![]() My plan is to use some of the demos and modify them to work on a Power Mac, if I'm successful, then I'd like to see if they'd play on the STB. Either way, the demos, when played on a Power Mac, also don't play back 100%. This could be due to a hardware error or not the right software extensions are loaded. Right now the software on the drive seems to kind of work, but multimedia content doesn't play back. I'll add the hard drive image file shortly, I just need to ensure it's in the right format as I had to confirm it from a. There's also some lovely splash video screens, I've posted some on Twitter here: Weather, Oracle Interactive TV, and Entertainment Channel (featuring Sonic the Hedgehog !) ![]() You can even switch the language from English to Japanese. They have their own unique sounds and there is full narration. These demos include weather, fashion, travel, movies (HBO) and others. As all conventional methods to startup the system failed. Powering on this system required me to jump the standby / trickle voltage on the IIsi power supply socket. Everything is very unfinished, as expected. ![]() The STB1 (shown below) is in a large prototype box with two boards and a power supply. Since the STB3 model doesn't have any internal storage, it was designed to boot a lightweight software from it's ROM and then grab data from the network and continue to boot.įor whatever reason, be it the PowerPC chip on the horizon, or a lack of funds, Apple pulled the plug on the project. These units have an E1 (not to be confused with Ethernet, although it looks like it) port which was used for networking. This unit has external SCSI (HDI-30 like a PowerBook) and ADB, serial, composite video / audio and SCART. It was installed around the world in hotels and other institutions for testing. The STB3 was produced in far larger numbers and features a polished design, manual and remote. The second board has SCART and other AV style connectors. Having a full LC 475 logic board, you have SCSI, ADB, serial, etc. The STB1 is an early prototype split into two boards, one being an LC 475 with a ROM slot, and the PDS slot installed on the underside of the board, and has a Mac IIsi power supply. ![]() TL,DR: What is the Apple Set Top Box? How do they work? ![]()
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