FA: BeBox Dual 133MHz Computer

[bbond007]

I have an old dual pentium II 200mhz running beos, but I guess thats not quite as cool as an original bebox.

Price is pretty high if you ask me, I don't think there is much demand, but what do I know.

I ran BeOS 4.5 on a old 233MMX. It was a great OS but had no software ecosystem. I remember not being able to find a usable IRC client.

I remember paying like $100 for 4.5 then they turned around and released the next version for free :/

_nate

[bbond007]

Actually, there was an AmigaOS theme as an Ester Egg in version PE5... I used it and it was good

I hope I still have PE5 around somewhere...

I thought that was just one of the standard BeOS themes in 4.5.

Anyway Jean-Louis Gassee even had a vehicle license plate - AMIGA96

[bbond007]

Given Jean-Louis was in charge of the Mac division of Apple after Steve Jobs was kicked out, why didn't he buy it (the Amiga) from Commodore? :-/

What would Commodore be left to sell then? Dust off the C= 65?

While the Amiga had a revolutionary OS and hardware in 86, by the early to mid 90s all you really had was the concept. Its not like Apple would put a totally incompatible 68K machine (with AGA and yet another OS that lacked proper memory protection) on the market.