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west n00b


Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 28 Location: Dinamarca
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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I think i would have found myself a BeOS and tried it out.
Heard a lot about it, but never seen it 'live'  |
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pjp Administrator


Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17655
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone interested in BeOS may want to keep an eye on OpenBeOS (name change pending).
I wish I had picked up a copy of BeOS before it disappeared. _________________ The First of April. The day when people critically evaluate information from the internet before accepting it as true. |
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craftyc Guru

Joined: 23 May 2002 Posts: 443 Location: Behind You.
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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kanuslupus wrote: | Anyone interested in BeOS may want to keep an eye on OpenBeOS (name change pending).
I wish I had picked up a copy of BeOS before it disappeared. |
I believe that the Personal Edition is still available for download. Take a look at www.downloads.com. _________________ Postcount ++ |
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pjp Administrator


Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17655
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, the PE is not the same as the real version though. _________________ The First of April. The day when people critically evaluate information from the internet before accepting it as true. |
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gsfgf Veteran


Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 1266
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I never used BeOS what's the big deal? |
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pjp Administrator


Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17655
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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I've never used it, but from what I've read, it did what it did really well. An arrogant CEO and lack of apps caused it to die. I say arrogant because he tried to force Apple to do something. Apple did not think highly of that and purchased NeXt and Steve Jobs.
Lets not turn this into a BeOS thread though. _________________ The First of April. The day when people critically evaluate information from the internet before accepting it as true. |
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FastTurtle Guru


Joined: 03 Sep 2002 Posts: 413 Location: Shake & Bake
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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BeOS has a "Sweat" multimedia implementation. It works right out of the box with almost all sound and video systems, which is was no easy task. It lacked printer capabilities, and they tried their best to hide the Command Line.
The GUI reminded me of the Original Enlightment from Caldera, the one used in Caldera 1.2. Clean and simple. |
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kraylus l33t


Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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beos was sweet. first posix compatible OS to detect ALL of my hardware successfully and have everything working out of the box. INCLUDING my sound card, winmodem (never got it going in linux), and vid card.
nice and fast too. but i had the personal edition and was limited to 200mb of disk space
too bad beos died... _________________ I used gentoo BEFORE it was cool. |
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browny n00b


Joined: 03 Sep 2002 Posts: 22 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.bearchives.com/
Has a nice archive of proggies for BeOS, aswell as Linux, Windows, and OS/2.
However if you want BeOS Pro 5, and have $38 to spare then go here.
[url]http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=purplus&query=beos&
.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.yahoo.com%2Fpurplus%2Fnsearch.html[/url]
[EDIT]Just found a site with BeOS developer edition, http://www.beosonline.com/index.php?seite=Download[/EDIT]
Has anyone thought of or tried OS/2, if so what is it like?[/url] _________________ Plug and Play, more like Plug and Pray |
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santi___ n00b

Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 38 Location: Santa Fe, Argentina
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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You can install the BeOS Personal Edition under windows or linux. Boot in BeOS as said in the instructions, and then run the installation app from beos so you can install it in a real partition.
You can download BeOS PE here. Bebits also has lots of software for BeOS. |
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pjp Administrator


Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17655
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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browny wrote: | Just found a site with BeOS developer edition | If I'm not mistaken, this is not an official Be product. _________________ The First of April. The day when people critically evaluate information from the internet before accepting it as true. |
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santi___ n00b

Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 38 Location: Santa Fe, Argentina
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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kanuslupus wrote: | browny wrote: | Just found a site with BeOS developer edition | If I'm not mistaken, this is not an official Be product. |
It's just BeOS Personal Edition, with extra software stuffed in a CD for easier installation to a real partition. |
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therobot Apprentice


Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 256 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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I installed BeOS for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It seemed really good, but I couldn't handle the (obvious) lack of sound and video support. I'm excited about the progress they're making with openbeos though.
I had a copy of Dano(the last unreleased BeOS version) I could try and dig it up if anyone wants it. |
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Locke n00b

Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 50 Location: Baton Rouge, LA, US
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really keen on getting in on system development, and OpenBeOS sounds a little more than "extremely cool"
What exactly is this "Dano"? I can't get R5 PE to work on my system, so if I could give that a try that would be awesome. _________________ ---BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---
GH/MU d+ s+:+>+: a--- C++ UL+++>++++ P>++ L+++(++) E- W++(-) N+ o?
K+ w !O M-- !V PS+@ PE Y+ PGP t 5 X- R-@ tv- b+++ DI+ D G e>++++ h- r y
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pjp Administrator


Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 17655
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Since every response to gfunkmonk's original question was about BeOS or OpenBeOS, I've created a seperate thread. _________________ The First of April. The day when people critically evaluate information from the internet before accepting it as true. |
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Carlos Guru


Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 458 Location: Providence, RI
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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I used BeOS as my only OS for a while, and it was great... I must say though, the video files of Be, Inc. employees throwing computers off of a moderately tall building, and the music files included ("BeOS... It's the OS...") were a fun touch. Time to go check on OpenBeOS' status... |
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