For less than $200 on eBay, you could pick up a rare Apple Bandai PIPPIN game console. It’s “based around a 66-MHz PowerPC 603 processor, a 14.4 kbit/s modem and runs a stripped version of the System 7.5.2 operating system.” Auction page. Videos after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
The goal was to create an inexpensive computer aimed mostly at playing CD-based multimedia titles, especially games, but also functioning as a network computer. It featured a 4X CD-ROM drive and a video output that could connect to a standard television monitor.
