Pippin is a set of technologies designed by Apple Computer for Bandai Digital Entertainment Corporation in Japan. Pippin lets you run specially-modified Macintosh CD-ROMs on a low-cost player that plugs into a standard television set. Runs on a PowerPC 603 processor.
Technical Specifications
Hardware
- 66MHz PowerPC 603 RISC microprocessor
- Superscaler, 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)
- Will support standard ADB keyboards and mice with connector adapters
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