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FS: My Bebox
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Bobthearch
Experienced Member
Those sure are pretty machines. I hope you get what you're asking even though it's out of my range. :thumbsup:
Yeah, they are pretty cool machines and very unique bits of computing history. If I had more room and $$$ I'd keep it 
Always wanted a large collection of old machines. But I'm a part-time employed "almost-a-college-student" that needs a running vehicle. lol.. oh well. Thanks for the comment.
Always wanted a large collection of old machines. But I'm a part-time employed "almost-a-college-student" that needs a running vehicle. lol.. oh well. Thanks for the comment.
tingo
Veteran Member
Nice machine.
Too expensive for me.
Too expensive for me.
linuxlove
Veteran Member
if only I could drive and had $1,350 spare then I could drive up there and buy it.
then I could drive up there and buy it.Hi everybody,
If we all post about how we can't afford this particular machine, how much room we need that we don't have, or how we had one named 'fluffy' that we loved as a kid but it was run over by a car then this thread would get impossibly long with no real information in it. Please ensure your replies are informative and are of interest to the broader population.
Mike
If we all post about how we can't afford this particular machine, how much room we need that we don't have, or how we had one named 'fluffy' that we loved as a kid but it was run over by a car then this thread would get impossibly long with no real information in it. Please ensure your replies are informative and are of interest to the broader population.
Mike
Helf,
Good luck with the auction. If you want to boost the likelyness of the sale post a few pictures (let us know when you do heh) in the auction of it up and running if it works fine. The value and price of these systems is kinda weird so despite the lower specs of this one it'll still likely sell for a decent price (hopefully you'll get what you're looking for) but the more details and pics you can show of it running the better you'll be.
- John
Good luck with the auction. If you want to boost the likelyness of the sale post a few pictures (let us know when you do heh) in the auction of it up and running if it works fine. The value and price of these systems is kinda weird so despite the lower specs of this one it'll still likely sell for a decent price (hopefully you'll get what you're looking for) but the more details and pics you can show of it running the better you'll be.
- John
From the auction:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/helfer/sets/72157621937392496/
Pretty cool looking machine. I like the CPU meters built into the front of the case.
What exactly is a "geek" port?
Darshevo
Experienced Member
A little ebay trick I learned recently. If your box doesn' sell use a fixed price listing format with best offer option. I have sold a few rare cards that way. Shot for the moon and still got an offer in the stratosphere. I have sold a few bocaram cards that went for 40+ on best offer where they bring 10-15 in the auction stream
Neat piece by the way. I am going to be building my own shortly with some blue paint, repop stickers and a badass compaq desktop case from the 90's
-Lance
Neat piece by the way. I am going to be building my own shortly with some blue paint, repop stickers and a badass compaq desktop case from the 90's
-Lance
Twylo
Experienced Member
The Geek Port was one of the most interesting parts of the BeBox. You could think of it as a parallel port on steroids, sort of. It was a general purpose IO port that provided:
- 16 general purpose TTL level I/O lines in two 8-bit banks (configurable as 16 inputs, 8 inputs / 8 outputs, or 16 outputs)
- four 8-bit D/A lines
- four 8-bit A/D lines
- one +12 V line
- one -12 V line
- two +5 V lines
- 7 ground lines
The BeOS included libraries for accessing the geek port. It was used in a couple of commercial products, but it never caught on outside the BeBox world. Too bad! It was really a nice touch.