Power Computing PPC and BeOS 5

#1 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 - 16:48 68kMLA

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, but I finally got around to installing BeOS 5 Pro on my Power Computing 604/150 last night, so it's sitting happily on one HDD with 8.6 sitting happily on the next.

Question: Does BeOS R5 on the PPC not support OHCI devices? I have no USB mouse and keyboard.

#2 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 - 16:51 68kMLA

Hrm. Looks like perhaps the Haiku USB stack can be used with R5?!

#3 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 - 16:01 68kMLA

I did see something about getting PowerPC support for Haiku sometime in the future. Here's hoping they do. I have a StarMax 4000 that is itching to run it. }

#4 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 - 04:52 68kMLA

I'd sure like to try Haiku on my real live BeBox, though I'm doubtful it will be compatible with it, PPC support notwithstanding.

#5 Fri, 2 Jul 2010 - 23:00 68kMLA

I've never seen anything about USB on PowerPC BeOS.

I was able to install USB on my x86 BeOS Release 5. I had to install extra stuff I found on BeBits; I think they said it was originally for BONE or Dano or some such other dodgy thing, but it did work on my PeeCee.

The only reason why I wanted USB really was to read flash drives. I bought a network storage doo-hickey thing that purports to allow me to hook it up to my computer via ethernet, that would then allow me to access USB drives, but the doo-hickey is still in it's plastic wrap.