TV Works (テレビワークス) is a productivity suite on CD-ROM which was bundled with Pippin Atmark consoles in Japan and Pippin @WORLD consoles in the United States.[1][2]
Development[]
TV Works was created by Sonoran Blue.[3] It was being developed for the Pippin Power Player prototype under the working title PipWorks (ピップワークス).[4] The user interface evolved during development and was simplified before it was released.[5] A beta version was demonstrated at a Pippin launch party that was held in Ebisu, Shibuya on October 16, 1995.[6]
Releases[]
The first version from Bandai Digital Entertainment was to be named PippinWorks 1.0.[7] However, it was retitled to TV Works: Paint Word Mail when it debuted in Japan as part of the Pippin Atmark special "Network set" (「ネットワークセット」) on March 28, 1996.[8] It included drivers for the Apple StyleWriter I/II, 1200, 2200, and 2400 printers.
Version 2.0 was introduced on June 15, 1996 with the lower-priced base "Pippin Atmark body set" (「ピピン＠アットマーク」「本体セット」).[9] Version 2.1 updated the printer drivers with versions for the Color StyleWriter 1500 and 2500, which were backwards-compatible with preceding models.
Subsequent updates featured POP mail support as Atmark Channel's IMAP mail servers were being shut down.[10] The final Japanese version was released in March 1999 directly by Bandai, after its Bandai Digital Entertainment subsidiary had been dissolved.[11][12]
Gallery[]
Video gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Apple Pippin scans by DFJustin, The Internet Archive. 2013-08-10.
- ↑ テレビワークス (Japanese), Third Stage. Archived 1999-09-16.
- ↑ Product, Sonoran Blue. Archived 1997-03-01.
- ↑ Whats is Pippin ? by Pierre Dandumont, YouTube. 2019-01-25.
- ↑ Pippin発表会リポート (Japanese), Apple/Mac Technology Lab. 1995-10-16.
- ↑ Le CD-ROM «What is Pippin ?» et les prototypes de Pippin (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2019-01-27.
- ↑ Spec. by chemy cano, Pipp!n@Archive (Japanese). Archived 2007-02-05.
- ↑ ピピン＠アットマーク店頭販売、単体販売開始!! (Japanese, Shift JIS), Bandai Digital Entertainment. Archived 1997-10-25.
- ↑ テレビワークスPOP (Japanese) by MAISON PiPPiN, GeoCities. Archived 2000-03-07.
- ↑ テレビワークスPOP その仕様差は・・・ (Japanese) by MAISON PiPPiN, GeoCities. Archived 2000-03-07.
- ↑ Atmark Channel announcement (Japanese), Atmark Channel. 1999-03-01. Archived 1999-04-23.
See also[]
- ClarisWorks, an office suite that was promoted, but not released for Pippin.
- EGWORD Pure, another word processing application for Pippin.
- PEASE, another productivity suite, with shell, for Pippin.
External links[]
- TV Works at PIP-TIPS (Japanese, archived 1999-02-03)
- Apple/Bandai Pippin TV Works by macdownunder at RetroMacCast (2007-12-08)
