The QuickTime Conferencing Kit is a hardware and software kit marketed by Apple Computer.
Announcement[]
The kit was originally announced as the Apple Media Conference Kit in February 1995 as part of several media conferencing packages scheduled to ship in the summer:[1][2]
- Apple Media Conference Kit for Macintosh ($200) — includes camera and software only.
- Apple Media Conference Pro Kit ($1,750) — includes the above with a H.320 hardware encoder and ISDN adapter board.
- Apple Complete Media Conferencing System ($6,000) — includes the above with a Macintosh computer and external speakers.
Beta versions of the conferencing kits were observed to be able to deliver good video quality at up to 30 frames per second on a local area network.[2] However, the kits missed their original ship date targets.
Releases[]
The Quicktime Conferencing Kit (M4490LL/B) shipped on December 18, 1995 at a price of US$289. Volume licensing was available through Apple's Claris subsidiary. The QuickTime Conferencing ISDN Kit (M4585LL/A) contained an ISDN NuBus card that shipped in the first quarter of 1996 at a price of $1750. A PCI version of the kit (M4616LL/A) followed in the next quarter.[3]
Kit contents[]
- QuickTime Conferencing system extension
- QuickTime Conferencing Camera 100 and cables
- Apple Media Conference application
- Apple Media Conference online guide
- System 7.5.3 installer
- Apple QuickTime software
- Farallon Timbuktu Pro application
- Installation manual
- QuickTime Conferencing Camera 100 user's guide
Supported formats[]
- Video: QuickTime format (H.261, H.263, JPEG, Apple Video codecs)
- Photos: PICT format (542 x 492 pixels)
References[]
- ↑ The Executive Computer; Is Video Conferencing Coming of Age? by Laurie Flynn, The New York Times. 1995-02-15. Archived 2015-05-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Apple readies data-sharing, videoconferencing packages, Network World. 1995-02-13.
- ↑ Apple Computer's QuickTime Conferencing Kit Now Shipping, Apple Computer. 1995-12-18.
External links[]
- QuickTime Conferencing at Apple (archived 1996-10-22)
- Apple QuickTime Conferencing datasheet (archived 1996-10-22)
- QuickTime Conferencing Kit datasheet (PDF, mirrored)
- QuickTime Video Conferencing Camera 100 at madeApple
- QuickTime Conferencing at the Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki
