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Fight club and BeOS

Forum thread started by Rohan on Sun, 2013-11-10 16:02

film "fight club" time: 00:52:48
is it's BeOS?

http://dynamic.dlang.ru/Files/2013/bcb6b601-dc27-492d-9506-24d16c973f3d.jpg

bebox.nu reported attack site

Forum thread started by kidd106 on Sun, 2013-11-03 03:30

anyone know what happened to bebox.nu? Google says it might be a reported attack site

Gnash in webpositive

Forum thread started by skarmiglione on Sat, 2013-10-12 09:12

There are a way to install gnash on webpositive?

Could Haiku someday run on a BeBox?

Forum thread started by 90sDude on Sun, 2013-09-22 19:09

Hi everyone, been watching this project for a while & finally decided to jump in.

Anyway as the topic says, would it be possible?
Not too long ago, i managed to get my hands on a 66mhz BeBox & i must say, its a really exotic machine, but i cant use it very much due to its non-standard architecture & its OS. Don't get me wrong, BeOS (its running 4.5) is amazing but the powerpc variant of BeOS lacks USB support, has limited network & video support, & lacks support for CD-RW drives (if i'm not mistaken).

I know Haiku doesn't have a working ppc port yet & plus BeBox hardware is very bizarre (processor-wise), its cpu's lack L2 caches, & last but not least i'm aware of how sluggish the 66mhz BeBoxes are... but still.. it makes me wonder...

This is just a hobby question so don't take it too seriously, i'm not very software-savy so i figure it'd be best to ask here, & if anyone thinks i'm insane for wishing to use Haiku on ancient hardware... they're probably right.... :P

Any thoughts?

Speaking of BeOS installs...

Forum thread started by commodorejohn on Thu, 2013-06-20 05:14

So I decided that, having a 2000-era system laying around, I'd give BeOS R5 Max a shot. It's a "T-Bird" Athlon running at 1.4GHz, so I used the AMD-flavor ISO. It boots right up to the installer without any trouble, but when it gets to the little notice message-box after the initial load/boot, it either freezes, or doesn't recognize input. (Nothing but the message box is on-screen, so I can't tell.) I've tried it with both PS/2 and serial mice, and no luck; I think it doesn't recognize the keyboard either, since the "OK" button doesn't respond to a keypress and I can't seem to change the focus with the tab key.

It's a Rhino KM133A-ASE board (VIA KM133 + 686B chipset;) does anybody have any experience with installing BeOS on this kind of hardware, or any general insight into what might be causing this problem? Am I missing a step somewhere?

BeOS R5 on ASUS EeePC 701

Forum thread started by admin on Wed, 2013-06-19 12:59

I have an old ASUS EeePC 701 laptop currently running Haiku R1 Alpha 3. For some reason I can't boot Alpha 4 or 4.1 on it. The USB stick goes silent just before switching to the Desktop.
I was wondering if
1. Anyone managed to install Haiku Aplha 4.1 on an ASUS EeePC 701.
2. Has anyone managed to get BeOS R5 on this machine. Or at least Dano.

Does anybody know how to contact Cyan?

Forum thread started by commodorejohn on Sat, 2013-06-08 05:20

I've been reading about his parallel-port MIDI adapter project at http://littlebluerodent.tripod.com/MIDI/Interface.htm and I was wondering if he ever got it working - it'd be perfect for a project I'm scheming up (I'd like to build a homebrew sequencer/workstation out of a little SBC I have.) His email as listed on his site is dead, and it says the other good way to contact him is via the comments on the BeBits page for his SqueekySynth program - but BeBits doesn't seem to have a facility to register a new account!

Anybody know how to get in touch with him?

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