Apple Djinn

Apple Djinn, also marketed as AppleDjinn, is an external modem peripheral that was developed by Apple Computer with to provide 2400 baud access to , an online network service that preceded the World Wide Web and continued to operate in France until it was retired on June 30, 2012.Minitel Explained — Everything You Need To Know, History Computer. 2022-01-16. Updated 2022-03-29.
==Background==
The Djinn device standard was established in 1993 by in collaboration with IBM to allow home and business users to access with personal computers.Les autres Djinn de France Telecom (French), L’Aventure Apple. 2019-02-06.
==Description==
Apple's version was announced at the Apple Expo in September 1993 and was released in 1994 with a launch price of 4,200 s.Test : l’Apple Djinn, le modem Apple par France Telecom (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2018-11-16.Le Djinn : quand Apple et France Telecom travaillaient ensemble (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2014-10-12. It features a connector for RS-422 serial ports found on most beige-era Macintosh computers. It is styled with two front "feet" that resemble the Macintosh Color Classic.Le modem AppleDjinn (French), L’Aventure Apple. 2019-06. It could be used in conjunction with MacMinitel, a Minitel terminal emulator for classic Mac OS.Minitel Emulator for Macintosh, Minitel. Archived 1996-11-11. It also provided support for AppleLink access.Rear of Djinn Box by Sally Schrock, Flickr. 2006-09-03.
===Variants===
It was succeeded in late 1995 by the Apple Djinn Pro, which could operate at 14,400 baud for a lower price of 2,160 s.The Apple Djinn, an unknown product by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2011-11-03.L’Apple Djinn de la Collection de l’Aventure Apple (French), L’Aventure Apple. 2019-02-05.Apple Expo in Paris by Richard Erickson, TidBITS no.296. 1995-09-25. An internal version was also sold as the Modem Vocal Apple 14.4 for the LC slot in some Macintosh LC and Performa models.
==References==
==External links==
*Apple Djinn at VintageComputer.ca (2016-07-31)
*Episode 458: Apple Djinn at RetroMacCast (2018-02-13)
*Apple Djinn at the Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki
Category:Discontinued Apple peripherals
Category:France
Category:1993 introductions