<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Television	I-Device
Box	I-Device
(	O
AITB	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
television	O
set-top	O
box	O
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
(	O
now	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
global	O
telecommunications	O
firms	O
,	O
including	O
British	O
Telecom	O
and	O
Belgacom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unit	O
's	O
remote	O
control	O
would	O
allow	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
choose	O
what	O
content	O
would	O
be	O
shown	O
on	O
a	O
connected	O
television	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
seek	O
with	O
fast	B-Application
forward	I-Application
and	O
rewind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
regard	O
it	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
modern	O
satellite	O
receiver	O
or	O
TiVo	B-Application
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROM	O
itself	O
contains	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
downsized	O
Mac	O
OS	O
7.1	O
enabling	O
it	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
network	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
media	O
servers	O
provided	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Oracle	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Server	I-Application
(	O
OMS	O
)	O
initially	O
ran	O
on	O
hardware	O
produced	O
by	O
Larry	O
Ellison	O
's	O
nCube	O
Systems	O
company	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
on	O
SGI	O
,	O
Alpha	O
,	O
Sun	O
,	O
SCO	O
,	O
Netware	O
,	O
Windows	O
NT	O
,	O
and	O
AIX	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
images	O
were	O
published	O
on	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
forum	O
that	O
appear	O
to	O
show	O
a	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
cartridge	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
British	O
Telecom	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
AITB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Television	I-Device
Box	I-Device
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Quadra	I-Device
605	I-Device
or	O
LC	O
475	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
MPEG-2	O
Transport	O
containing	O
ISO11172	O
(	O
MPEG-1	O
)	O
bit	O
streams	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Desktop	I-Device
Bus	I-Device
,	O
RF	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
,	O
S-Video	O
out	O
,	O
RCA	O
audiovideo	O
out	O
,	O
RJ-45	O
connector	O
for	O
either	O
E1	O
data	O
stream	O
on	O
PAL	O
devices	O
or	O
T1	O
data	O
stream	O
on	O
NTSC	O
devices	O
,	O
serial	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
HDI-30	O
SCSI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
units	O
contain	O
a	O
special	O
boot	O
ROM	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
device	O
to	O
boot	O
locally	O
from	O
a	O
SCSI	O
hard	O
drive	O
that	O
has	O
the	O
OS	O
and	O
applications	O
contained	O
within	O
the	O
box	O
;	O
these	O
devices	O
were	O
used	O
primarily	O
by	O
developers	O
inside	O
Apple	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
and	O
for	O
limited	O
demonstration	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
normal	O
network	O
use	O
,	O
content	O
and	O
program	O
code	O
was	O
served	O
to	O
the	O
box	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
OMS	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
box	O
's	O
interactivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
2500	O
units	O
were	O
installed	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
consumer	O
homes	O
in	O
England	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
interactive	O
television	O
trial	O
conducted	O
by	O
British	O
Telecom	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
in	O
Ipswich	O
,	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
set-top	O
applications	O
were	O
developed	O
using	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
Oracle	B-Application
Media	O
Objects	O
(	O
OMO	O
)	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
somewhat	O
similar	O
to	O
HyperCard	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
enhanced	O
significantly	O
to	O
operate	O
in	O
a	O
network-based	O
interactive	O
TV	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
