The Macintosh was a type of personal computer in use on Earth, a form of turn-of-the-millennium technology.
While visiting Plexicorp in 1986, Montgomery Scott had the opportunity to use a Macintosh. Although initially baffled by the lack of a voice interface – he mistook the computer mouse for a microphone – Scott proved himself quite proficient in operating its "quaint" keyboard interface. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
In 1991-94, Apple launched a project to port the Mac OS to run on PowerPC processors. A previous attempt to port to the 80486 processor was known as the Star Trek project. [2]
The production staff of the modern Star Trek series, including Denise Okuda, have frequently used Macintosh computers for both writing and artwork projects, including the Star Trek Encyclopedia and the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual. [3] On the sets of Star Trek: Enterprise, sixteen Power Mac G4 Cubes administrated by Michael Okuda were used to power the many computer display screens on the bridge, engineering, and sickbay sets, among others. [4] [5]
External links[]
- Apple Inc. at Wikipedia
- Macintosh at Wikipedia
- Macintosh Plus at Apple-History.com – stats and info page about the Macintosh Plus, the model seen in The Voyage Home
- Star Trek at the Apple Wiki – history of Star Trek at Apple Computer
- A Visit to the Enterprise Set at TrekNation – a guided tour of the Enterprise set, mentioning the behind-the-scenes computers and software setup