TV Works

* v.2.0
* v.2.1
* v.POP
* v.POP-1999

***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.

## Development

*TV Works* was created by Sonoran Blue. It was being developed for the Pippin Power Player prototype under the working title ***PipWorks** (ピップワークス)*. The user interface evolved during development and was simplified before it was released. A beta version was demonstrated at a Pippin launch party that was held in Ebisu, Shibuya on October 16, 1995.

Early loading screen with the working title *"PippinWorks"*Early user interface of pre-release demo
## Releases

The first version from Bandai Digital Entertainment was to be named *PippinWorks 1.0*. 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. 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」). 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. The final Japanese version was released in March 1999 directly by Bandai, after its Bandai Digital Entertainment subsidiary had been dissolved.

## Gallery

Screenshot of version 1.0 (Japanese)Screenshot of version 2.0 (Japanese)Bundled discs with U.S. version
### Video gallery

Pippin TV Works 2.0 MusicBackground music in the Japanese versionTV Works (Pippin @WORLD)Demo of English version (with commentary)
## References

1. ↑ Apple Pippin scans by DFJustin, The Internet Archive. 2013-08-10.
2. ↑ *テレビワークス* (Japanese), Third Stage. Archived 1999-09-16.
3. ↑ Product, Sonoran Blue. Archived 1997-03-01.
4. ↑ Pippin Developer Newsletter No. 4 (Japanese), Atmark Channel. 1996-01-10. Archived 1998-05-08.
5. ↑ Whats is Pippin ? by Pierre Dandumont, YouTube. 2019-01-25.
6. ↑ Pippin発表会リポート (Japanese), Apple/Mac Technology Lab. 1995-10-16.
7. ↑ Le CD-ROM «What is Pippin ?» et les prototypes de Pippin (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2019-01-27.
8. ↑ Spec. by chemy cano, Pipp!n@Archive (Japanese). Archived 2007-02-05.
9. ↑ 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.
10. ↑ テレビワークスPOP (Japanese) by MAISON PiPPiN, GeoCities. Archived 2000-03-07.
11. ↑ テレビワークスPOP その仕様差は・・・ (Japanese) by MAISON PiPPiN, GeoCities. Archived 2000-03-07.
12. ↑ 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)

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