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#1 2003-01-27 11:26 am
- zigMachine
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BeOS PPC Browser?
I'm using the standard NetPositive for BeOS Pro 5 on my Power Macintosh here, and I need a new browser for the sake of being able to read web pages! Nothing seems to load properly except BeBits and perhaps the Be Documentation that opens in NetPositive. Unfortunately, I looked on the Opera and Mozilla sites and can only find Intel versions of the BeOS builds. Anyone know of a good browser for a PPC BeOS system?
I love BeOS
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#2 2003-01-27 2:24 pm
- Buzzword
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I thought Be officially died years ago...
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#3 2003-01-27 3:25 pm
- zigMachine
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I thought Be officially died years ago...
bah
BAH I say!
You're going to let a little thing like that keep you from the best OS there ever was?
Yeah, yeah, I love Jaguar, but I firmly believe that BeOS is as good, and, with support, potentially better than anything one could base on NeXT. Jaguar is superior only because Apple has money and recognition.
Anyway, nobody knows any good alternative browsers for BeOS PPC?
Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.
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#4 2003-01-27 4:04 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
http://www.bebits.com/browse/42
Works fine for me.
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#5 2003-01-27 4:12 pm
- zigMachine
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
sure, but they're all compiled for Intel... or am I wrong?
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#6 2003-01-27 4:55 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
Hmm, can you get BeOS for x86 free anywhere these days? Or Open/NextSTEP even? Hrrrm...
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#7 2003-01-27 6:07 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I wonder what the legal implications of imaging the disk and putting it somewhere are.
i'm thinking gnutella (Acquisition) maybe...
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#8 2003-01-27 6:29 pm
- zigMachine
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I've found it a tough CD to image because of the BFS partition that nothing else recognizes, though I'd be willing to try if anyone wants one; you can also buy on eBay for relatively little from Gobe or Purplus...
Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.
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#9 2003-01-27 6:30 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
BUT DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BROWSER THING???
I'm dying here!
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#10 2003-01-27 7:07 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I've been using Nero or copy the CD's. I'm using CloneCD right now to image it.
Anyway, I don't know what your browser options are. Perhaps there's a way you could get source and compile it.
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#11 2003-01-27 7:10 pm
- zigMachine
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I've been using Nero or copy the CD's. I'm using CloneCD right now to image it.
Anyway, I don't know what your browser options are. Perhaps there's a way you could get source and compile it.
Aha! Stupid me didn't think about that.
Thanks
Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.
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#12 2003-01-27 7:33 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
acq running. File is BeOS.img
700meg, I'm on cable. only 2 upload slots.
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#13 2003-01-27 8:19 pm
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
I've been using Nero or copy the CD's. I'm using CloneCD right now to image it.
Anyway, I don't know what your browser options are. Perhaps there's a way you could get source and compile it.Aha! Stupid me didn't think about that.
Thanks
lol 
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#14 2003-01-28 12:30 am
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
Well, I've found ISO's of the personal edition, it doesn't sound like its all that different from the pro version. I'll be tryin it out a bit tonight.. 
There are as many truths as there are people. But there's only one truth that is your truth. - nge, ep 26
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#15 2003-01-28 6:29 am
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
If it didn't make it to 5.0 then there's a serious print issue with the disk I have. It says on it.
"BeOS"
"Pro Edition 5.0"
"Version 5.0"
"x86 & PowerPC"
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#16 2003-01-28 7:11 am
- zigMachine
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
Yeah, same here, BeOS 5.0.3 Pro.
It is perfect for something like a 6500; I can't remember if that's on the hardware compatibility list, but it sounds like it would be. The key is no 601 processors (603 and 604 only) and no motherboards that are too new (the 350Mhz 9600 and the 300Mhz 8600 won't work in most cases). It has some serious support for MP so if you can get ahold of an MP box definitely do so...
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#17 2003-01-28 8:34 am
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
Maybe it was "Version SO WHAT", and the "WHAT" got rubbed off?
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#18 2003-01-29 11:41 am
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Re: BeOS PPC Browser?
for anyone that might be looking for BeOS.img on gnutella (acquisition) keep trying. Sometimes my connection freezes.
BeOS.img.sit should be available tonight some time. I think that will make things a bit better for anyone trying to get it.
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