[openbeos] Re: BeIA - PC

IIRC, didn't Qubit eventually use the same technique... and try to turn into
a MS shop?

On 3/26/07, Donovan Schulteis <deej575@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Didn't Compaq basically just use BeIA as leverage to get a better deal
with MS on a CE package or something like that?  I seem to remember that
they had no real intention to ship with BeIA on the Clipper.

I often wonder what would have happened if Be could have stayed in
business only maybe a year or so longer so that the eVillas and Qubit's
products could have gotten to market (nevermind all the audio platforms that
were supposed to happen)... but again, it was a market that wasn't matured
enough or ready at that time.

Bummer that I ebayed my tablets and other IA stuff a long time ago when
money was tight... kinda wish I still had them around to experiment with
Haiku on.  ;)

Okay, sorry for the OT rants.  :)

DJ


On 3/26/07, Raymond C. Rodgers <obos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It always bothered me how Compaq sold us out... :( Hell, there was a
> period of weeks that anyone could have gone to their public ftp server
> and downloaded a copy of the latest BeIA images because they didn't seem
> to think it was important enough to secure it...
> <grumble><grumble<grumble>
>
> On the other hand, I really enjoyed working with eVilla, and still wish
> I had one... My only complaint with it was that Sony wanted to sell it
> with the ethernet disabled and offer the enabling code as an upgrade at
> a later time.
> Donovan Schulteis wrote:
> > Yeah, I recognize that as a Clipper as well.  We had one at Qubit.
> > IIRC you
> > did have to crack it open to replace the flash drive.  Sounds like
> > Raymond
> > remembers a lot more about it... since Qubit stopped BeIA dev before
> we
> > started working with the Clipper devices (the Clipper we had in office
>
> > ran
> > WindowsCE).
> >
> > Deej
> >
> > On 3/24/07, Raymond C. Rodgers <obos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Now that I look at something other than the top of the page :-), it
> does
> >> confirm that my memory hasn't completely failed... I am curious why
> the
> >> ethernet port is covered... it might have been disabled, but it was
> >> present and working in the last ones we got at Be while I was
> there...
> >> Any ways, I think it would still be fun to toy around with even
> today.
> >>
> >> Raymond
> >> Raymond C. Rodgers wrote:
> >> > That appears to be one of the Compaq Clipper devices. I don't
> remember
> >> > how much RAM they had (16 MB maybe?), with an infrared wireless
> >> > keyboard. The keyboard sucked from almost any angle other than
> >> > directly in front of the the sensor, but I believe it had 4 USB
> ports
> >> > which worked quite well. If it is indeed still running BeIA, it
> would
> >> > probably be a pre-eVilla build which means it still likely had the
> >> > user-space network stack instead of BONE.  It may be possible to
> >> > install a normal build of BeOS on it if you install it on a larger
> >> > compact flash card. I don't remember if you had to open the machine
> to
> >> > gain access to that or not though.
> >> >
> >> > Hope that helps... If you need more information, I might be able to
> >> > contact another former Be type to get a bit more information; he
> still
> >> > has one in his possession though I think he now runs linux on it...
>
> >> >
> >> > Raymond
> >> > Ronny Wisor wrote:
> >> >> Hi everybody,
> >> >>
> >> >> I browsed thru ebay an found this:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> 
http://cgi.ebay.de/Compaq-IA-1-Internet-MiniPC-embedded-BeOS-Opera-Browser_W0QQitemZ250096283940QQcategoryZ132302QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
>
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I think it´s a BeIA Computer? Does anyone know something about
> this?
> >> >>
> >> >> Best regards
> >> >> Ronny Wisor
> >> >> __________________________________
> >> >> Webseite: www.ronnywisor.de
> >> >>
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