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Be® Provides Free Update to BeOS Release 3.1
RELEASED JUNE 16, 1998
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Be, Inc. In Europe: BE® PROVIDES FREE UPDATE TO BEOS RELEASE 3.1 Free Download Available to Current BeOS Release 3 Customers
MENLO PARK, California (June 16, 1998) -- Be, Inc. announced today the release
of a free update for current Be Operating System Release 3 customers to
BeOS Release 3.1 for both Intel Pentium and PowerPC systems. Effective
immediately, all new shipments of the BeOS will include Release 3.1.
Current BeOS Release 3 customers may download the free update to Release
3.1 from the Be, Inc. web site http://www.be.com.
BeOS Release 3.1 provides support for additional hardware and peripherals
and adds the following functionality:
DOS FAT File System Support -- Taking advantage of the modular architecture
for supporting foreign file systems, an add-on for DOS FAT16 and FAT32 file
systems is now included, and complements existing support for ISO9660, Mac
OS (HFS), and Be file systems.
Serial Preferences -- Preliminary support for configuring and using ISA
Plug and Play cards, including internal modems.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol -- Preliminary support for automatic
TCP/IP address assignment via DHCP.
SCSI Support -- Preliminary support for SCSI storage devices connected via
the Buslogic BT948 SCSI card.
Extended Sound Support -- Opti931 (OPTi, Inc) and YMF715 (Yamaha) sound
chips are now supported.
Extended Motherboard Support -- Intel Dakota (440LX) motherboards are now
supported by the BeOS. Additional changes for different motherboard and
BIOS versions improve support for a variety of other motherboards.
Additional Improvements -- Additional network interface card drivers,
additional graphics card drivers, and support for extended partitions is
also included.
Be, Inc. will demonstrate BeOS Release 3.1 at PC Expo (Booth 1640). At the
show, the following third party developers will demonstrate current
commercial applications available for the BeOS:
Adamation, Inc. - personalStudio (real-time digital video compositing)
BeatWare, Inc. - BeBasics (productivity suite), Mail-It (email client),
and Get-It (Internet file transfer)
Gobe Software, Inc. - Productive (interactive productivity suite)
Mediapede - ultraDV (real-time digital media editor)
ro design, Inc. - Showboat (multimedia presentation), rocolour (color
creation), Backrow (background creator).
About Be
Be, Inc., founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis
Gassée, is a
software company focusing on building new foundations
for the next
generation of digital content and media design tools. With a
team of
industry-leading engineers and business executives in the
United
States and Europe, the company is dedicated to removing
the
limitations of existing computer architectures and delivering a
new
level of price performance.
In July 1997, Be published the
first public release of the Be
Operating System (BeOS), the core product of
this strategy. Additional
information on Be and the BeOS is available
online at
http://www.be.com/. Be, Inc.
is
headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
About Metrowerks
Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports CodeWarrior
software development solutions for a number of operating systems targeting
the most popular microprocessors. Intended for use for embedded systems or
desktop computers, the cross-platform compilers support C, C++, Java, and
Pascal, and allow programmers to build applications from one unique
Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Metrowerks' CodeWarrior products
are used by more than 100,000 registered users in 75 countries.
Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks
of Metrowerks, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business
Machines Corp. Be is a registered trademark, and BeOS, the Be logo, and the
BeOS logo are trademarks of Be, Inc. Other brand product names are
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All rights
reserved.
Scott Paterson, scott@be.com
+1 (650) 462-4126
Jean Calmon, jcalmon@beeurope.com
+33 1 49 06 73 75
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