--- BasiliskII/README	1999/10/04 22:37:53	1.5
+++ BasiliskII/README	2000/07/06 16:04:23	1.11
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
-	Basilisk II, Version 0.7
+	Basilisk II, Version 0.8
 	A free, portable Mac II emulator
 
-	Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Christian Bauer et al.
+	Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Christian Bauer et al.
 	Freely distributable
 
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Some features of Basilisk II:
   - Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported)
   - Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles
   - CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions
+  - Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon
+    on the Mac desktop
   - Ethernet driver
   - Serial drivers
   - SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation
@@ -137,6 +139,16 @@ cdrom <CD-ROM drive description>
   installed CD-ROM drives. The format of the "CD-ROM drive description"
   is the same as that of "disk" lines.
 
+extfs <direcory path>
+
+  This item specifies the root directory for the "Host Directory Tree"
+  file system (the "Unix/BeOS/Amiga/..." icon on the Finder desktop).
+  All objects contained in that directory are accessible by Mac applications.
+  This feature is only available when File System Manager V1.2 or later
+  is installed on the Mac side. FSM 1.2 is built-in beginning with MacOS 7.6
+  and can be installed as a system extension (downloadable from Apple, look
+  for the FSM SDK in the developer section) for earlier MacOS versions.
+
 scsi0 <SCSI target> ... scsi6 <SCSI target>
 
   These items describe the SCSI target to be used for a given Mac SCSI
@@ -198,12 +210,19 @@ screen <video mode>
         (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
         This is the default.
       dga/<width>/<height>
-        Full-screen display using the X11 DGA extensions. The color depth
+        [if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-xf86-dga]
+        Full-screen display using the XFree86 DGA extension. The color depth
         (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
         "width" and "height" specify the maximum width/height to use.
-        Saying "dga/0/0" means "complete screen". For DGA to work, Basilisk II
-        must be compiled with DGA support enabled (selectable in the configure
-        script).
+        Saying "dga/0/0" means "complete screen".
+      dga/<frame buffer name>
+        [if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-fbdev-dga]
+        Full-screen display using the frame buffer device /dev/fb. The color
+        depth (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
+        The "frame buffer name" is looked up in the "fbdevices" file (whose
+        path can be specified with the "fbdevicefile" prefs item) to determine
+        certain characteristics of the device (doing a "ls -l /dev/fb" should
+        tell you what your frame buffer name is).
 
   AmigaOS:
     The "video mode" is one of the following:
@@ -215,11 +234,11 @@ screen <video mode>
         15-bit truecolor display in a Picasso96 PIP. This requires
         Picasso96 as well as a PIP-capable graphics card (e.g. Picasso IV).
       scr/<hexadecimal mode ID>
-        8/15/24-bit fullscreen display on a Picasso96 screen with the given
-        mode ID. This requires Picasso96. For 15 and 24 bit, the frame buffer
-        format must be QuickDraw-compatible (big-endian, xRGB 1:5:5:5 or
-        xRGB 8:8:8:8). The screen size will be the default size for that
-        mode ID.
+        8/15/24-bit fullscreen display on a Picasso96/CyberGraphX screen with
+        the given mode ID. This requires Picasso96 or CyberGraphX. For 15 and
+        24 bit, the frame buffer format must be QuickDraw-compatible
+        (big-endian, xRGB 1:5:5:5 or xRGB 8:8:8:8). The screen size will be
+        the default size for that mode ID.
 
   Windows:
     The "video mode" is one of the following:
@@ -313,6 +332,7 @@ ether <ethernet card description>
   Linux:
     The "ethernet card description" is the name of an Ethernet interface.
     There are two approaches to networking with Basilisk II:
+
       1. Direct access to an Ethernet card via the "sheep_net" driver.
          In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name
          of a real Ethernet card, e.g. "eth0". It also requires the "sheep_net"
@@ -322,23 +342,42 @@ ether <ethernet card description>
          networking. MacOS will only be able to talk to other machines on
          the Ethernet, but not to other networks that your Linux box routes
          (e.g. a second Ethernet or a PPP connection to the Internet).
+
       2. Putting Basilisk II on a virtual Ethernet via the "ethertap" device.
          In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name
          of an ethertap interface, e.g. "tap0". It also requires that you
          configure your kernel to enable routing and the ethertap device:
          under "Networking options", enable "Kernel/User netlink socket" and
          "Netlink device emulation", under "Network device support", activate
-         "Ethertap network tap". Next, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/
-         networking/ethertap.txt for information on how to set up /dev/tap*
-         device nodes and activate the ethertap interface. Under MacOS,
-         select an IP address that is on the virtual network and set the
-         default gateway to the IP address of the ethertap interface. This
-         approach will let you access all networks that your Linux box has
-         access to (especially, if your Linux box has a dial-up Internet
-         connection and is configured for IP masquerading, you can access
-         the Internet from MacOS). The drawback is that you can only use
-         network protocols that Linux can route, so you have to install and
-         configure netatalk if you want to use AppleTalk.
+         "Ethertap network tap". You also have to modify devices/net/ethertap.c
+         a bit before compiling the new kernel:
+
+          - insert "#define CONFIG_ETHERTAP_MC 1" near the top (after the
+            #include lines)
+          - comment out the line "dev->flags|=IFF_NOARP;" in ethertap_probe()
+
+         Next, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ethertap.txt for
+         information on how to set up /dev/tap* device nodes and activate the
+         ethertap interface. Under MacOS, select an IP address that is on the
+         virtual network and set the default gateway to the IP address of the
+         ethertap interface. This approach will let you access all networks
+         that your Linux box has access to (especially, if your Linux box has
+         a dial-up Internet connection and is configured for IP masquerading,
+         you can access the Internet from MacOS). The drawback is that you
+         can only use network protocols that Linux can route, so you have to
+         install and configure netatalk if you want to use AppleTalk. Here is
+         an example /etc/atalk/atalkd.conf for a LAN:
+
+           eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 1 -addr 1.47 -zone "Ethernet"
+           tap0 -seed -phase 2 -net 2 -addr 2.47 -zone "Basilisknet"
+
+         (the "47" is an arbitrary node number). This will set up a zone
+         "Ethernet" (net 1) for the Ethernet and a zone "Basilisknet" (net 2)
+         for the internal network connection of the ethertap interface.
+         MacOS should automatically recognize the nets and zones upon startup.
+         If you are in an existing AppleTalk network, you should contact
+         your network administrator about the nets and zones you can use
+         (instead of the ones given in the example above).
 
   AmigaOS:
     You have to specify the name of the SANA-II Ethernet device and the device
@@ -414,7 +453,7 @@ System-specific configuration
 Unix:
 
   keycodes <"true" or "false">
-  keycodefile <Keycode file path>
+  keycodefile <keycodes file path>
 
     By default, the X11 event handler in Basilisk II uses KeySyms to
     translate keyboard event to Mac keycodes. While this method is very
@@ -425,10 +464,17 @@ Unix:
     not on the selected keymap. Unfortunately it depends on the X server
     being used and possibly also on the type of keyboard attached. So
     Basilisk II needs a table to translate X keycodes to Mac keycodes.
-    This table is read by default from /usr/local/lib/basilisk_ii_keycodes
+    This table is read by default from /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
     unless you specify a different file with the "keycodefile" item.
-    A sample keycode file ("basilisk_ii_keycodes") is included with
-    Basilisk II.
+    A sample keycode file is included with Basilisk II.
+
+  fbdevicefile <fbdevices file path>
+
+    This option specifies the file that contains frame buffer device
+    specifications for the fbdev-DGA video mode (when Basilisk II was
+    configured with --enable-fbdev-dga). The default location of the file
+    is /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices. A sample file is included
+    with Basilisk II.
 
 AmigaOS:
 
@@ -607,6 +653,10 @@ Contributions by:
  - Bill Huey <billh@mag.ucsd.edu>: 15/16 bit DGA and 15/16/32 bit X11
    window support
  - David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>: incremental window refresh code
+ - Samuel Lander <blair_sp@hotmail.com>: tile-based window refresh code
+ - Gwenole Beauchesne <gb@dial.oleane.com>: SPARC assembly optimizations and
+   fbdev video code
+ - and others...
 
 Special thanks to:
  - Bernd Schmidt for letting me use his UAE 68k emulation