--- BasiliskII/README 2000/07/25 15:19:38 1.13 +++ BasiliskII/README 2001/02/10 20:58:03 1.18 @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ - Basilisk II, Version 0.8 - A free, portable Mac II emulator + Basilisk II + A 68k Macintosh emulator - Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Christian Bauer et al. - Freely distributable + Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Christian Bauer et al. License @@ -16,9 +15,10 @@ See the file "COPYING" that is included Overview -------- -Basilisk II is a free, portable, Open Source 68k Mac emulator. It requires -a copy of a Mac ROM and a copy of MacOS to run. Basilisk II is freeware and -distributed under the GNU General Public License. +Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it enables +you to run 68k MacOS software on you computer, even if you are using a +different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS and +a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II. Basilisk II has currently been ported to the following systems: - BeOS R4 (PowerPC and x86) @@ -327,9 +327,10 @@ ether BeOS: It doesn't matter what you give as "ethernet card description", Basilisk II will always use the first Ethernet card it finds as long an an "ether" - line exists (e.g. say "ether yes"). As Basilisk II requires the sheep_net - net server add-on from SheepShaver, you can only use Ethernet on PowerPC - machines. + line exists (e.g. say "ether yes"). Using Ethernet requires the "sheep_net" + Net Server add-on to be installed. The first time you start Basilisk II + with Ethernet enabled you will be asked whether it's OK to make the + necessary changes to your BeOS network configuration to enable sheep_net. Linux: The "ethernet card description" is the name of an Ethernet interface. @@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ ether 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". You also have to modify devices/net/ethertap.c + "Ethertap network tap". You also have to modify drivers/net/ethertap.c a bit before compiling the new kernel: - insert "#define CONFIG_ETHERTAP_MC 1" near the top (after the