Technical Specifications for the BeBox

I/O Devices

Joystick Ports

Two joystick game ports are provided, compatible with PC-standard game controllers. The x-y data is sampled by an A/D converter to provide superior resolution over standard joystick ports.

The connectors are standard 15-pin female D-shell type. No adaptors are required to connect industry-standard joysticks to the BeBox. Each of the connectors samples all 4 analog and 4 switch connections, allowing the use of 4 simple joysticks with the addition of a splitter cable.

Technical Documentation for the Joystick Port

The Intel 82091AA Advanced Integrated Peripheral provides Super I/O for the BeBox (namely IDE, Floppy, Parallel, Serial, and GamePort functionality)

In order to assist with the porting of Linux to the BeBox, Be Inc made available (to Will Sowerbutt) some proprietry documentation about the BeBox Joystick port. That information is now available here:

The documentation is marked "Be Inc. Confidential", and is hand annotated in parts. The document is titled "Joystick Ports", revision 0.1. Higher resolution copies of this documentation are available on request.

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