The Macintosh TV is a personal computer with integrated

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capabilities released by

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in 1993. It was Apple's first attempt at computer-television integration. It shares the external appearance of the

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, but in black.The power to be your best, Get a computer, a television, and a CD player. All in one desktop system. $2079 ... New. Macintosh TV.
Fall 1993, The Apple Catalog The Macintosh TV is essentially a Performa 520 that can switch its built-in 14" Sony

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CRT from being a computer display to a cable-ready television. It is incapable of showing television in a desktop window, although it can capture still frames to

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files. It comes with a small credit card-sized remote control that is also compatible with Sony televisions. It was the first Macintosh to be made in black and comes with a matching black

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and

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. Later Apple would issue a custom black Performa 5420 in markets outside the United States with many of the features of the Mac TV. Apple's similar

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was a popular option for later LC, Performa series, and select models of Power Macintosh G3 beige computers. Only 10,000 were made in the model's short time on the market.

Specifications

Source: * Processor: 32 MHz Motorola 68030 central processing unit * Bus: 16 MHz * FPU: none * Performance: 7.0 MIPS * RAM: 5 MB from factory (4 MB on motherboard, expandable to 8 MB using a single 100 ns 72-pin SIMM; can use 1 MB or 4 MB SIMM) * L2 cache: none * CD-ROM: AppleCD 300i (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 * PRAM battery: 3.6 V lithium * Gestalt ID: 88 * Addressing: 32-bit * Upgrade path: none

Upgrades

Although there was no official upgrade path provided by Apple, the Macintosh TV chassis is essentially that of the

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, and as such supports the same motherboard upgrades. Although the built-in tuner capabilities are lost, installing an

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motherboard is a common method to step up to the significantly faster

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processor.

References

External links

*
Macintosh TV at EveryMac.com
{{Apple hardware before 1998 TV TV Computer-related introductions in 1993

Specifications

Upgrades

See also

References

External links