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Tachyon
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It works... ;)

Post by Tachyon »

Although the BeOS seems dead, it really is not. It still has a future.

I installed BeOS 5 once on the BP6 and it worked like a charm... :D
If you don't know what to do with your (old and obsolete :wink: ) BP6, give it a try!
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Post by InactiveX »

I'm still booting between WindowsXP and my proper OS, BeOS 8)

It really flies on SMP computers, and has a great BP6 monitoring app and drivers for the HPT366 (though I never use that damned interface).

http://bebits.com/app/825

http://bebits.com/app/1261

OpenBeOS looks like it'll be really good when it's finished. As soon as it's useable I'm going to organize a partition for it.

BeOS forever!

http://bebits.com
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Post by Snugglebear »

Better hurry up and wait for OBE. It's going to be a while before it's stable. As for BE itself, it's a nifty OS, just not one with a whole lot of applications.
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BeOS and BP6 rock's da house

Post by Tom_Artosorse »

Okie doke - just got me a BP6 off eBay and built a new pc around it - chucked my BeOS disk in from my old box, booted up and everything works like a charm - marvellous!!! ;o)
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Post by InactiveX »

Hello again Tom! Glad your here now, and welcome. I think you'll find the people here are just as friendly and helpful as they are on BeShare.

BP6 and BeOS - a marriage made in silicon heaven.
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Re: BeOS and BP6

Post by Tom_Artosorse »

Ok, here's what is in my machine:

BP6 motherboard (well yeah!)
Dual Celeron 500 cpus (currently @ 540)
Soundblaster PCI 16 soundcard
nVidia TNT2 M64 32mb AGP graphics card
640mb of pc133 SDRAM (256, 256, 128)
Sony CRX120 4x4x24 CDRW drive
Teac floppy drive
60GB IBM Deathstar 7200rpm HDD
20GB Seagate 5400rpm HDD
5.6GB Quantum BigFoot 5400rpm HDD
3com 3C509B Etherlink III ISA NIC
300w power supply unit
Lots of noisy fans

Hope this sheds some light for ya ;o)

See my bp6 machine here:

http://www.coolcasegallery.net/ccg/view ... ?cid=00896
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Post by InactiveX »

My BeBox/BP6

2 x Celeron 366Mhz @ 500MHz
ABit BP6 Motherboard
768MB PQI PC133 RAM
Promise TX2 Ultra ATA/100 Controller
Quantum Fireball 40GB ATA/100 7200RPM HDD
Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-500M DVD
Mitsumi CR-4804TE CD-RW
Netgear EA201 NIC
Creative 3D Blaster TNT2 Ultra
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
Creative External ModemBlaster
MS IntelliMouse With IntelliEye
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
2 x GlobalWin FEP32M CPU Cooler
GlobalWin LAC08 Northbridge Cooler
3 x 80mm Intake Fans
2 x 80mm Exhaust Fan (One With 4 Blue LEDs)
1500uF 6.3V Capacitor at EC10
Meridian 300W PSU
Cooler Master ATC 710-GX2 Case
Side Panel With Perspex Window

All components are 100% compatible with BeOS r5.0.3
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Post by InactiveX »

Also check the invaluable Frizbe BeOS Compatible Hardware Matrix.

http://hardware.frizbe.net/

(How could we forget that one, Tom_Artosorse? :( )
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Post by vgoraz »

my setup (just installed BeOS max edition the other day)

dual celeron 366s @ 466
512mb PC133 ram
60gb Seagate 5400 rpm harddrive
nvidia TNT2
Soundblaster PCI 128 (not working)
Linksys LNE100tx adapter (cannot get this to work)
Linksys wireless network card (no clue how to get this to work)
8x DVD
sony crx100e 4x4x24 CD-RW
21 inch NEC MultiSync XE21

things are all good and fine. runs extremely nicely and smoothly. however i cannot get my network to work nor my sound. if you wish to help me out then check out this link:
http://www.beosjournal.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=436
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Post by Derek »

Heh, you guys should start a "BP6 BeOS Club" :P
-Derek
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Post by Tom_Artosorse »

Hehe, thats not a bad idea Derek ;o)

Anyway, check this out - this is a link to a page that I made for a friend who is compiling an online list of BeShare users hardware configurations. Click it to see more details and pictures of my BP6 machine ;oP

http://sdo.dyndns.org/configurations/to ... llery.html
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Post by InactiveX »

My BP6/BeBox:

http://www.bp6.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=6330

Tom_Artosorse: Perhaps you'd like to pass the link on to your friend?
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Post by Tom_Artosorse »

InactiveX - sure I could do that - thing is I expect he wants to have it on his site - you need to get into BeShare and speak with SDO, ask him what he wants - he'll probs want an HTML file or text file from you. ;o)
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Post by InactiveX »

unixmonkey: We're all waiting with baited breath for Zeta.

qqonos: Where do you have your HDD plugged in? IDE1? IDE3? PCI controller card?
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