What's New on the Be Web Site
New BeWare and What's New on the Be FTP Site are updated on a daily basis.
August 4, 1997
BeOS runs on Intel CPUs!
July 30, 1997
Be In the News received an infusion of new appearances of Be in the press. They new ones are dandies, too.
Newsletter #84.
July 28, 1997
A Preview Release update has been released! Update 1 improves support for various video cards, Appletalk printing, and IDE drives. This update is free, and only updates the Preview Release (not the older Advanced Access Preview Release).
July 23, 1997
Newsletter #83.
July 22, 1997
The BeOS User's Guide was updated recently; the version available on-line is the same one that's on the Preview Release CD.
Be In the News received an infusion of new appearances of Be in the press. Know any we're missing? Send in a URL (or print reference) to webmaster@be.com.
The FAQs in the Support Section have been tuned recently to reflect the status of the Preview Release. They're great for learning that extra tidbit about Be and the BeOS.
A list of available Preview Release BeWare is now generated nightly; this replaces (and is a superset of) the list of AA:PR BeWare previously generated.
The Be Book for Preview Release received another update: the Storage Kit was updated and now the Interface Kit has the new function index.
July 16, 1997
It's out! The BeOS Preview Release is now available! You can even order it on-line. And yes, the ordering servers are getting seriously swamped....
A new press release describes how the Preview Release will also be bundled with several magazines around the world.
The BeOS Now! page was revamped to reflect the new ways of obtaining the BeOS. (Other pages on the site were modified in minor ways for this too)
Newsletter #82, as usual.
July 11, 1997
Added a new Technical Documentation Manager position to the Jobs at Be page.
The Be Book for Preview Release received another update; now the Application Kit, Device Kit, Kernel Kit, Storage Kit, and Support Kit all have the new function indices.
July 10, 1997
The Kernel Kit and Storage Kit chapters of The Be Book for Preview Release received an update. The updates include function index documents we're experimenting with.
July 9, 1997
Added a new Font & Printer Engineer position to the Jobs at Be page.
Newsletter #81.
July 7, 1997
The Masters Awards were updated to reflect the fact that applications can run under the Advanced Access Preview Release, not just the final Preview Release. Enter soon; you just might win a dual-CPU computer....
The Be Book for Preview Release has received another update. The version on the web site is now the same as the version included with the (upcoming) Preview Release CD. An archive of the entire Be Book is also available from the FTP site.
July 2, 1997
Newsletter #80.
July 1, 1997
Added details on the Be DemoTour trip to North Carolina.
Two new Be User Groups have been added in Paris, France and Bangkok, Thailand.
June 27, 1997
Added the Device Kit to the online version of The Be Book for the Advanced Access Preview Release. Added archives of the Device Kit and the Kernel Kit. Also updated the Support Kit with documents for the Errors and StopWatch sections.
June 26, 1997
Added the Kernel Kit to the online version of The Be Book for the Advanced Access Preview Release. This chapter isn't yet available in an archived form; it should be within the next day, though.
June 25, 1997
New BeWare Highlight: BeNFS Server and Client. These applications enable you to access a Network File System while running the BeOS.
Newsletter #79.
June 18, 1997
Newsletter #78.
June 17, 1997
Added the details on the Be Demo Tour trip to Santa Monica on June 26.
June 14, 1997
Information about the August Be Developer Conference was posted. The preliminary agenda, the sponsors, travel arrangement tips, and registration information can be found in the August BeDC area.
June 11, 1997
Newsletter #77.
June 10, 1997
Added five new positions to the Jobs at Be page: 3 Developer Evangelist positions, Developer Programs Manager, and Marketing Programs Manager.
Believe it or don't, developers can now pick their own passwords by modifying their contact information in the Registered Developer Area.
June 6, 1997
The FAQs in the Support section have recently been updated.
June 5, 1997
New BeWare pages have been created which summarize available BeWare and available Advanced Access BeWare. The lists are updated nightly and are designed to allow easy linking to the full BeWare descriptions or immediate downloading.
A new section on PPP troubleshooting in the Advanced Access release was posted; this contains a wealth of information for folks who are having trouble connecting via PPP in the early release.
June 4, 1997
Newsletter #76.
June 2, 1997
Added three new positions to the Jobs at Be page: 3D Graphic Engineer, Graphic Driver Engineer, and General Graphic Engineer.
Six new Be User Groups were added in the Be User Groups area. The new BUGs are located in China, England, Idaho, Florida, North Dakota, and Russia.
Added info on the upcoming Be DemoTour trips to Los Angeles, Detroit (MacHack), and Montreal.
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http://www.be.com/whatsnew.html (Amiga Plus Extra No. 5/97, 05/1997)
