Photo credit: Panic
The first-generation Apple iPod was unveiled by Steve Jobs on October 23, 2001, and today marks its 20th anniversary. What better way to celebrate than by taking a look at an unreleased P68 / Dulcimer iPod prototype? This was uncovered by Panic, makers of the Playdate game console, and it’s quite large as you can see, far larger than the original iPod itself.
Instead of the click wheel, clunky buttons are used for navigation. Despite how it looks, these internals are very close to the one of the production iPod, except for the JTAG on the right side, which provided easier access for the developers debug things. Yes, you could still plug in headphones on this prototype as well as transfer files over FireWire.
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As you can see, it’s… quite large! We’ve always assumed that this mighty shell was designed to fit the large breadboards or circuit boards that were used during the earliest days of iPod development, until everything was eventually sized down to actual iPod-size,” said Panic.
