<s>
The	O
BeBox	B-Device
is	O
a	O
dual	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
briefly	O
sold	O
by	O
Be	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
own	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
CPUs	O
,	O
its	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
board	O
has	O
a	O
custom	O
"	O
GeekPort	B-Device
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
front	O
bezel	O
has	O
"	O
Blinkenlights	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeBox	B-Device
made	O
its	O
debut	O
in	O
October	O
1995	O
in	O
a	O
dual	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603	O
at	B-Operating_System
66MHz	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
processors	B-General_Concept
were	O
upgraded	O
to	O
133MHz	O
in	O
August	O
1996	O
(	O
BeBox	B-Device
Dual603e-133	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
was	O
halted	O
in	O
January	O
1997	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
port	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
concentrate	O
on	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Be	O
sold	O
around	O
1000	O
66MHz	O
BeBoxes	B-Device
and	O
800	O
133MHz	O
BeBoxes	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeBox	B-Device
creator	O
Jean-Louis	O
Gassée	O
did	O
not	O
see	O
the	O
BeBox	B-Device
as	O
a	O
general	O
consumer	O
device	O
,	O
warning	O
that	O
"	O
Before	O
we	O
let	O
you	O
use	O
the	O
BeBox	B-Device
,	O
we	O
believe	O
you	O
must	O
have	O
some	O
aptitude	O
toward	O
programming	O
the	O
standard	O
language	O
is	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
prototypes	O
are	O
equipped	O
with	O
two	O
AT&T	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
processors	B-General_Concept
and	O
three	O
AT&T	O
9308S	O
DSPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
models	O
use	O
two	O
66MHz	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603	O
processors	B-General_Concept
or	O
two	O
133MHz	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603e	O
processors	B-General_Concept
to	O
power	O
the	O
BeBox	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
board	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
AT	B-Operating_System
format	O
commonly	O
found	O
on	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
board	O
offers	O
four	O
serial	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
(	O
9-pin	O
D-sub	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
a	O
PS/2	B-Protocol
mouse	I-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
,	O
two	O
joystick	O
ports	O
(	O
15-pin	O
D-sub	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
DIN	B-Architecture
MIDI	O
ports	O
,	O
two	O
in	O
and	O
two	O
out	O
,	O
two	O
pairs	O
(	O
for	O
stereo	O
)	O
of	O
RCA	B-Protocol
connectors	I-Protocol
audio	O
line-level	O
input	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
output	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
3.5mm	O
stereo	O
phono	B-Device
jacks	I-Device
for	O
microphone	O
input	O
and	O
headphone	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
more	O
unusual	O
uses	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
4-pin	O
mini	B-Protocol
DIN	I-Protocol
infrared	I-Protocol
(	O
IR	O
)	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
experimental-electronic-development	O
oriented	O
port	O
,	O
backed	O
by	O
three	O
fuses	O
on	O
the	O
mainboard	O
,	O
the	O
37-pin	O
D-sub	B-Protocol
"	O
GeekPort	B-Device
"	O
provides	O
Digital	O
and	O
analog	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
and	O
DC	O
power	O
on	O
the	O
ISA	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
:	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
yellow/green	O
vertical	O
LED	O
arrays	O
,	O
dubbed	O
the	O
"	O
blinkenlights	O
"	O
,	O
are	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
front	O
bezel	O
to	O
illustrate	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
load	O
.	O
</s>
