<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is one of the two BeBox’en UCC has - the other has a front panel and is in one of the loft cupboards. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This one is a pre-release prototype, donated to UCC along with the other one by Peter N Lewis. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">[LE@] (Elliot Nunn) and I tried getting both of them going in early 2012 - we had magenta, the production one, booting, but did not have sufficient spares and time to get this one going. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">More info on the BeBoxen - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBox" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBox</a>, the prototypes - <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/15850994039" class="">https://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/15850994039</a> and Be - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Inc." class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Inc.</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for the questions:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• <b class="">What is it? Does it have a name? </b>- unknown, other one is magenta</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• <b class="">What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated?</b> 1995, donated by Peter N Lewis at some point in the past apparently</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• <b class="">Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it?</b> Jean Louis Gasse, an early Apple pioneer</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• <b class="">What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story?</b> - Unknown<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• <b class="">If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? What did they do and what do they look like?</b> - Probably, it was non functional as of April 2012<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• <b class="">Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing documentation?</b> - Non functional as of 2012<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">• Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it if the club is going to throw it out?</b> Honestly, imo it is not worth the club keeping so that someone can look at it every 10 years.. BUT.. dear god don’t throw it out, it is a piece of computer history and should be preserved</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m sure someone on this list is still in contact with Peter N Lewis - I believe we should seek his blessing, and try to broker their sale, or donation to a computer museum - they are still worth about $1500 each - <a href="http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?t=16731890" class="">http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?t=16731890</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This prototype one has the lowest serial number known </div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 May 2018, at 8:46 pm, Felix von Perger <<a href="mailto:frekk@ucc.asn.au" class="">frekk@ucc.asn.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">Dear tech subscribers,</p><p class="">As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery
things stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as
myself) often don't have any idea what they are or why they are
there.<br class="">
</p><p class="">So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the
wiki) all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club
owns.<br class="">
</p><p class="">I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with
photos of an item found on shelves or under desks. If you
recognise the object in question, or if you know anything about
its history, then please reply to this email and contribute to the
project by answering any of the following questions:</p>
<ul class="">
<li class="">What is it? Does it have a name?<br class="">
</li>
<li class="">What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated?</li>
<li class="">Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? </li>
<li class="">What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story?<br class="">
</li>
<li class="">If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might
they be? What did they do and what do they look like?<br class="">
</li>
<li class="">Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing
documentation?</li>
<li class="">Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone
want it if the club is going to throw it out?</li>
</ul><p class="">The information gathered from this project will be made available
on the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/ProjectWhatIsThat" class="">wiki page</a>.
As more items are documented, I will make a new wiki page for each
item and add a link to it on the main project page.<br class="">
</p><p class="">Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project
will be informative and entertaining for everyone involved.<br class="">
</p>
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The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case
retrieved from the top shelf behind the door.<br class="">
<br class="">
Photo of the backplane<br class=""><p class=""><span id="cid:part2.D06CB291.5D0AB19F@ucc.asn.au"><lbgomognneokfcdk.jpg></span></p><p class="">Photo of the front (no faceplate was present)<br class="">
</p><p class=""><span id="cid:part3.4E1C43EC.706D6FF3@ucc.asn.au"><ofaifpehoijcmnag.jpg></span></p><p class="">Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back.<br class="">
</p><p class=""><span id="cid:part4.19968DF9.1F551EC3@ucc.asn.au"><cclblkaeogpdobna.jpg></span></p><p class="">And finally, a photo showing the guts.<br class="">
</p><p class=""><span id="cid:part5.2FC21961.9D49D36C@ucc.asn.au"><hljcefdabmgakhfn.jpg></span></p>
<hr size="2" width="100%" class=""><p class="">If you know anything about this and can answer any of the
questions listed above relating to the thing in the photos, please
don't hesitate to reply to this email or send me the details at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:frekk@ucc.asn.au">frekk@ucc.asn.au</a>.</p><p class="">Kind regards,<br class="">
</p><p class="">Felix von Perger<br class="">
UCC Secretary 2018<br class="">
</p><p class=""><br class="">
</p>
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