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Basilisk II, Version 0.7 |
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A free, portable Mac II emulator |
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Basilisk II |
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A 68k Macintosh emulator |
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Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Christian Bauer et al. |
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Freely distributable |
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Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Christian Bauer et al. |
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License |
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Basilisk II is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. |
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See the file "COPYING" that is included in this archive for details. |
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See the file "COPYING" that is included in the distribution for details. |
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Overview |
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Basilisk II is a free, portable, Open Source 68k Mac emulator. It requires |
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a copy of a Mac ROM and a copy of MacOS to run. Basilisk II is freeware and |
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distributed under the GNU General Public License. |
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Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it enables |
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you to run 68k MacOS software on you computer, even if you are using a |
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different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and |
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a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II. |
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Basilisk II has currently been ported to the following systems: |
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- BeOS R4 (PowerPC and x86) |
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- Unix (tested under Linux, Solaris 2.5, FreeBSD 3.x and IRIX 6.5) |
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- Unix (tested under Linux, Solaris 2.x, FreeBSD 3.x, NetBSD 1.4.x and |
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IRIX 6.5) |
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- AmigaOS 3.x |
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- Windows NT 4.0 (mostly works under Windows 95/98, too) |
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- Mac OS X 10.1 |
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Some features of Basilisk II: |
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- Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5) |
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- Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported) |
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- Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles |
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- CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions |
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- Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon |
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on the Mac desktop |
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- Ethernet driver |
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- Serial drivers |
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- SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation |
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- Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse |
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- Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS) real 68k processor |
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- Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k |
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processor |
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The emulator is not yet complete. See the file "TODO" for a list of |
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unimplemented stuff. |
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Requirements |
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To use Basilisk II, you need either a 512K Mac Classic ROM image or a |
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512K or 1MB 32-bit clean Macintosh ROM image. You also need a copy of MacOS |
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(0.x thru 7.5 for Classic emulation, 7.x or 8.0/8.1 for Mac II emulation). |
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For copyright reasons, none of these items are included with Basilisk II. |
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MacOS 7.5.3 and earlier versions can be downloaded from Apple and various |
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other Internet sites. Mac ROM files are not freely available. You have to |
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own a real Mac and read out its ROM. No, I don't know where you can download |
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ROM files. No, I won't send you one. |
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Depending on the platform you use, Basilisk II has additional requirements: |
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BeOS: |
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You need BeOS R4 or better. On a PowerPC system you also need the |
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"sheep" driver that comes with SheepShaver. To use Ethernet, you need |
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the "sheep_net" add-on that also comes with SheepShaver (both items |
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are included in the SheepShaver Trial Versions). The PowerPC version of |
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Basilisk II cannot do Mac Classic emulation. |
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Unix: |
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You need X11R4, pthreads support and GNU make. To use the GUI preferences |
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editor, you also need GTK+ version 1.2 or better. On Linux, you need |
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glibc 2.0 or better. |
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AmigaOS: |
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You need at least a 68020 and AmigaOS 3.0 or better. To get the GUI |
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preferences editor, you need gtlayout.library V39 or later. To get sound |
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output, you need AHI V2 or later. Both items can be found on Aminet. You |
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also need the "PrepareEmul" utility that somes with ShapeShifter (or any |
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equivalent PrepareEmul substitute). The AmigaOS version of Basilisk II |
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cannot do Mac Classic emulation. |
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Windows: |
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You need at least Windows NT 4.0. Windows 95 and 98 can be used too, with a |
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somewhat reduced set of features. Basilisk II supports DirectX version 5 or |
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later, but version 3 may also work, depending on your graphics card. |
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Installation |
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BeOS: |
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If you have a binary distribution of Basilisk II for BeOS, there are |
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executables for BeOS/PPC and BeOS/x86 included. If you have the source |
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distribution, cd to "src/BeOS", and type "make". Basilisk II cannot run |
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concurrently with SheepShaver. Trying to do so will crash Basilisk II, |
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or SheepShaver, or both. On a PowerPC system you must have installed the |
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"sheep" driver that comes with SheepShaver. To use Ethernet, you must have |
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installed the "sheep_net" add-on that also comes with SheepShaver |
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Unix: |
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To compile Basilisk II, cd to "src/Unix", and type "./configure" followed |
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by "make" and (optionally) "make install". To use Ethernet networking under |
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Linux, you either have to configure your kernel for ethertap support or make |
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and install the "sheep_net" driver: cd to "src/Unix/Linux/NetDriver" and |
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type "make". This should produce a kernel module "sheep_net.o". Now su root |
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and type "./MAKEDEV" which will install the device node "/dev/sheep_net". |
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Then say "/sbin/insmod sheep_net.o" and the driver should be ready for use. |
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You should give appropriate access rights to /dev/sheep_net if you don't |
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want to run Basilisk II as root. |
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This is what Brian J. Johnson says about compiling for IRIX: |
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"I recommend compiling with "-Ofast". This requires changing "-g" |
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to "-Ofast" in the Makefile, and adding "-ipa" to LDFLAGS. This |
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turns on massive interprocedural optimization, and makes for much |
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better performance." |
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Requirements and Installation |
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AmigaOS: |
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If you have a binary distribution of Basilisk II for AmigaOS, there is an |
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executable included. You must also have the "PrepareEmul" utility installed |
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that comes with ShapeShifter (or any equivalent PrepareEmul substitute, |
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see the ShapeShifter docs). If you have the source distribution, cd to |
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"src/AmigaOS" and type "smake". To recompile Basilisk II, you need SAS/C |
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6.58. Earlier versions may not work. |
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If you have a binary distribution of Basilisk II for Windows, there is a |
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Windows NT binary included. To access CD-ROMs under Windows NT, the driver |
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"cdenable.sys" must be copied to your "\WinNT\System32\drivers" directory. |
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To access CD-ROMs under Windows 9x, the driver "cdenable.vxd" must be copied |
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to the "\Windows\System" directory. To recompile Basilisk II, you need |
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MS Visual V++ 5.0 or later. Symantec C++ should work, too, with some |
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modifications. See the "sysdeps.h" file in the "Windows" directory. |
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The ROM file has to be named "ROM" and put in the same directory as the |
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Basilisk II executable but you can specify a different location for the ROM |
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file with the "rom" option in the preferences file. |
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Please consult the file "INSTALL" for a list of system requirements and |
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installation instructions. |
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Configuration |
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BeOS: |
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/boot/home/config/settings/BasiliskII_prefs |
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Unix: |
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Unix, Mac OS X: |
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~/.basilisk_ii_prefs |
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AmigaOS: |
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This item describes one MacOS volume to be mounted by Basilisk II. |
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There can be multiple "disk" lines in the preferences file. Basilisk II |
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can handle hardfiles (byte-per-byte images of HFS volumes in a file on |
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the host system) as well as HFS partitions on hard disks etc. (but Basilisk |
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II doesn't know about MacOS partition tables; it relies on the host OS to |
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handle this). The "volume description" is either the pathname of a hardfile |
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or a platform-dependant description of an HFS partition or drive. If the |
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volume description starts with an asterisk ("*"), the volume is write |
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protected for MacOS (and the "*" is discarded). |
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the host system), HFS partitions on hard disks etc., and MacOS-partitioned |
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disks (it can only access the first partition, though). The "volume |
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description" is either the pathname of a hardfile or a platform-dependant |
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description of an HFS partition or drive. If the volume description is |
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prefixed by an asterisk ("*"), the volume is write protected for MacOS. |
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Basilisk II can also handle some types of Mac "disk image" files directly, |
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as long as they are uncompressed and unencoded. |
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BeOS: |
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To specify an HFS partition, simply specify its path (e.g. |
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"/dev/disk/scsi/0/1/0/0_3"). If you don't specify any volume, Basilisk II |
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"/dev/disk/scsi/0/1/0/0_3"). If you don't specify any volumes, Basilisk II |
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will search for and use all available HFS partitions. |
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To specify an HFS partition, simply specify its path (e.g. |
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"/dev/sda5"). |
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To specify an HFS partition, simply specify its path (e.g. "/dev/sda5"). |
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If you want to access a MacOS-partitioned hard disk or removable volume |
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(Jaz, Zip etc.) and your operating system doesn't understand MacOS |
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partition tables, you can specify the block device name (e.g. "/dev/sda") |
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to access the first HFS partition on the device. Under Linux, if you |
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don't specify any volumes, Basilisk II will search /etc/fstab for |
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unmounted HFS partitions and use these. |
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AmigaOS: |
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Partitions/drives are specified in the following format: |
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installed CD-ROM drives. The format of the "CD-ROM drive description" |
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extfs <direcory path> |
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This item specifies the root directory for the "Host Directory Tree" |
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file system (the "Unix/BeOS/Amiga/..." icon on the Finder desktop). |
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All objects contained in that directory are accessible by Mac applications. |
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This feature is only available when File System Manager V1.2 or later |
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is installed on the Mac side. FSM 1.2 is built-in beginning with MacOS 7.6 |
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and can be installed as a system extension (downloadable from Apple, look |
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for the FSM SDK in the developer section) for earlier MacOS versions. |
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scsi0 <SCSI target> ... scsi6 <SCSI target> |
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These items describe the SCSI target to be used for a given Mac SCSI |
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Ignored. Basilisk II scans for all SCSI devices and the first 6 found |
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devices are made visible to the MacOS. You cannot explicitly enable a |
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device, but you can disable a device (see the "disablescsi" command). |
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The "SCSI target" has the format <"Vendor"> <"Model"> (e.g. |
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scsi0 "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100"). Note the use of quotes. |
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screen <video mode> |
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This item describes the type of video display to be used by Basilisk II. |
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If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, the display is always 1-bit 512x342 |
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and this item is ignored. The format of the "video mode" is platform |
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specific. |
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This item describes the type of video display to be used by default for |
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Basilisk II. If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, the display is always |
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1-bit 512x342 and this item is ignored. The format of the "video mode" is |
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platform specific. |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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Unix: |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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win/<width>/<height> |
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Color display in an X11 window of the given size. The color depth |
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(8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen. |
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This is the default. |
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dga |
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Full-screen display using the X11 DGA extensions. The color depth |
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Color display in an X11 window of the given size. There are several |
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resolutions and color depths available. The set of color depths |
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depends on the capabilities of the X11 server, the operating system, |
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and Basilisk II compile-time options, but 1 bit and the default depth |
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of the X11 screen should always be available. |
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dga/<width>/<height> |
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[if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-xf86-dga] |
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Full-screen display using the XFree86 DGA extension. The color depth |
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For DGA to work, Basilisk II must be compiled with DGA support |
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enabled (selectable in the configure script). |
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"width" and "height" specify the maximum width/height to use. |
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Saying "dga/0/0" means "complete screen". |
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dga/<frame buffer name> |
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[if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-fbdev-dga] |
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Full-screen display using the frame buffer device /dev/fb. The color |
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depth (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen. |
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The "frame buffer name" is looked up in the "fbdevices" file (whose |
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path can be specified with the "fbdevicefile" prefs item) to determine |
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certain characteristics of the device (doing a "ls -l /dev/fb" should |
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tell you what your frame buffer name is). |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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15-bit truecolor display in a Picasso96 PIP. This requires |
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Picasso96 as well as a PIP-capable graphics card (e.g. Picasso IV). |
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scr/<hexadecimal mode ID> |
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8/15/24-bit fullscreen display on a Picasso96 screen with the given |
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mode ID. This requires Picasso96. For 15 and 24 bit, the frame buffer |
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format must be QuickDraw-compatible (big-endian, xRGB 1:5:5:5 or |
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xRGB 8:8:8:8). The screen size will be the default size for that |
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mode ID. |
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8/15/24-bit fullscreen display on a Picasso96/CyberGraphX screen with |
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the given mode ID. This requires Picasso96 or CyberGraphX. For 15 and |
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24 bit, the frame buffer format must be QuickDraw-compatible |
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(big-endian, xRGB 1:5:5:5 or xRGB 8:8:8:8). The screen size will be |
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the default size for that mode ID. |
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Windows: |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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application via Alt-Tab, Basilisk II is put in "snooze" mode (i.e. MacOS |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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win/<width>/<height> |
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win/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel> |
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A refreshed (and buffered) [and very slow] Quartz window. |
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The default <bits> is 32, which is the only depth currently supported. |
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full/<width>/<height> |
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full/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel> |
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A CGDirectDisplay full screen mode. <bits> can currently be 8, 16 or 32. |
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If not specified, the default is 32. There is currently no way to switch |
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between the Mac OS X and Basilisk II display, but Apple-Option-Escape |
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instantly and safely terminates the Basilisk II program. |
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opengl/<width>/<height> |
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opengl/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel> |
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Currently unimplemented, will be a fast windowed mode. |
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This item describes the serial port to be used as Port A (Modem Port) |
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is not available and this setting is ignored. The "ethernet card description" |
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General note: To use TCP/IP from MacOS, you should assign a different IP |
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address to the MacOS (entered into the MacOS TCP/IP (or MacTCP) control |
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panel). Otherwise there will be confusion about which operating system will |
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handle incoming packets. |
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It doesn't matter what you give as "ethernet card description", Basilisk II |
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will always use the first Ethernet card it finds as long an an "ether" |
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line exists (e.g. say "ether yes"). As Basilisk II requires the sheep_net |
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net server add-on from SheepShaver, you can only use Ethernet on PowerPC |
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machines. |
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line exists (e.g. say "ether yes"). Using Ethernet requires the "sheep_net" |
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Net Server add-on to be installed. The first time you start Basilisk II |
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with Ethernet enabled you will be asked whether it's OK to make the |
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necessary changes to your BeOS network configuration to enable sheep_net. |
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Linux: |
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The "ethernet card description" is the name of an Ethernet interface. |
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There are two approaches to networking with Basilisk II: |
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1. Direct access to an Ethernet card via the "sheep_net" driver. |
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In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name |
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of a real Ethernet card, e.g. "eth0". It also requires the "sheep_net" |
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driver to be installed and accessible. This approach will allow you |
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to run all networking protocols under MacOS (TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPX |
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etc.) but there is no connection between Linux networking and MacOS |
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networking. MacOS will only be able to talk to other machines on |
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the Ethernet, but not to other networks that your Linux box routes |
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(e.g. a second Ethernet or a PPP connection to the Internet). |
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1. Direct access to an Ethernet card via the "sheep_net" kernel module. |
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The "ethernet card description" must be the name of a real Ethernet |
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card, e.g. "eth0". |
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The sheep_net module is included in the Basilisk II source |
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distribution in the directory "src/Unix/Linux/NetDriver". You have |
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to compile and install the module yourself: |
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$ su |
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[enter root password] |
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# make |
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# make dev |
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[this will create a /dev/sheep_net device node; you should give |
| 384 |
> |
appropriate access rights to the user(s) running Basilisk II] |
| 385 |
> |
# insmod sheep_net.o |
| 386 |
> |
|
| 387 |
> |
If you copy the sheep_net.o module to a place where it can be found |
| 388 |
> |
by the kernel module loader ("/lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/net" |
| 389 |
> |
for 2.4 kernels) and add the line |
| 390 |
> |
|
| 391 |
> |
alias char-major-10-198 sheep_net |
| 392 |
> |
|
| 393 |
> |
to "/etc/modules.conf", the kernel should be able to load the module |
| 394 |
> |
automatically when Basilisk II is started. |
| 395 |
> |
|
| 396 |
> |
The sheep_net module will allow you to run all networking protocols |
| 397 |
> |
under MacOS (TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPX etc.) but there is no connection |
| 398 |
> |
between Linux networking and MacOS networking. MacOS will only be |
| 399 |
> |
able to talk to other machines on the Ethernet, but not to other |
| 400 |
> |
networks that your Linux box routes (e.g. a second Ethernet or a PPP |
| 401 |
> |
connection to the Internet). |
| 402 |
> |
|
| 403 |
|
2. Putting Basilisk II on a virtual Ethernet via the "ethertap" device. |
| 404 |
|
In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name |
| 405 |
|
of an ethertap interface, e.g. "tap0". It also requires that you |
| 406 |
< |
configure your kernel to enable routing and the ethertap device: |
| 406 |
> |
configure your kernel to enable routing and ethertap support: |
| 407 |
|
under "Networking options", enable "Kernel/User netlink socket" and |
| 408 |
|
"Netlink device emulation", under "Network device support", activate |
| 409 |
< |
"Ethertap network tap". Next, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ |
| 410 |
< |
networking/ethertap.txt for information on how to set up /dev/tap* |
| 411 |
< |
device nodes and activate the ethertap interface. Under MacOS, |
| 412 |
< |
select an IP address that is on the virtual network and set the |
| 413 |
< |
default gateway to the IP address of the ethertap interface. This |
| 414 |
< |
approach will let you access all networks that your Linux box has |
| 415 |
< |
access to (especially, if your Linux box has a dial-up Internet |
| 416 |
< |
connection and is configured for IP masquerading, you can access |
| 417 |
< |
the Internet from MacOS). The drawback is that you can only use |
| 418 |
< |
network protocols that Linux can route, so you have to install and |
| 419 |
< |
configure netatalk if you want to use AppleTalk. |
| 409 |
> |
"Ethertap network tap". You also have to modify drivers/net/ethertap.c |
| 410 |
> |
a bit before compiling the new kernel: |
| 411 |
> |
|
| 412 |
> |
- insert "#define CONFIG_ETHERTAP_MC 1" near the top (after the |
| 413 |
> |
#include lines) |
| 414 |
> |
- comment out the line "dev->flags|=IFF_NOARP;" in ethertap_probe() |
| 415 |
> |
|
| 416 |
> |
Next, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ethertap.txt for |
| 417 |
> |
information on how to set up /dev/tap* device nodes and activate the |
| 418 |
> |
ethertap interface. Under MacOS, select an IP address that is on the |
| 419 |
> |
virtual network and set the default gateway to the IP address of the |
| 420 |
> |
ethertap interface. This approach will let you access all networks |
| 421 |
> |
that your Linux box has access to (especially, if your Linux box has |
| 422 |
> |
a dial-up Internet connection and is configured for IP masquerading, |
| 423 |
> |
you can access the Internet from MacOS). The drawback is that you |
| 424 |
> |
can only use network protocols that Linux can route, so you have to |
| 425 |
> |
install and configure netatalk if you want to use AppleTalk. Here is |
| 426 |
> |
an example /etc/atalk/atalkd.conf for a LAN: |
| 427 |
> |
|
| 428 |
> |
eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 1 -addr 1.47 -zone "Ethernet" |
| 429 |
> |
tap0 -seed -phase 2 -net 2 -addr 2.47 -zone "Basilisknet" |
| 430 |
> |
|
| 431 |
> |
(the "47" is an arbitrary node number). This will set up a zone |
| 432 |
> |
"Ethernet" (net 1) for the Ethernet and a zone "Basilisknet" (net 2) |
| 433 |
> |
for the internal network connection of the ethertap interface. |
| 434 |
> |
MacOS should automatically recognize the nets and zones upon startup. |
| 435 |
> |
If you are in an existing AppleTalk network, you should contact |
| 436 |
> |
your network administrator about the nets and zones you can use |
| 437 |
> |
(instead of the ones given in the example above). |
| 438 |
> |
|
| 439 |
> |
FreeBSD: |
| 440 |
> |
The "ethertap" method described above also works under FreeBSD, but since |
| 441 |
> |
no-one has found the time to write a section for this manual, you're on |
| 442 |
> |
your own here... |
| 443 |
|
|
| 444 |
|
AmigaOS: |
| 445 |
|
You have to specify the name of the SANA-II Ethernet device and the device |
| 448 |
|
not an Ethernet device, Basilisk II will display a warning message and |
| 449 |
|
disable Ethernet networking. |
| 450 |
|
|
| 451 |
+ |
See the next item for an alternative way to do networking with Basilisk II. |
| 452 |
+ |
|
| 453 |
+ |
udptunnel <"true" or "false"> |
| 454 |
+ |
|
| 455 |
+ |
Setting this to "true" enables a special network mode in which all network |
| 456 |
+ |
packets sent by MacOS are tunnelled over UDP using the host operating |
| 457 |
+ |
system's native TCP/IP stack. This can only be used to connect computers |
| 458 |
+ |
running Basilisk II (and not, for example, for connecting to the Internet |
| 459 |
+ |
or an AppleShare server running on a real Mac), but it is probably the |
| 460 |
+ |
easiest way to set up a network between two instances of Basilisk II |
| 461 |
+ |
because the UDP tunnelling doesn't require any special kernel modules or |
| 462 |
+ |
network add-ons. It relies on IP broadcasting, however, so its range is |
| 463 |
+ |
limited. It should be fine though for doing a little file sharing or |
| 464 |
+ |
playing Spectre. |
| 465 |
+ |
|
| 466 |
+ |
udpport <IP port number> |
| 467 |
+ |
|
| 468 |
+ |
This item specifies the IP port number to use for the "UDP Tunnel" mode. |
| 469 |
+ |
The default is 6066. |
| 470 |
+ |
|
| 471 |
|
rom <ROM file path> |
| 472 |
|
|
| 473 |
|
This item specifies the file name of the Mac ROM file to be used by |
| 496 |
|
For refreshed graphics modes (usually window modes), this specifies |
| 497 |
|
how many frames to skip after drawing one frame. Higher values make |
| 498 |
|
the video display more responsive but require more processing power. |
| 499 |
< |
The default is "8". |
| 499 |
> |
The default is "8". Under Unix/X11, a value of "0" selects a "dynamic" |
| 500 |
> |
update mode that cuts the display into rectangles and updates each |
| 501 |
> |
rectangle individually, depending on display changes. |
| 502 |
|
|
| 503 |
|
modelid <MacOS model ID> |
| 504 |
|
|
| 505 |
< |
Specifies the Model ID that Basilisk II should report to MacOS. |
| 506 |
< |
The default is "5" which corresponds to a Mac IIci. If you want to |
| 507 |
< |
run MacOS 8, you have to set this to "14" (Quadra 900). Other values |
| 508 |
< |
are not officially supported and may result in crashes. MacOS versions |
| 509 |
< |
earlier than 7.5 may only run with the Model ID set to "5". If you are |
| 510 |
< |
using a Mac Classic ROM, the model is always "Mac Classic" and this |
| 511 |
< |
setting is ignored. |
| 505 |
> |
Specifies the Macintosh model ID that Basilisk II should report to MacOS. |
| 506 |
> |
The default is "5" which corresponds to a Mac IIci. If you want to run |
| 507 |
> |
MacOS 8, you have to set this to "14" (Quadra 900). Other values are not |
| 508 |
> |
officially supported and may result in crashes. MacOS versions earlier |
| 509 |
> |
than 7.5 may only run with the Model ID set to "5". If you are using a Mac |
| 510 |
> |
Classic ROM, the model is always "Mac Classic" and this setting is |
| 511 |
> |
ignored. |
| 512 |
|
|
| 513 |
|
nosound <"true" or "false"> |
| 514 |
|
|
| 537 |
|
Unix: |
| 538 |
|
|
| 539 |
|
keycodes <"true" or "false"> |
| 540 |
< |
keycodefile <Keycode file path> |
| 540 |
> |
keycodefile <keycodes file path> |
| 541 |
|
|
| 542 |
|
By default, the X11 event handler in Basilisk II uses KeySyms to |
| 543 |
|
translate keyboard event to Mac keycodes. While this method is very |
| 548 |
|
not on the selected keymap. Unfortunately it depends on the X server |
| 549 |
|
being used and possibly also on the type of keyboard attached. So |
| 550 |
|
Basilisk II needs a table to translate X keycodes to Mac keycodes. |
| 551 |
< |
This table is read by default from /usr/local/lib/basilisk_ii_keycodes |
| 551 |
> |
This table is read by default from /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/keycodes |
| 552 |
|
unless you specify a different file with the "keycodefile" item. |
| 553 |
< |
A sample keycode file ("basilisk_ii_keycodes") is included with |
| 554 |
< |
Basilisk II. |
| 553 |
> |
A sample keycode file is included with Basilisk II. |
| 554 |
> |
|
| 555 |
> |
fbdevicefile <fbdevices file path> |
| 556 |
> |
|
| 557 |
> |
This option specifies the file that contains frame buffer device |
| 558 |
> |
specifications for the fbdev-DGA video mode (when Basilisk II was |
| 559 |
> |
configured with --enable-fbdev-dga). The default location of the file |
| 560 |
> |
is /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices. A sample file is included |
| 561 |
> |
with Basilisk II. |
| 562 |
> |
|
| 563 |
> |
mousewheelmode <mode> |
| 564 |
> |
|
| 565 |
> |
If you have a mouse with a wheel, this option specifies whether moving |
| 566 |
> |
the wheel will be reported to the MacOS as "Page up/down" (mode 0) or |
| 567 |
> |
"Cursor up/down" (mode 1) keys. |
| 568 |
> |
|
| 569 |
> |
mousewheellines <number of lines> |
| 570 |
> |
|
| 571 |
> |
If "mousewheelmode" is set to mode 1 (Cursor up/down), this option sets |
| 572 |
> |
the number of key events sent to MacOS for each wheel movement (the |
| 573 |
> |
number of lines to scroll). |
| 574 |
> |
|
| 575 |
> |
ignoresegv <"true" or "false"> |
| 576 |
> |
|
| 577 |
> |
Set this to "true" to ignore illegal memory accesses. The default |
| 578 |
> |
is "false". This feature is only implemented on the following |
| 579 |
> |
platforms: Linux/x86, Linux/ppc, Darwin/ppc. |
| 580 |
> |
|
| 581 |
> |
dsp <device name> |
| 582 |
> |
mixer <device name> |
| 583 |
> |
|
| 584 |
> |
Under Linux and FreeBSD, this specifies the devices to be used for sound |
| 585 |
> |
output and volume control, respectively. The defaults are "/dev/dsp" and |
| 586 |
> |
"/dev/mixer". |
| 587 |
|
|
| 588 |
|
AmigaOS: |
| 589 |
|
|
| 595 |
|
|
| 596 |
|
ahi/<hexadecimal mode ID> |
| 597 |
|
|
| 598 |
+ |
scsimemtype <type> |
| 599 |
+ |
|
| 600 |
+ |
This item controls the type of memory to use for SCSI buffers. Possible |
| 601 |
+ |
values are: |
| 602 |
+ |
0 Chip memory |
| 603 |
+ |
1 24-bit DMA capable memory |
| 604 |
+ |
2 Any memory |
| 605 |
+ |
|
| 606 |
+ |
Be warned that many SCSI host adapters will not work with the "Any memory" |
| 607 |
+ |
setting. Basilisk II has no way of knowing which memory type is supported |
| 608 |
+ |
by the host adapter and setting an unsupported type will result in data |
| 609 |
+ |
corruption. |
| 610 |
+ |
|
| 611 |
|
Windows: |
| 612 |
|
|
| 613 |
|
noscsi <"true" or "false"> |
| 618 |
|
means is that the control is not returned to the application until the |
| 619 |
|
command is completely finished. Normally this is not an issue, but when a |
| 620 |
|
CDR/CDRW is closed or erased the burner program typically wants to wait in |
| 621 |
< |
some progress dialog The result may be that the application reports a |
| 621 |
> |
some progress dialog the result may be that the application reports a |
| 622 |
|
time-out error, but the operation completes all right anyway. |
| 623 |
|
|
| 624 |
|
nofloppyboot <"true" or "false"> |
| 632 |
|
This is very useful since many devices have almost identical ATAPI and SCSI |
| 633 |
|
versions of their hardware, and MacOS applications usually support the SCSI |
| 634 |
|
version only. The example below is typical: |
| 635 |
< |
|
| 635 |
> |
|
| 636 |
|
replacescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" "PHILIPS" "CDD3600" |
| 637 |
< |
|
| 637 |
> |
|
| 638 |
|
Note the use of quotes. |
| 639 |
|
|
| 640 |
< |
disablescsi <"Vendor"> <"Model"> |
| 640 |
> |
rightmouse <0/1> |
| 641 |
> |
|
| 642 |
> |
Defines what the right mouse button is used for. The default values of 0 |
| 643 |
> |
means that it is used to move windowed mode BasiliskII screen. |
| 644 |
> |
Value 1 sends a combination Control and mouse click to the MacOS. |
| 645 |
> |
This may be useful under OS versions 8 and above. |
| 646 |
> |
|
| 647 |
> |
keyboardfile <path> |
| 648 |
> |
|
| 649 |
> |
Defines the path of the customized keyboard code file. |
| 650 |
> |
|
| 651 |
> |
pollmedia <"true" or "false"> |
| 652 |
> |
|
| 653 |
> |
If true (default), tries to automatically detect new media. |
| 654 |
> |
Applies to all "floppy", "cd" or "disk" removable media except |
| 655 |
> |
1.44 MB floppies. May cause modest slow down. If unchecked, |
| 656 |
> |
use Ctrl-Shift-F11 to manually mount new media. |
| 657 |
> |
If you have auto-insert notification (AIN) enabled, you may turn this |
| 658 |
> |
option off. Note that some CD related software require AIN, |
| 659 |
> |
and some other need it to be turned off. Consult the documentation |
| 660 |
> |
of your CD software to learn which one is optimal for you. |
| 661 |
> |
|
| 662 |
> |
framesleepticks <milliseconds> |
| 663 |
|
|
| 664 |
< |
Disables this vendor/model combination. You may need this simply because |
| 665 |
< |
you have more than 6 SCSI devices, or the particular device has problems |
| 666 |
< |
under BasiliskII. E.g. |
| 667 |
< |
|
| 668 |
< |
disablescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" |
| 669 |
< |
|
| 670 |
< |
Again, note the use of quotes. |
| 664 |
> |
The amount of time between video frames. |
| 665 |
> |
|
| 666 |
> |
showfps <true/false> |
| 667 |
> |
|
| 668 |
> |
If true, the real frame rate is displayed. |
| 669 |
> |
|
| 670 |
> |
stickymenu <true/false> |
| 671 |
> |
|
| 672 |
> |
If true, the main menu bar is kept open even after the mouse button is |
| 673 |
> |
released, under all OS versions (OS 8 has this feature already). There |
| 674 |
> |
are extensions to do the same thing, but it's faster to handle this in |
| 675 |
> |
native code. Default is "true". |
| 676 |
|
|
| 677 |
|
ntdx5hack <"true" or "false"> |
| 678 |
|
|
| 679 |
< |
You may need this on NT if your display adapter driver has a bug in DirectX |
| 680 |
< |
palette support. Black and white are reversed. It fixes the palette issue |
| 681 |
< |
by using GDI palette instead of D3D palette. Default is false. |
| 679 |
> |
You may need this on NT if your display adapter driver has a bug in |
| 680 |
> |
DirectX palette support. Black and white are reversed. It fixes the |
| 681 |
> |
palette issue by using GDI palette instead of D3D palette. Default is |
| 682 |
> |
false. |
| 683 |
> |
|
| 684 |
> |
|
| 685 |
> |
JIT-specific configuration |
| 686 |
> |
-------------------------- |
| 687 |
> |
|
| 688 |
> |
A Just-In-Time (JIT) translation engine is available for x86. This is |
| 689 |
> |
aimed at translating 68040 instructions to native equivalent code |
| 690 |
> |
sequences, thus providing faster emulation speeds. |
| 691 |
> |
|
| 692 |
> |
jit <"true" or "false"> |
| 693 |
> |
|
| 694 |
> |
Set this to "true" to enable the JIT compiler. Default value is |
| 695 |
> |
"true" if the JIT compiler was compiled in. Besides, this is |
| 696 |
> |
effective only if Basilisk II is configured to emulate a 68040. |
| 697 |
> |
|
| 698 |
> |
jitfpu <"true" or "false"> |
| 699 |
> |
|
| 700 |
> |
Set this to "true" to enable translation of floating-point (FPU) |
| 701 |
> |
instructions. Default is "true". |
| 702 |
> |
|
| 703 |
> |
jitcachesize <size> |
| 704 |
> |
|
| 705 |
> |
Allocate "size" kilobytes of RAM for the translation cache. The |
| 706 |
> |
value given will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of a page |
| 707 |
> |
size. Minimal value is "2048" (2MB). Default value is "8192" (8MB). |
| 708 |
> |
|
| 709 |
> |
jitlazyflush <"true" or "false"> |
| 710 |
> |
|
| 711 |
> |
Set this to "true" to enable lazy invalidation of the translation |
| 712 |
> |
cache. This is always recommended as it usually makes the system |
| 713 |
> |
more responsive and faster, especially while running MacOS |
| 714 |
> |
8.X. Default value is "true". |
| 715 |
> |
|
| 716 |
> |
jitdebug <"true" or "false"> |
| 717 |
> |
|
| 718 |
> |
Set this to "true" to enable the JIT debugger. This requires a |
| 719 |
> |
build of Basilisk II with the cxmon debugger. Default is "false". |
| 720 |
|
|
| 721 |
|
|
| 722 |
|
Usage |
| 741 |
|
On PC-style keyboards, "Alt" is the Mac "Command" key, while the "Windows" |
| 742 |
|
key is the Mac "Option" key. |
| 743 |
|
|
| 744 |
+ |
Mouse: |
| 745 |
+ |
Under Unix, pressing Ctrl-F5 while the Basilisk II window is active will |
| 746 |
+ |
grab the mouse. This is needed for compatibility with some MacOS programs, |
| 747 |
+ |
especially games such as flight simulators. Press Ctrl-F5 again to return |
| 748 |
+ |
to normal mouse operation. |
| 749 |
+ |
|
| 750 |
|
Floppy: |
| 751 |
|
Basilisk II can only handle 1.44MB MFM floppies. Depending on your platform, |
| 752 |
< |
flopyy disk changes might not be detected automatically. Under Linux, press |
| 752 |
> |
floppy disk changes might not be detected automatically. Under Unix, press |
| 753 |
|
Ctrl-F1 to mount a floppy. Under BeOS, select the appropriate "Mount" menu |
| 754 |
|
item or press Ctrl-F1 to mount a floppy. Under Windows, press Ctrl-Shift-F11. |
| 755 |
|
|
| 756 |
|
HFS partitions: |
| 757 |
|
Having HFS partitions mounted for read-write access under Basilisk II while |
| 758 |
|
they are also mounted on the host OS will most likely result in volume |
| 759 |
< |
corruption and data losses. Unmount your HFS volumes before starting |
| 759 |
> |
corruption and data loss. Unmount your HFS volumes before starting |
| 760 |
|
Basilisk II. |
| 761 |
|
|
| 762 |
|
ZIP drives: |
| 775 |
|
ROM. Also, the video display is fixed to 512x342 in monochrome. The AmigaOS |
| 776 |
|
and BeOS/PPC versions of Basilisk II cannot do Mac Classic emulation. |
| 777 |
|
|
| 778 |
+ |
Video resolution switching: |
| 779 |
+ |
Run-time switching of video resolutions requires the Display Manager. This |
| 780 |
+ |
is included in MacOS versions 7.6 and above, and available as a system |
| 781 |
+ |
extension for earlier MacOS versions as a free download from ftp.apple.com |
| 782 |
+ |
(look for "Display Software 2.x"). Click on "Options..." in the "Monitors" |
| 783 |
+ |
control panel to select the resolution. |
| 784 |
+ |
|
| 785 |
|
Sound output: |
| 786 |
|
Sound output under Basilisk II requires Sound Manager 3.0 or later. This |
| 787 |
< |
is included starting with MacOS 7.5 and available as a system extension |
| 788 |
< |
for earlier MacOS versions. Sample rate, bit resolution and mono/stereo |
| 789 |
< |
can be selected in the Sound control panel (section "Sound Out"). |
| 787 |
> |
is included in MacOS versions 7.5 and above, and available as a system |
| 788 |
> |
extension for earlier MacOS versions as a free download from ftp.apple.com. |
| 789 |
> |
Sample rate, bit resolution and mono/stereo can be selected in the Sound |
| 790 |
> |
control panel (section "Sound Out"). |
| 791 |
|
|
| 792 |
|
Ethernet: |
| 793 |
|
Basilisk II supports all Ethernet protocols. Running a protocol under |
| 794 |
|
Basilisk II that already runs within the host operating system on the same |
| 795 |
|
network card (e.g. running MacTCP under Basilisk II on a BeOS machine) may |
| 796 |
|
or may not work (generally, it should work, but some specific things like |
| 797 |
< |
"ping" may not). If you have problems with FTP, try setting your FTP client |
| 797 |
> |
"ping" may not). If you have problems with FTP, try setting the FTP client |
| 798 |
|
to passive mode. |
| 799 |
|
|
| 800 |
|
LocalTalk: |
| 804 |
|
|
| 805 |
|
Serial: |
| 806 |
|
You can use the serial ports in Basilisk II to connect to the Internet |
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with a modem and "MacPPP". |
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with a modem and the "MacPPP" or "Open Transport/PPP" software. |
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Technical Documentation |
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Acknowledgements |
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Contributions by: |
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- Bernd Schmidt <crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>: UAE 68k emulation |
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- Marc Hellwig <Marc.Hellwig@uni-mainz.de>: audio output, BeOS video code |
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and networking |
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- Lauri Pesonen <lpesonen@nic.fi>: Windows NT port |
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Contributions by (in alphabetical order): |
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- Orlando Bassotto <future@powercube.mediabit.net>: FreeBSD support |
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- Brian J. Johnson <bjohnson@sgi.com>: IRIX support |
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- Gwenolé Beauchesne <gb@dial.oleane.com>: SPARC assembly optimizations, |
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lots of work on the Unix video code, fixes and improvements to the |
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JIT compiler |
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- Marc Chabanas <Marc.Chabanas@france.sun.com>: Solaris sound support |
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- Marc Hellwig <Marc.Hellwig@uni-mainz.de>: audio output, BeOS video code |
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and networking |
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- Bill Huey <billh@mag.ucsd.edu>: 15/16 bit DGA and 15/16/32 bit X11 |
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window support |
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- Brian J. Johnson <bjohnson@sgi.com>: IRIX support |
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- Jürgen Lachmann <juergen_lachmann@t-online.de>: AmigaOS CyberGraphX support |
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- Samuel Lander <blair_sp@hotmail.com>: tile-based window refresh code |
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- David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>: incremental window refresh code |
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- Bernier Meyer <bmeyer@csse.monash.edu.au>: original UAE-JIT code |
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- Nigel Pearson <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>: Mac OS X port |
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- Lauri Pesonen <lpesonen@nic.fi>: Windows NT port |
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- Bernd Schmidt <crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>: UAE 68k emulation |
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- and others... |
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Special thanks to: |
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- Bernd Schmidt for letting me use his UAE 68k emulation |
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<Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de> |
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for inclusion in the next release of Basilisk II. |
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If you don't have a fix, you should post a bug report using the Source Forge |
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bug tracker, supplying as much information as possible (operating system and |
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versions of Basilisk II and MacOS being used, relevant hardware information, |
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the exact steps to reproduce the bug, etc.): |
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2123&atid=102123 |
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I also strongly suggest reading this before posting a bug report: |
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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html |
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Author |
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You can contact me at <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>. Don't send bug |
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reports, send fixes. Ports to other platforms are also very welcome. |
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Please contact me before you intend to make major changes to the source. |
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You might be working on something that I have already done or I may have |
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different ideas about the Right Way to do it. |
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Questions about ROM files will not be answered. There is also no point in |
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sending me questions etc. that are specific to the Windows port of |
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Basilisk II. I don't have Windows and can't say anything about that. |
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Ask Lauri Pesonen instead. |
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You can contact me at <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>, but please don't do |
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so unless absolutely necessary. I'm maintaining Basilisk II in my spare |
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time and am not able to provide technical support for everyone. If you have |
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questions, consider posting them to one of the support forums mentioned |
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below. |
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You are encouraged to contact me personally when |
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- you have bug fixes or small enhancements for the code |
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- you want to port Basilisk II to another platform |
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- you want to discuss technical issues |
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- you intend to make major changes to the source; you might be working on |
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something that I have already done, or I may have different ideas about |
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the Right Way to do it |
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There is no point in sending me questions about |
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- ROM files and how/where to get them |
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- versions of Basilisk II that run on operating systems other than Unix, |
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BeOS and AmigaOS. If you are using any other operating system, there's |
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no point in asking me how to to X or why Y doesn't work because I won't |
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know either. Instead, you should look in the "Acknowledgements" section |
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of this manual to find the person responsible. For example, if your |
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question is specific to the Windows operating system, ask Lauri Pesonen. |
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I don't have Windows and can't answer your questions and I'm too lazy to |
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forward mail to Lauri myself. In any case, it would probably be better |
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to post your questions to a public forum as it will get a much wider |
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audience there. |
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Support |
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The official Basilisk II home page is at |
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http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html |
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There is no user-level support for Basilisk II at the moment. |
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The Basilisk II project page on SourceForge is at |
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/basilisk/ |
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If you have problems, you may want to visit the Basilisk II forums: |
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http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=2123 |
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There is also a mailing list for Basilisk II users: |
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http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basilisk-user |
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|
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And another mailing list for Basilisk II developers: |
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http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basilisk-devel |
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Some general advice about asking technical support questions can be found at |
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http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Keeping this in mind will greatly increase your chances of getting a useful |
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answer. |
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History |
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Please consult the file "CHANGES" for the release history. |
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Please consult the file "ChangeLog" for the release history. |
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Christian Bauer |
