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2    Basilisk II
3    A 68k Macintosh emulator
4  
5 <  Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Christian Bauer et al.
5 >  Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Christian Bauer et al.
6  
7  
8   License
# Line 26 | Line 26 | Basilisk II has currently been ported to
26      IRIX 6.5)
27    - AmigaOS 3.x
28    - Windows NT 4.0 (mostly works under Windows 95/98, too)
29 +  - Mac OS X 10.1, 10.2
30  
31   Some features of Basilisk II:
32    - Emulates either a Mac Classic (which runs MacOS 0.x thru 7.5)
# Line 68 | Line 69 | The settings are stored in a text file:
69   BeOS:
70    /boot/home/config/settings/BasiliskII_prefs
71  
72 < Unix:
72 > Unix, Mac OS X:
73    ~/.basilisk_ii_prefs
74  
75   AmigaOS:
# Line 284 | Line 285 | screen <video mode>
285      application via Alt-Tab, Basilisk II is put in "snooze" mode (i.e. MacOS
286      is frozen).
287  
288 +  Mac OS X:
289 +    The "video mode" is one of the following:
290 +      win/<width>/<height>
291 +      win/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel>
292 +        A refreshed (and buffered) Quartz window.
293 +      full/<width>/<height>
294 +      full/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel>
295 +        A CGDirectDisplay full screen mode. <bits> can currently be 8, 16 or 32.
296 +        If not specified, the default is 32. There is currently no way to switch
297 +        between the Mac OS X and Basilisk II display, but Apple-Option-Escape
298 +        instantly and safely terminates the Basilisk II program.
299 +
300   seriala <serial port description>
301  
302    This item describes the serial port to be used as Port A (Modem Port)
# Line 555 | Line 568 | Unix:
568      the number of key events sent to MacOS for each wheel movement (the
569      number of lines to scroll).
570  
571 +  ignoresegv <"true" or "false">
572 +
573 +    Set this to "true" to ignore illegal memory accesses. The default
574 +    is "false". This feature is only implemented on the following
575 +    platforms: Linux/x86, Linux/ppc, Darwin/ppc.
576 +
577 +  dsp <device name>
578 +  mixer <device name>
579 +
580 +    Under Linux and FreeBSD, this specifies the devices to be used for sound
581 +    output and volume control, respectively. The defaults are "/dev/dsp" and
582 +    "/dev/mixer".
583 +
584   AmigaOS:
585  
586    sound <sound output description>
# Line 652 | Line 678 | Windows:
678      false.
679  
680  
681 + JIT-specific configuration
682 + --------------------------
683 +
684 + A Just-In-Time (JIT) translation engine is available for x86. This is
685 + aimed at translating 68040 instructions to native equivalent code
686 + sequences, thus providing faster emulation speeds.
687 +
688 +  jit <"true" or "false">
689 +
690 +    Set this to "true" to enable the JIT compiler. Default value is
691 +    "true" if the JIT compiler was compiled in. Besides, this is
692 +    effective only if Basilisk II is configured to emulate a 68040.
693 +
694 +  jitfpu <"true" or "false">
695 +
696 +    Set this to "true" to enable translation of floating-point (FPU)
697 +    instructions. Default is "true".
698 +
699 +  jitcachesize <size>
700 +
701 +    Allocate "size" kilobytes of RAM for the translation cache. The
702 +    value given will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of a page
703 +    size. Minimal value is "2048" (2MB). Default value is "8192" (8MB).
704 +
705 +  jitlazyflush <"true" or "false">
706 +
707 +    Set this to "true" to enable lazy invalidation of the translation
708 +    cache. This is always recommended as it usually makes the system
709 +    more responsive and faster, especially while running MacOS
710 +    8.X. Default value is "true".
711 +
712 +  jitdebug <"true" or "false">
713 +
714 +    Set this to "true" to enable the JIT debugger. This requires a
715 +    build of Basilisk II with the cxmon debugger. Default is "false".
716 +
717 +
718   Usage
719   -----
720  
# Line 752 | Line 815 | Acknowledgements
815   Contributions by (in alphabetical order):
816   - Orlando Bassotto <future@powercube.mediabit.net>: FreeBSD support
817   - Gwenolé Beauchesne <gb@dial.oleane.com>: SPARC assembly optimizations,
818 <   lots of work on the Unix video code
818 >   lots of work on the Unix video code, fixes and improvements to the
819 >   JIT compiler
820   - Marc Chabanas <Marc.Chabanas@france.sun.com>: Solaris sound support
821   - Marc Hellwig <Marc.Hellwig@uni-mainz.de>: audio output, BeOS video code
822     and networking
# Line 762 | Line 826 | Contributions by (in alphabetical order)
826   - Jürgen Lachmann <juergen_lachmann@t-online.de>: AmigaOS CyberGraphX support
827   - Samuel Lander <blair_sp@hotmail.com>: tile-based window refresh code
828   - David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>: incremental window refresh code
829 + - Bernie Meyer <bmeyer@csse.monash.edu.au>: original UAE-JIT code
830 + - Nigel Pearson <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>: Mac OS X port
831   - Lauri Pesonen <lpesonen@nic.fi>: Windows NT port
832   - Bernd Schmidt <crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>: UAE 68k emulation
833   - and others...
# Line 787 | Line 853 | versions of Basilisk II and MacOS being
853   the exact steps to reproduce the bug, etc.):
854    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2123&atid=102123
855  
856 + I also strongly suggest reading this before posting a bug report:
857 +  http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
858 +
859  
860   Author
861   ------
862  
863 < You can contact me at <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>. Don't send bug
864 < reports, send fixes. Ports to other platforms are also very welcome.
865 < Please contact me before you intend to make major changes to the source.
866 < You might be working on something that I have already done, or I may have
867 < different ideas about the Right Way to do it.
868 <
869 < Questions about ROM files will not be answered. There is also no point in
870 < sending me questions etc. that are specific to the Windows port of
871 < Basilisk II. I don't have Windows and can't say anything about that.
872 < Ask Lauri Pesonen instead.
863 > You can contact me at <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>, but please don't do
864 > so unless absolutely necessary. I'm maintaining Basilisk II in my spare
865 > time and am not able to provide technical support for everyone. If you have
866 > questions, consider posting them to one of the support forums mentioned
867 > below.
868 >
869 > You are encouraged to contact me personally when
870 > - you have bug fixes or small enhancements for the code
871 > - you want to port Basilisk II to another platform
872 > - you want to discuss technical issues
873 > - you intend to make major changes to the source; you might be working on
874 >   something that I have already done, or I may have different ideas about
875 >   the Right Way to do it
876 >
877 > There is no point in sending me questions about
878 > - ROM files and how/where to get them
879 > - versions of Basilisk II that run on operating systems other than Unix,
880 >   BeOS and AmigaOS. If you are using any other operating system, there's
881 >   no point in asking me how to to X or why Y doesn't work because I won't
882 >   know either. Instead, you should look in the "Acknowledgements" section
883 >   of this manual to find the person responsible. For example, if your
884 >   question is specific to the Windows operating system, ask Lauri Pesonen.
885 >   I don't have Windows and can't answer your questions and I'm too lazy to
886 >   forward mail to Lauri myself. In any case, it would probably be better
887 >   to post your questions to a public forum as it will get a much wider
888 >   audience there.
889  
890  
891   Support
# Line 821 | Line 906 | There is also a mailing list for Basilis
906   And another mailing list for Basilisk II developers:
907    http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basilisk-devel
908  
909 + Some general advice about asking technical support questions can be found at
910 +  http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
911 +
912 + Keeping this in mind will greatly increase your chances of getting a useful
913 + answer.
914 +
915  
916   History
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