An early Pippin ROM and an ADB-to-AppleJack adapter
Pippin dongles are small external devices that connect to a Pippin console's AppleJack (P-ADB) port, sometimes through an Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) adapter.[1]
Pippin developer dongles[]
Pippin developer dongle
Sometimes called "security keys", these bypass the authentication process of Pippin consoles with ROM revision 1.2, allowing developers to test CD-ROM software that have not yet been submitted to Apple Computer or its partners for review.[2][3] On consoles with ROM revision 1.3, the dongle would allow it to boot from an external hard disk.[4] These functions have since been replicated by Pippin Kickstart.[5]
The MicroGuard Plus ADB dongles were manufactured by Micro Macro Technologies, an Israeli company that was acquired by Aladdin Knowledge Systems in March 1999.[6] Harvey Lab acted as an agent for developers using MicroGuard dongles in Japan at the time.[7]
Pippin adapter dongles[]
These adapters allowed ADB devices to be used with a Pippin console's AppleJack port, or vice versa. Some of these products never reached the market as finished goods.
- Adapter A (AppleJack-to-ADB), Model No: PA-82005/BDE-8005, JP¥ 1,500
2,000.[8][9] - Adapter B (ADB-to-AppleJack), JP¥ 1,500
2,000.[8][9] - AppleJack-to-[[[Wikipedia:infrared|IR]] transmitter, included as part of the Atmark Wireless Controller Set (BDE-82014)
- AppleJack Y-split "twin" adapter, JP¥ 1,000.[9]
References[]
- ↑ Pippin @WORLD User's Manual, Bandai Digital Entertainment. 1996.
- ↑ Demystifying the Bandai Pippin Developer Dongle, Peter Wong. 2010-04-29.
- ↑ Did you know: Apple provided ADB dongles to Pippin developers that allowed them to bypass the security check at startup., by Keith Kaisershot, Twitter. 2019-05-27.
- ↑ Katz Media Begins Shipping Pippins in Europe, Katz Media SARL. 1997-03-17. Archived 1997-07-17.
- ↑ Exploring the Pippin ROM(s), part 9: Kickstart by Keith Kaisershot, Blitter.net. 2019-07-01.
- ↑ Aladdin expands its business and improves security technologies, Sp0Raw's SiTE. 2003-08-08.
- ↑ What is MicroGuard, Harvey Lab. Archived 2001-06-24.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Spec. by chemy cano, Pipp!n@Archive. Archived 2007-02-05.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Pippin accessories : the P-ADB doubler (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2018-10-07.
See also[]
External links[]
- Apple Pippin : mouse and keyboard at Le Journal du Lapin (2016-06-12)
- Le dongle qui jailbreak la Pippin (French) by Pierre Dandumont (2021-06-27)
- The Apple Pippin, the unknown console at Le Journal du Lapin (2016-05-28)
- Dongle Rumor (Japanese) at Maison PiPPiN (archived 2001-12-09)
- Hacking the Pippin at Vintage Mac World (archived 2017-08-17) (mirror)
- Pippin Atmark ADB Adapter Dongles at Retrostuff (2019-11-24)
- Useful Notes / Pippin at TV Tropes
- Dongle at the Apple Wiki
- Dongle at Wikipedia