Company | Be Incorporated |
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Type | home |
Year | 1995 |
End year | 1996 |
CPU | 2*PowerPC 603 |
Speed | 66MHz |
RAM | Max 256 MB |
Graphic modes | 640x480 to 1600x1200 (depending on PCI card) |
Colors | 8 to 32 bit depth (depending on PCI card) |
Sound | 16 bit stereo |
IO | Dual MIDI channels, joystick support, IR controller, serial ports, GeekPort, SCSI connector, Parallel port, standard PC keyboard connector, standard serial and PS/2 mouse connectors |
OS | BeOS |
The BeBox was a short-lived dual processor PC, offered by Be Inc. to run their own operating system, BeOS.
The BeBox made its debut in October 1995 (BeBox Dual603-66). The processors were upgraded to 133 MHz in August 1996 (BeBox Dual603e-133). Production was halted at the end of 1996, following the port of BeOS to the Macintosh, in order for the company to concentrate on software. Be sold around 1000 66 MHz BeBoxes and 800 133 MHz BeBoxes.