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.TH BasiliskII 1 "January, 2002" |
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.SH NAME |
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BasiliskII \- a 68k Macintosh emulator |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B BasiliskII |
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[\-\-display |
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.IR display-name ] |
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[\-\-break |
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.IR offset ] |
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[\-\-rominfo] |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.B Basilisk II |
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is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it enables you to |
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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 |
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and a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II. |
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.B Basilisk II |
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.TP |
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- Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5) or a Mac II series machine (which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1), depending on the ROM being used |
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.TP |
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- Color video display |
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.TP |
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- CD quality sound output |
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.TP |
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- Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported) |
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.TP |
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- Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles |
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.TP |
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- CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions |
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.TP |
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- Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon on the Mac desktop |
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.TP |
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- Ethernet driver |
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.TP |
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- Serial drivers |
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.TP |
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- SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation |
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.TP |
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- Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse |
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.TP |
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- Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processor |
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.SH OPTIONS |
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.TP |
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.BI "\-\-display " display-name |
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specifies the display to use; see |
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.BR X (1) |
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.TP |
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.BI "\-\-break " offset |
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specifies a ROM offset where a breakpoint will be placed (for debugging) |
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.TP |
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.B \-\-rominfo |
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causes Basilisk II to print some information about the ROM being used on |
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startup (for debugging) |
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.TP |
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.B \-\-help |
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shows a complete list of options |
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.SH FILES |
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.TP |
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.I /usr/share/BasiliskII/keycodes |
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X server keycodes definitions. |
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.TP |
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.I /usr/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices |
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Framebuffer device specifications. |
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.TP |
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.I ~/.basilisk_ii_prefs |
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User-specific configuration file. |
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.TP |
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.I ~/.basilisk_ii_xpram |
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Contents of Mac non-volatile RAM. |
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.SH BUGS |
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Several. See the included "TODO" file. |
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.SH SEE ALSO |
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http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html (Basilisk II homepage) |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Christian Bauer <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de> |
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.SH COPYRIGHT |
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Copyright \(co 1997-2004 Christian Bauer et al. |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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(at your option) any later version. |
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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GNU General Public License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. |
