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A 68k Macintosh emulator |
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Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Christian Bauer et al. |
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Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Christian Bauer et al. |
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License |
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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, NetBSD 1.4.2 and |
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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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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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Unix: |
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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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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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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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BeOS: |
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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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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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application via Alt-Tab, Basilisk II is put in "snooze" mode (i.e. MacOS |
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is frozen). |
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Mac OS X: |
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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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seriala <serial port description> |
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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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is a platform-dependant description of an ethernet card. |
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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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BeOS: |
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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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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 |
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appropriate access rights to the user(s) running Basilisk II] |
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# insmod sheep_net.o |
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If you copy the sheep_net.o module to a place where it can be found |
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by the kernel module loader ("/lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/net" |
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for 2.4 kernels) and add the line |
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alias char-major-10-198 sheep_net |
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to "/etc/modules.conf", the kernel should be able to load the module |
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automatically when Basilisk II is started. |
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The sheep_net module will allow you to run all networking protocols |
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under MacOS (TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPX etc.) but there is no connection |
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between Linux networking and MacOS networking. MacOS will only be |
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able to talk to other machines on the Ethernet, but not to other |
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networks that your Linux box routes (e.g. a second Ethernet or a PPP |
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connection to the Internet). |
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2. Putting Basilisk II on a virtual Ethernet via the "ethertap" device. |
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In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name |
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of an ethertap interface, e.g. "tap0". It also requires that you |
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configure your kernel to enable routing and the ethertap device: |
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configure your kernel to enable routing and ethertap support: |
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under "Networking options", enable "Kernel/User netlink socket" and |
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"Netlink device emulation", under "Network device support", activate |
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"Ethertap network tap". You also have to modify drivers/net/ethertap.c |
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Setting this to "true" enables a special network mode in which all network |
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packets sent by MacOS are tunnelled over UDP using the host operating |
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system's native TCP/IP stack. This only works with AppleTalk and can only |
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be used to connect computers running Basilisk II (and not, for example, for |
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connecting to an AppleShare server running on a real Mac), but it is |
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probably the easiest way to set up a network between two instances of |
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Basilisk II because the UDP tunnelling doesn't require any special kernel |
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modules or network add-ons. It relies on IP broadcasting, however, so |
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its range is limited. |
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system's native TCP/IP stack. This can only be used to connect computers |
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running Basilisk II (and not, for example, for connecting to the Internet |
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or an AppleShare server running on a real Mac), but it is probably the |
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easiest way to set up a network between two instances of Basilisk II |
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because the UDP tunnelling doesn't require any special kernel modules or |
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network add-ons. It relies on IP broadcasting, however, so its range is |
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limited. It should be fine though for doing a little file sharing or |
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playing Spectre. |
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udpport <IP port number> |
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This item specifies the IP port number to use for the "AppleTalk over UDP" |
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tunnel mode. The default is 6066. |
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This item specifies the IP port number to use for the "UDP Tunnel" mode. |
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The default is 6066. |
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rom <ROM file path> |
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modelid <MacOS model ID> |
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Specifies the Model ID that Basilisk II should report to MacOS. |
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The default is "5" which corresponds to a Mac IIci. If you want to |
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run MacOS 8, you have to set this to "14" (Quadra 900). Other values |
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are not officially supported and may result in crashes. MacOS versions |
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earlier than 7.5 may only run with the Model ID set to "5". If you are |
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using a Mac Classic ROM, the model is always "Mac Classic" and this |
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setting is ignored. |
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Specifies the Macintosh model ID that Basilisk II should report to MacOS. |
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The default is "5" which corresponds to a Mac IIci. If you want to run |
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MacOS 8, you have to set this to "14" (Quadra 900). Other values are not |
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officially supported and may result in crashes. MacOS versions earlier |
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than 7.5 may only run with the Model ID set to "5". If you are using a Mac |
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Classic ROM, the model is always "Mac Classic" and this setting is |
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ignored. |
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nosound <"true" or "false"> |
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the number of key events sent to MacOS for each wheel movement (the |
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number of lines to scroll). |
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ignoresegv <"true" or "false"> |
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Set this to "true" to ignore illegal memory accesses. The default |
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is "false". This feature is only implemented on the following |
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platforms: Linux/x86, Linux/ppc, Darwin/ppc. |
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AmigaOS: |
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sound <sound output description> |
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means is that the control is not returned to the application until the |
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command is completely finished. Normally this is not an issue, but when a |
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CDR/CDRW is closed or erased the burner program typically wants to wait in |
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some progress dialog The result may be that the application reports a |
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some progress dialog the result may be that the application reports a |
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time-out error, but the operation completes all right anyway. |
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nofloppyboot <"true" or "false"> |
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This is very useful since many devices have almost identical ATAPI and SCSI |
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versions of their hardware, and MacOS applications usually support the SCSI |
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version only. The example below is typical: |
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replacescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" "PHILIPS" "CDD3600" |
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Note the use of quotes. |
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rightmouse <0/1> |
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and some other need it to be turned off. Consult the documentation |
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of your CD software to learn which one is optimal for you. |
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framesleepticks <milliseconds> |
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framesleepticks <milliseconds> |
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The amount of time between video frames. |
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stickymenu <true/false> |
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If true, the main menu bar is kept open even after the mouse button is released, |
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under all OS versions (OS 8 has this feature already). There are extensions to do |
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the same thing, but it's faster to handle this in native code. |
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Default is "true". |
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If true, the main menu bar is kept open even after the mouse button is |
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released, under all OS versions (OS 8 has this feature already). There |
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are extensions to do the same thing, but it's faster to handle this in |
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native code. Default is "true". |
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ntdx5hack <"true" or "false"> |
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You may need this on NT if your display adapter driver has a bug in DirectX |
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palette support. Black and white are reversed. It fixes the palette issue |
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by using GDI palette instead of D3D palette. Default is false. |
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You may need this on NT if your display adapter driver has a bug in |
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DirectX palette support. Black and white are reversed. It fixes the |
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palette issue by using GDI palette instead of D3D palette. Default is |
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false. |
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Usage |
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key is the Mac "Option" key. |
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Mouse: |
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Under Unix, press Ctrl-F5 while the Basilisk II window is active will grab |
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the mouse. This is needed for compatibility with some MacOS programs, |
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especially games. Press Ctrl-F5 again to return to normal mouse operation. |
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Under Unix, pressing Ctrl-F5 while the Basilisk II window is active will |
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grab the mouse. This is needed for compatibility with some MacOS programs, |
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especially games such as flight simulators. Press Ctrl-F5 again to return |
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to normal mouse operation. |
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Floppy: |
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Basilisk II can only handle 1.44MB MFM floppies. Depending on your platform, |
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HFS partitions: |
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Having HFS partitions mounted for read-write access under Basilisk II while |
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they are also mounted on the host OS will most likely result in volume |
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corruption and data losses. Unmount your HFS volumes before starting |
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corruption and data loss. Unmount your HFS volumes before starting |
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Basilisk II. |
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ZIP drives: |
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ROM. Also, the video display is fixed to 512x342 in monochrome. The AmigaOS |
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and BeOS/PPC versions of Basilisk II cannot do Mac Classic emulation. |
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Video resolution switching: |
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Run-time switching of video resolutions requires the Display Manager. This |
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is included in MacOS versions 7.6 and above, and available as a system |
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extension for earlier MacOS versions as a free download from ftp.apple.com |
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(look for "Display Software 2.x"). Click on "Options..." in the "Monitors" |
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control panel to select the resolution. |
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Sound output: |
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Sound output under Basilisk II requires Sound Manager 3.0 or later. This |
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is included starting with MacOS 7.5 and available as a system extension |
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for earlier MacOS versions. Sample rate, bit resolution and mono/stereo |
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can be selected in the Sound control panel (section "Sound Out"). |
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is included in MacOS versions 7.5 and above, and available as a system |
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extension for earlier MacOS versions as a free download from ftp.apple.com. |
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Sample rate, bit resolution and mono/stereo can be selected in the Sound |
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control panel (section "Sound Out"). |
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Ethernet: |
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Basilisk II supports all Ethernet protocols. Running a protocol under |
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Basilisk II that already runs within the host operating system on the same |
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network card (e.g. running MacTCP under Basilisk II on a BeOS machine) may |
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or may not work (generally, it should work, but some specific things like |
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"ping" may not). If you have problems with FTP, try setting your FTP client |
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"ping" may not). If you have problems with FTP, try setting the FTP client |
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to passive mode. |
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LocalTalk: |
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Serial: |
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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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Contributions by (in alphabetical order): |
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- Orlando Bassotto <future@powercube.mediabit.net>: FreeBSD support |
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- Gwenole Beauchesne <gb@dial.oleane.com>: SPARC assembly optimizations and |
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fbdev video code |
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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 |
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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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- 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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- 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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<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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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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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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