Frequently Asked BeBox Questions

General BeBox Questions

• How many BeBoxes were sold before they were discontinued?
• Is there a way I can buy a BeBox I/O board?
• Is the BeBox Energy-Star compliant?
• Who actually made the BeBox?
• The comp.sys.be FAQ
• The comp.sys.be.programmer FAQ

Owning a BeBox

• How do I register a second-hand BeBox?
• Where can I find a second-hand BeBox for sale?

BeBox Ports and Onboard Hardware

• How can I tell what revision level my BeBox is?
• Why use two processors in the BeBox?
• Why didn't the BeBox have an L2 cache?
• Why don't you have built-in graphics capabilities?
• Why didn't you put Ethernet on the BeBox motherboard?
• What SCSI cabling do you use in the BeBox?
• What is the internal bus speed of a BeBox?
• What's that big square socket up near the two processors?
• Can I get the specs for the logic analyzer interface?
• How big is the BeBox motherboard?
• Why is the motherboard so small?

The BeBox BootROM

• Why can't I upgrade my bootrom?
• Where's the BeBox bootrom floppy?
• Why does my flash ROM update fail when updating to the latest BeOS release?

BeBox Memory

• What type of memory does the BeBox use?
• How many SIMM slots/banks does a BeBox have?
• Can I mix-and-match SIMMs?
• Does the BeBox support 64Mb or 128Mb SIMMS?

The Geekport

• Why is it called the "GeekPort," anyway?
• What is the GeekPort sample rate?
• Why does the GeekPort have 4 DACs but only 1 ADC?

Infra-red Ports

• What standard(s) do the BeBox IR ports follow?
• How do the IR ports support functions for remote control?

Audio and Video

• Does the BeBox have CD-quality sound?
• Does the sound hardware support hardware mixing?
• How come the BeBox does not use hardware to do its audio mixing?
• Does the BeBox have video and audio jacks?
• Does the BeBox have built-in video in/out?
• Do I need a special cable to play CDs in my CD drive?

Upgrading your BeBox

• Is the BeBox easily upgradable?
• Can I still upgrade my 66MHz BeBox to a 133MHz BeBox?
• Can I upgrade my BeBox processors?
• Why can't I upgrade my BeBox processors?
• How expandable is the BeBox?

Hardware Compatible with the BeBox

• Why did you use PC keyboards and mice instead of ADB?
• Can I use an internal ISA modem card with my BeBox?
• What video cards are BeBox tested?
• What types of Ethernet cards does the BeBox support?
• Does BeBox provide an X-10 power line interface?
• Does the BeBox support wide SCSI?
• Is a BeBox compatible with my current peripherals?
• Can I buy peripherals and hardware elsewhere?
• What graphics cards does the BeBox currently support?
• What kinds of video interfaces will the BeBox support?
• What video/sound in/out cards do you recommend?
• Can I use an IDE or ATAPI drives in my BeBox?
• Can I use an IDE CD-ROM drive in my BeBox?

BeBox Operating Systems

• Why is it named "kernel_joe"?
• How much of the BeOS was written in C++?
• Is it easy to upgrade a BeBox's BeOS version?
• How do I upgrade from DRx to Release 3 or later?
• Can the BeBox run the Mac OS or Macintosh software?
• What other operating systems can the BeBox run?

 Questions? Comments? Contact Andrew Lampert (webmaster at bebox dot nu).

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