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7 BeBoxen on eBay

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sgifanatic
From Texas
Who joined July 25, 2010, 2:47 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 15, 2017, 11:45 a.m...
Probably the largest collection of these systems anywhere?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/322483980652
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:Octane2: 2 x :Octane: 2 x :O2: 4 x :Indigo: :Fuel: 20 x :Indy: 15 x :Indigo2: :Indigo2IMP: BeBox133 NextCube 3 x NextStation PcJr Gateway486DX25 XTClone8088 ATTPC Tandy100 Atari800 Atari1040ST C64 Amiga CommodorePET Kaypro 2 x Osborne RS/6000 PS/2Model60 SparcStation5 AppleLisa SE/30 2 x MacColorClassic MacClassic 3 x FujitsuStylistics CompaqPortable Audrey ToshibaLibretto20 Tandy1400LT MacClamshell 2 x PowerMacG4Tower PowerMacG4Cube Dozens x x86/ARM/tablets/embedded and assorted...
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Dodoid
From Ottawa, Canada
Who joined July 4, 2016, 1:36 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 15, 2017, 2:06 p.m...
Aaaaaand they're gone!
:Onyx: :O2000: :Fuel: :Octane: :Octane: :Octane: :O2: :O2: :Indigo2: :Indigo2: :Indy: :Indy:
and a small army of Image
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Raion-Fox
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From near King George, Virginia
Who joined Jan. 30, 2014, 5:01 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 15, 2017, 2:12 p.m...
Yep that was quite the shock
:O3x02L: R16000 700MHz 8GB RAM kanna
:Octane: R12000 300MHz SI 896MB RAM yuuka
:Octane2: R12000A 400MHz V6 2.5GB RAM
:Indy: (Acclaim) R4600 133MHz XL Graphics 32MB RAM
:Indy: (Challenge S) R4600 133MHz (MIPS III Build Server)
Thinkpad W530 i7 3940XM 3GHz, 32GB, K1000M Windows 8.1 Embedded rin
Thinkpad R40 Pentium M 1.5GHz 2GB RAM kasha
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Dodoid
From Ottawa, Canada
Who joined July 4, 2016, 1:36 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 15, 2017, 2:39 p.m...
Shock indeed! I didn't even get my eBay alert message for "BeBox" or "Be Box"!
:Onyx: :O2000: :Fuel: :Octane: :Octane: :Octane: :O2: :O2: :Indigo2: :Indigo2: :Indy: :Indy:
and a small army of Image
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ClassicHasClass
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From Sunny So Cal
Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 16, 2017, 3:10 a.m...
Doesn't look like all of the systems were complete. If they were, $3000 would be quite a steal. As it is, you might be able to get a couple systems out of what was there.
smit happens.

:Fuel: bigred , 900MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12 DCD, 6.5.30
:Indy: indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP: purplehaze , 175MHz R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from Image bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * RDI PrecisionBook * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...
Y888099
Who joined July 11, 2016, 11 a.m.
Wrote the following at April 16, 2017, 4:30 a.m...
Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
Different question: what can you do with BeBox(BeOS @ PPC)?
Head Full of Snow. Lemon Scented You
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ClassicHasClass
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From Sunny So Cal
Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 16, 2017, 2:59 p.m...
There aren't many things built for PowerPC BeOS. There's a fair bit for x86, but PowerPC got unloved even though BeOS could run on many contemporary Power Macs.

I've tried porting a few things, and some work (I have a 133MHz BeBox). Mine came with the Metrowerks compiler and I was able to build some command line tools, but I haven't tried to build a full-blown BeOS app with it yet.

Obviously the situation is even worse if you have a grey Hobbit-based prototype.
smit happens.

:Fuel: bigred , 900MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12 DCD, 6.5.30
:Indy: indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP: purplehaze , 175MHz R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from Image bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * RDI PrecisionBook * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...
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kokoboi
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From Bulgaria
Who joined Sept. 8, 2006, 4:44 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 17, 2017, 12:11 a.m...
What's the difference between BeOS for bebox and powermac?
"Look on wife/girlfriends/parents face when you drag all this stuff(IRIS CRIMSON, ONYX, ONYX2, ORIGIN 2000 ,etc.) home.... Priceless! ;) "
:Tezro: :O3x02L: :Indy: :Indigo2IMP: :O2: :O2: :Octane: Motorla Series 900(MVME197LE) , Atari TT030, Motorola Powerstack
robespierre
From Boston
Who joined Sept. 12, 2011, 2:28 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 17, 2017, 9:38 a.m...
The OS was basically the same, but the BeBox had some special peripherals ("GeekPort") and always booted directly from OpenFirmware. On The PowerMac, you could boot from a launcher application on the Mac side, like you could for MkLinux.
:PI: :O2: :Indigo2IMP: :Indigo2IMP:
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miod
From Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Who joined Oct. 9, 2009, 2:44 a.m.
Wrote the following at April 17, 2017, 4:37 p.m...
robespierre wrote: The OS was basically the same, but the BeBox had some special peripherals ("GeekPort") and always booted directly from OpenFirmware.

From ROM, rather. There was no OpenFirmware on BeBoxens.
:Indigo: R3000 (alas, dead) :Indigo: R4000 x4 :Indigo2: R4400 :Indigo2IMP: R4400 x2 :Indigo2: R8000 :Indigo2IMP: R10000 :Indy: R4000PC :Indy: R4000SC :Indy: R4400SC :Indy: R4600 :Indy: R5000SC :O2: R5000 x3 :O2: RM7000 :Octane: 2xR10000 :Octane: R12000 :O200: 2xR12000 :O200: - :O200: 2x2xR10000 :Fuel: R16000 :O3x0: 4xR16000 :A350:
among more than 150 machines : Apollo, Data General, Digital, HP, IBM, MIPS before SGI , Motorola, NeXT, SGI, Solbourne, Sun...
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Raion-Fox
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From near King George, Virginia
Who joined Jan. 30, 2014, 5:01 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 17, 2017, 5:10 p.m...
I wanted one for a while but I no longer want one. I do want to know, how many of the Hobbits survived.
:O3x02L: R16000 700MHz 8GB RAM kanna
:Octane: R12000 300MHz SI 896MB RAM yuuka
:Octane2: R12000A 400MHz V6 2.5GB RAM
:Indy: (Acclaim) R4600 133MHz XL Graphics 32MB RAM
:Indy: (Challenge S) R4600 133MHz (MIPS III Build Server)
Thinkpad W530 i7 3940XM 3GHz, 32GB, K1000M Windows 8.1 Embedded rin
Thinkpad R40 Pentium M 1.5GHz 2GB RAM kasha
robespierre
From Boston
Who joined Sept. 12, 2011, 2:28 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 17, 2017, 6:25 p.m...
miod wrote: From ROM, rather. There was no OpenFirmware on BeBoxens.

Hmm, weird. I always thought they were PReP/CHRP machines.
:PI: :O2: :Indigo2IMP: :Indigo2IMP:
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miod
From Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Who joined Oct. 9, 2009, 2:44 a.m.
Wrote the following at April 17, 2017, 10:51 p.m...
robespierre wrote:
miod wrote: From ROM, rather. There was no OpenFirmware on BeBoxens.

Hmm, weird. I always thought they were PReP/CHRP machines.

The BeBox hardware is PReP, but the firmware in ROM, not being OpenFirmware, is obviously not PReP-compliant.
:Indigo: R3000 (alas, dead) :Indigo: R4000 x4 :Indigo2: R4400 :Indigo2IMP: R4400 x2 :Indigo2: R8000 :Indigo2IMP: R10000 :Indy: R4000PC :Indy: R4000SC :Indy: R4400SC :Indy: R4600 :Indy: R5000SC :O2: R5000 x3 :O2: RM7000 :Octane: 2xR10000 :Octane: R12000 :O200: 2xR12000 :O200: - :O200: 2x2xR10000 :Fuel: R16000 :O3x0: 4xR16000 :A350:
among more than 150 machines : Apollo, Data General, Digital, HP, IBM, MIPS before SGI , Motorola, NeXT, SGI, Solbourne, Sun...
Y888099
Who joined July 11, 2016, 11 a.m.
Wrote the following at April 18, 2017, 3:08 a.m...
ClassicHasClass wrote: Mine came with the Metrowerks compiler


Exactly that makes the point.
The C/C++ compiler (BeOS is mainly written in C++) is a MUST have!

Lucky you are :)
Head Full of Snow. Lemon Scented You