GoKawiilHaiku project releases BeBox emulator for BeOS and Hobbit prototypes
A new Haiku application called BeBox emulates Be Inc.'s original dual-processor BeBox computers, running BeOS for PowerPC from Developer Release 6 through R5.0.3 using the machines' own boot ROMs. It also reproduces the earlier Hobbit prototype hardware, built around dual AT&T Hobbit processors, using Be's surviving 1993-94 system disks. The emulator reconstructs the BeBox's front-panel LED 'blinkenlights,' CPU interpreters, graphics and sound chips, storage controllers, serial ports, and networking via an NE2000-compatible card with NAT support.