Prototype Hobbit BeBox

The Hobbit BeBox is named after the CPUs that were used in the very first BeBox prototype - two AT&T ATT92010 "Hobbit" CPUs (date code 9309A - manufactured in September 1993). In addition to the Hobbit chips, three AT&T DSP3210 DSPs (date code 9308s - manufactured in August 1993) were also used. The Hobbit hardware was abandoned in 1994 when AT&T ceased production of the chips.

(Thanks to Peter Housel, who worked as a consultant for AT&T on the C compiler and assembler for the DSP3210 back in 1991, for clarifying the date codes and actual names of the AT&T Hobbit processors and DSPs).

Hobbit BeBox Case	Inside Hobbit BeBox	Open Case of a Hobbit BeBox	Hobbit BeBox at GeekTea	Part of Hobbit Mainboard
Video Card from a Hobbit BeBox	Hobbit BeBox Case (Front)	Hobbit BeBox Case (Back)	Inside a Hobbit BeBox	Close up Inside a Hobbit BeBox
Hobbit BeBox Terminal Screen	Early Video Mail App	Hobbit BeBox 'About' Screen	Close up of 'About' Screen	Hobbit BeBox Desktop
Ludovic Hirlimann kindly took the photos below of his Hobbit BeBox. These images of his Hobbit BeBox can also be found at his website.
Front of Hobbit BeBox	Back of Hobbit BeBox, showing grey debugging device	Side of Hobbit BeBox	Hobbit Battery	The DR4 BeBook
Hobbit CPUs	RAM bank and Copyright Information	Hobbit processors	Hobbit CPUs	Inside the DR4 BeBook

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