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the2296pro++ · **Post subject:** BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:19 am

Be, the company that used to make computers and was acquired by Palm, Inc. in 2001, made operating systems!
Yes, I know about BeOS, there are screenshots on the following links:
www.toastytech.com and www.guidebookgallery.org

But I want to know more![i][/i]
If any of you know anything about BeOS, please tell me!!!

Sievert · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:36 am

Use the ~~Force~~ Google, Luke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS (and all links in footer)

Now it is a Haiku - http://haiku-os.org/

marcrichards7 · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:01 pm

BeOS technically isn't Haiku. Haiku is built off a similar framework (and shares some source code) but isn't BeOS - Unlike BeOS Haiku is Open Source.

Sievert · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:13 pm

Yes.
Also in WebOS used some ideas from BeIA (another product by BeOS, Inc.).

Haiku is binary compatible with BeOS.
Zeta - in fact BeOS 5.1 (based on source BeOS 5.1d0)

Also, Cosmoe - similar OS with binary compatible with BeOS (as Windows and ReactOS). It OS based on AtheOS, which made as analog of AmigaOS.

MugenFox · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:40 am

Well the best you can do is try them out. I uploaded a lot of these to MediaFire or the FTP or both. I forget because I did it a long time ago.

Archlyric · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 5:11 am

i reccomend bebits.com and osnews.com for more info

mycomputerhelp · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:19 am

I had it on an old PC...

Dezzo4 · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:13 pm

Who still uses this OS?

I had asked around about other "odd" OSs, like OS/2. It apparently still has some use inside terminals and banking stuff, or certain types of cash register OSs.

Archlyric · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:59 pm

i still use r5!

pl0ppy · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:08 pm

That reminds me; I still have BeOS Preview 1 from Macworld, what was it? 1996 or something? Anyways, BeOS was ahead of its time. While it seemed like a great idea, and some enthusiasts still use it today, incompatibility with the major OSes ensured its death. Shame, because if more people would have been interested in BeOS, maybe it would have still been in development.

compgeke · **Post subject:** Re: BeOS? Tell me more! **Posted:** Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:06 pm

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