforeitwasterminated...
9.TheMacintoshTVwasaculdesacofftheroadtoconvergedvideo(http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/20yearsagot
odayappletookitsfirstcrackattvandfailed/),byEricBangemanOct26,2013,ArsTechnica
10.Thepowertobeyourbest,Getacomputer,atelevision,andaCDplayer.Allinonedesktopsystem.$2079...New.
MacintoshTV.(https://web.archive.org/web/20130203002908/http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/profiles/articles/maci
ntoshtv/catalog.jpg),Fall1993,TheAppleCatalog
11.MacintoshTV(http://applehistory.com/body.php?page=gallery&model=tv&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC)
applehistory.com

Seealso
AppleInteractiveTelevisionBox
PowerMacintoshG3beige
AppleTV
iMac

Externallinks
MacintoshTVTechnicalSpecificationsatapple.com(http://support.apple.com/kb/SP217)
MacintoshTVatEveryMac.com(http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_classic/specs/mac_tv.html)
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