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Basilisk II, Version 0.7 |
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A free, portable Mac II emulator |
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Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Christian Bauer et al. |
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Freely distributable |
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License |
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Basilisk II is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. |
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See the file "COPYING" that is included in the distribution for details. |
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Overview |
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Basilisk II is a free, portable, Open Source 68k Mac emulator. It requires |
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a copy of a Mac ROM and a copy of MacOS to run. Basilisk II is freeware and |
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distributed under the GNU General Public 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 and 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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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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or a Mac II series machine (which runs MacOS 7.x, 8.0 and 8.1), |
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depending on the ROM being used |
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- Color video display |
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- CD quality sound output |
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- Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported) |
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- Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles |
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- CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions |
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- Ethernet driver |
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- Serial drivers |
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- SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation |
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- Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse |
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- Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS) real 68k processor |
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The emulator is not yet complete. See the file "TODO" for a list of |
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unimplemented stuff. |
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Requirements and Installation |
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Please consult the file "INSTALL" for a list of system requirements and |
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installation instructions. |
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Configuration |
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Basilisk II is configured via the preferences editor that appears on startup. |
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If you have a version without preferences editor (e.g. because of missing GTK+ |
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under Unix), you have to edit the preferences file manually. |
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The settings are stored in a text file: |
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BeOS: |
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/boot/home/config/settings/BasiliskII_prefs |
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Unix: |
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~/.basilisk_ii_prefs |
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AmigaOS: |
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ENV:BasiliskII_prefs |
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Windows: |
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BasiliskII_prefs (in the same directory as the executable) |
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If no preferences file is present, Basilisk II will create one with the |
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default settings upon startup. |
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Preferences File Format |
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The preferences file is a text file editable with any text editor. |
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Each line in this file has the format "keyword value" and describes |
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one preferences item. For each keyword, the meaning of the "value" |
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string may vary across platforms. The following keywords exist: |
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disk <volume description> |
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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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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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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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AmigaOS: |
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Partitions/drives are specified in the following format: |
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/dev/<device name>/<unit>/<open flags>/<start block>/<size>/<block size> |
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"start block" and "size" are given in blocks, "block size" is given in |
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bytes. |
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Windows: |
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To define a logical volume (Windows NT only), specify its path (e.g. "c:\"). |
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To define a physical volume (NT and 9x), additionally give the "physical" |
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keyword (E.g. "physical c:\"). For safety reasons, volumes are mounted as |
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read-only. This is due to the bugs in PC Exchange. If you don't specify |
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any volume, the files *.hfv and *.dsk are searched from the current |
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directory. Note that in this case, Basilisk II tries to boot from the first |
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volume file found, which is random and may not be what you want. |
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floppy <floppy drive description> |
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This item describes one floppy drive to be used by Basilisk II. There |
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can be multiple "floppy" lines in the preferences file. If no "floppy" |
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line is given, Basilisk II will try to automatically detect and use |
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installed floppy drives. The format of the "floppy drive description" |
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is the same as that of "disk" lines. |
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cdrom <CD-ROM drive description> |
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This item describes one CD-ROM drive to be used by Basilisk II. There |
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can be multiple "cdrom" lines in the preferences file. If no "cdrom" |
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line is given, Basilisk II will try to automatically detect and use |
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installed CD-ROM drives. The format of the "CD-ROM drive description" |
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is the same as that of "disk" lines. |
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scsi0 <SCSI target> ... scsi6 <SCSI target> |
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These items describe the SCSI target to be used for a given Mac SCSI |
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ID by Basilisk II. Basilisk II emulates the old SCSI Manager and allows |
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to assign a different SCSI target (they don't even have to be on the |
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same SCSI bus) for each SCSI ID (0..6) as seen by the MacOS. "scsi0" |
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describes the target for ID 0, "scsi1" the target for ID 1 etc. |
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The format of the "SCSI target" is platform specific. |
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BeOS: |
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The "SCSI target" has the format "<bus>/<unit>" (e.g. "0/2"). |
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Due to a bug in BeOS, using SCSI with Basilisk II may cause the |
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SCSI bus to hang. Use with caution. |
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Linux: |
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The "SCSI target" has to be the name of a device that complies to |
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the Generic SCSI driver API. On a standard Linux installation, these |
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devices are "/dev/sg0", "/dev/sg1" etc. Note that you must have |
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appropriate access rights to these devices and that Generic SCSI |
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support has to be compiled into the kernel. |
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FreeBSD: |
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The "SCSI target" has the format "<id>/<lun>" (e.g. "2/0"). |
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AmigaOS: |
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The "SCSI target" has the format "<device name>/<unit>" (e.g. |
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"scsi.device/2"). |
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Windows: |
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Ignored. Basilisk II scans for all SCSI devices and the first 6 found |
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devices are made visible to the MacOS. You cannot explicitly enable a |
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device, but you can disable a device (see the "disablescsi" command). |
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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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BeOS: |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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win/<width>/<height> |
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8-bit color display in a window of the given size. This is the |
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default. |
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scr/<mode> |
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Full-screen display in BWindowScreen. <mode> is the bit number of |
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the video mode to use (see headers/be/interface/GraphicsDefs.h). |
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E.g. 0 = 640x480x8, 1 = 800x600x8 etc., 10 = 640x480x24, |
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11 = 800x600x24 etc., 18 = 640x480x15, 19 = 800x600x15 etc. |
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15 bit modes are preferable to 16 bit modes (which may show false |
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colors on PowerPC machines). |
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When you run in full-screen mode and switch to another Workspace, |
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Basilisk II is put in "suspend" mode (i.e. MacOS will be frozen). |
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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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dga/<width>/<height> |
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Full-screen display using the X11 DGA extensions. The color depth |
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(8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen. |
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"width" and "height" specify the maximum width/height to use. |
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Saying "dga/0/0" means "complete screen". For DGA to work, Basilisk II |
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must be compiled with DGA support enabled (selectable in the configure |
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script). |
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AmigaOS: |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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win/<width>/<height> |
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Black-and-white display in a window of the given size on the |
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Workbench screen. This is the default and will also be used when |
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one of the other options (PIP/screen) fails to open. |
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pip/<width>/<height> |
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15-bit truecolor display in a Picasso96 PIP. This requires |
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Picasso96 as well as a PIP-capable graphics card (e.g. Picasso IV). |
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scr/<hexadecimal mode ID> |
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8/15/24-bit fullscreen display on a Picasso96 screen with the given |
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mode ID. This requires Picasso96. For 15 and 24 bit, the frame buffer |
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format must be QuickDraw-compatible (big-endian, xRGB 1:5:5:5 or |
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xRGB 8:8:8:8). The screen size will be the default size for that |
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mode ID. |
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Windows: |
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The "video mode" is one of the following: |
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win/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel> |
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A refreshed screen mode that uses Windows GDI calls to write to the |
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screen. You may have other windows on top of Basilisk II. |
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dx/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel> |
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A refreshed DirectX mode (minimum version 5.0). There are ways to |
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install DirectX 5 on NT 4. Some new display adapters work fine even |
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with DirectX 3. |
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fb/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel> |
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A non-refreshed video mode that works only on NT. It accesses the |
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linear frame buffer directly (best performance of all three modes). |
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Use the hotkey Control-Shift-F12 to switch between Windows and Mac |
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displays. Fast task switch (Alt-Tab) and Explorer start menu |
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(Control-Esc) are disabled, Control-Alt-Del is enabled. |
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<width> and <height> can be either zeroes (uses current screen values), |
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or something else. "win" mode can use almost anything, for other modes |
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there must be a corresponding DirectX mode. |
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<bits> is ignored for mode "win" (uses current screen values). |
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If the mode is "win" and the dimensions are different than the desktop |
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dimensions, windowed mode is used. The window can be moved around by |
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dragging with the right mouse button. This mode remembers window positions |
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separately for different dimensions. |
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The supported values are 8,15,16,24,32. It is possible that some of them |
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do not work for you. In particular, it may be that only one of the |
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two modes, 15 and 16, is suitable for your card. You need to find out |
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the best solution by experimenting. |
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Basilisk II checks what display mode you are currently running and uses |
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that mode. The screen is always full screen. When you switch to another |
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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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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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by Basilisk II. If no "seriala" line is given, Basilisk II will try to |
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automatically detect and use installed serial ports. The "serial port |
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description" is a platform-dependant description of a serial port. |
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BeOS: |
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Either specify the name of a serial port (e.g. "serial1") or one of |
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"parallel1", "parallel2" or "parallel3". See below for more information |
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about parallel ports. |
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Unix: |
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Specify the device name of a serial port (e.g. "/dev/ttyS0") or a |
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parallel "lp" port (e.g. "/dev/lp1"; this only works under Linux and |
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FreeBSD). See below for more information about parallel ports. |
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AmigaOS: |
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You have to specify the name of the serial device and the device unit |
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as "<device name>/<unit>" (e.g. "serial.device/0"). If the given device |
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is not compatible to serial.device, Basilisk II will crash. If the |
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device name starts with an asterisk (e.g. "*parallel.device/0"), the |
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device is treated as a parallel.device compatible device. See below for |
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more information about parallel ports. |
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Windows: |
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Specify "COM1" or "COM2" for com port 1 or 2, respectively. |
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Parallel ports: If you select a parallel port it will look like a serial |
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port to MacOS but Basilisk II will only allow data output and ignore baud |
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rate settings etc. You should be able to get some printers to work with |
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this method (provided that you have the right printer driver, like |
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"Power Print" (see www.gdt.com)). |
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serialb <serial port description> |
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This item describes the serial port to be used as Port B (Printer Port) |
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by Basilisk II. If no "serialb" line is given, Basilisk II will try to |
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automatically detect and use installed serial ports. The format of the |
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"serial port description" is the same as that of the "seriala" option. |
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ether <ethernet card description> |
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This item describes the Ethernet card to be used for Ethernet networking |
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by Basilisk II. If no "ether" line is given, Ethernet networking is disabled |
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(although the Ethernet driver of Basilisk II will behave like a "dummy" |
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Ethernet card in this case). If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, Ethernet |
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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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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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line exists (e.g. say "ether yes"). As Basilisk II requires the sheep_net |
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net server add-on from SheepShaver, you can only use Ethernet on PowerPC |
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machines. |
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Linux: |
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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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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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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". Next, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ |
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networking/ethertap.txt for information on how to set up /dev/tap* |
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device nodes and activate the ethertap interface. Under MacOS, |
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select an IP address that is on the virtual network and set the |
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default gateway to the IP address of the ethertap interface. This |
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approach will let you access all networks that your Linux box has |
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access to (especially, if your Linux box has a dial-up Internet |
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connection and is configured for IP masquerading, you can access |
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the Internet from MacOS). The drawback is that you can only use |
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network protocols that Linux can route, so you have to install and |
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configure netatalk if you want to use AppleTalk. |
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AmigaOS: |
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You have to specify the name of the SANA-II Ethernet device and the device |
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unit as "<device name>/<unit>" (e.g. "ariadne.device/0"). If the given |
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device is not a SANA-II device, Basilisk II will crash. If the device is |
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not an Ethernet device, Basilisk II will display a warning message and |
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disable Ethernet networking. |
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rom <ROM file path> |
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This item specifies the file name of the Mac ROM file to be used by |
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Basilisk II. If no "rom" line is given, the ROM file has to be named |
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"ROM" and put in the same directory as the Basilisk II executable. |
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bootdrive <drive number> |
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Specify MacOS drive number of boot volume. "0" (the default) means |
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"boot from first bootable volume". |
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bootdriver <driver number> |
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Specify MacOS driver number of boot volume. "0" (the default) means |
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"boot from first bootable volume". Use "-62" to boot from CD-ROM. |
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ramsize <bytes> |
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Allocate "bytes" bytes of RAM for MacOS system and application memory. |
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The value given will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 1MB. |
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If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, the maximum available value is 4MB |
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and higher values will be ignored. The default is 8MB. |
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frameskip <frames to skip> |
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For refreshed graphics modes (usually window modes), this specifies |
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how many frames to skip after drawing one frame. Higher values make |
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the video display more responsive but require more processing power. |
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The default is "8". |
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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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nosound <"true" or "false"> |
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Set this to "true" to disable all sound output. This is useful if the |
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sound takes too much CPU time on your machine or to get rid of warning |
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messages if Basilisk II can't use your audio hardware. |
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nocdrom <"true" or "false"> |
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Set this to "true" to disable Basilisk's built-in CD-ROM driver. |
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The only reason to do this is if you want to use a third-party CD-ROM |
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driver that uses the SCSI Manager. The default is "false". |
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nogui <"true" or "false"> |
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Set this to "true" to disable the GUI preferences editor and GUI |
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error alerts. All errors will then be reported to stdout. The default |
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is "false". |
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For additional information, consult the source. |
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System-specific configuration |
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Unix: |
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keycodes <"true" or "false"> |
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keycodefile <Keycode file path> |
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By default, the X11 event handler in Basilisk II uses KeySyms to |
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translate keyboard event to Mac keycodes. While this method is very |
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compatible and ought to work with all X servers, it only works well |
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if your keyboard has a US layout. If you set "keycodes" to "true", |
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Basilisk II will use raw keycodes instead of KeySyms. The keycode |
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depends only on the physical location of a key on the keyboard and |
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not on the selected keymap. Unfortunately it depends on the X server |
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being used and possibly also on the type of keyboard attached. So |
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Basilisk II needs a table to translate X keycodes to Mac keycodes. |
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This table is read by default from /usr/local/lib/basilisk_ii_keycodes |
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unless you specify a different file with the "keycodefile" item. |
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A sample keycode file ("basilisk_ii_keycodes") is included with |
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Basilisk II. |
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AmigaOS: |
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sound <sound output description> |
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This item specifies what method to use for sound output. The only choice |
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is currently AHI, but you can specify the AHI mode ID to be used. The |
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"sound output description" looks like this: |
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ahi/<hexadecimal mode ID> |
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Windows: |
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noscsi <"true" or "false"> |
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Completely disables SCSI Manager support when set to "true". |
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Note that currently all SCSI operations are executed synchronously, |
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even if Mac application has requested asynchronous operation. What this |
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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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time-out error, but the operation completes all right anyway. |
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nofloppyboot <"true" or "false"> |
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Set this to "true" to disable booting from a floppy. |
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replacescsi <"Vendor1"> <"Model1"> <"Vendor2"> <"Model2"> |
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This command tricks the Mac to believe that you have a SCSI device Model2 |
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from vendor Vendor2, although your real hardware is Model1 from Vendor1. |
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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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|
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replacescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" "PHILIPS" "CDD3600" |
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|
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Note the use of quotes. |
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disablescsi <"Vendor"> <"Model"> |
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|
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Disables this vendor/model combination. You may need this simply because |
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you have more than 6 SCSI devices, or the particular device has problems |
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under BasiliskII. E.g. |
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|
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disablescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" |
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|
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Again, note the use of quotes. |
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|
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ntdx5hack <"true" or "false"> |
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|
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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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|
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|
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Usage |
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----- |
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|
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Quitting: |
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The right way to quit Basilisk II is to select the "Shut Down" menu item |
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from the Finder's "Special" menu. You should not kill it from the shell |
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unless it hangs. Under Unix, pressing "Esc" while holding the Ctrl key will |
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also quit Basilisk II (in case you are using it in DGA mode and it crashed). |
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Under Windows, try Alt-F4 (or Control-Alt-Del to log off and back on again |
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if it crashes really badly). |
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|
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Suspending: |
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The Unix version of Basilisk II can be suspended while running in DGA mode |
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by pressing "Tab" while holding the Ctrl key. Pressing "Space" in the |
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"suspended" window will resume the emulation. Under BeOS, switching to |
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a different Workspace when BasiliskII is in full-screen mode will also |
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suspend the emulation. |
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|
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Keyboard: |
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On PC-style keyboards, "Alt" is the Mac "Command" key, while the "Windows" |
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key is the Mac "Option" key. |
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Floppy: |
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Basilisk II can only handle 1.44MB MFM floppies. Depending on your platform, |
| 514 |
flopyy disk changes might not be detected automatically. Under Linux, press |
| 515 |
Ctrl-F1 to mount a floppy. Under BeOS, select the appropriate "Mount" menu |
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item or press Ctrl-F1 to mount a floppy. Under Windows, press Ctrl-Shift-F11. |
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|
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HFS partitions: |
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Having HFS partitions mounted for read-write access under Basilisk II while |
| 520 |
they are also mounted on the host OS will most likely result in volume |
| 521 |
corruption and data losses. Unmount your HFS volumes before starting |
| 522 |
Basilisk II. |
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|
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ZIP drives: |
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Iomega ZIP disks can be mounted either with the "disk" prefs item or (on |
| 526 |
platforms that support the SCSI Manager emulation of Basilisk II) by |
| 527 |
installing the IomegaWare on the Mac side. Do not use both ways |
| 528 |
simultaneously! |
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|
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Hardfiles: |
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In addition to plain images of HFS volumes, Basilisk II can also handle |
| 532 |
some types of Mac "disk image" files, as long as they are uncompressed |
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and unencoded. |
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|
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Mac Classic emulation: |
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Sound output and Ethernet are not supported if you are using a Mac Classic |
| 537 |
ROM. Also, the video display is fixed to 512x342 in monochrome. The AmigaOS |
| 538 |
and BeOS/PPC versions of Basilisk II cannot do Mac Classic emulation. |
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|
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Sound output: |
| 541 |
Sound output under Basilisk II requires Sound Manager 3.0 or later. This |
| 542 |
is included starting with MacOS 7.5 and available as a system extension |
| 543 |
for earlier MacOS versions. Sample rate, bit resolution and mono/stereo |
| 544 |
can be selected in the Sound control panel (section "Sound Out"). |
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|
| 546 |
Ethernet: |
| 547 |
Basilisk II supports all Ethernet protocols. Running a protocol under |
| 548 |
Basilisk II that already runs within the host operating system on the same |
| 549 |
network card (e.g. running MacTCP under Basilisk II on a BeOS machine) may |
| 550 |
or may not work (generally, it should work, but some specific things like |
| 551 |
"ping" may not). If you have problems with FTP, try setting your FTP client |
| 552 |
to passive mode. |
| 553 |
|
| 554 |
LocalTalk: |
| 555 |
LocalTalk is not supported by Basilisk II. There is no way of getting |
| 556 |
LocalTalk to work with the serial drivers of Basilisk II. Any attempt to |
| 557 |
activate LocalTalk will either result in a crash or revert to Ethernet. |
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|
| 559 |
Serial: |
| 560 |
You can use the serial ports in Basilisk II to connect to the Internet |
| 561 |
with a modem and "MacPPP". |
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|
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|
| 564 |
Technical Documentation |
| 565 |
----------------------- |
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|
| 567 |
Please see the included file "TECH" for a technical overview of the emulator. |
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|
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|
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Acknowledgements |
| 571 |
---------------- |
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|
| 573 |
Contributions by: |
| 574 |
- Bernd Schmidt <crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>: UAE 68k emulation |
| 575 |
- Marc Hellwig <Marc.Hellwig@uni-mainz.de>: audio output, BeOS video code |
| 576 |
and networking |
| 577 |
- Lauri Pesonen <lpesonen@nic.fi>: Windows NT port |
| 578 |
- Orlando Bassotto <future@powercube.mediabit.net>: FreeBSD support |
| 579 |
- Brian J. Johnson <bjohnson@sgi.com>: IRIX support |
| 580 |
- Marc Chabanas <Marc.Chabanas@france.sun.com>: Solaris sound support |
| 581 |
- Bill Huey <billh@mag.ucsd.edu>: 15/16 bit DGA and 15/16/32 bit X11 |
| 582 |
window support |
| 583 |
- David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>: incremental window refresh code |
| 584 |
|
| 585 |
Special thanks to: |
| 586 |
- Bernd Schmidt for letting me use his UAE 68k emulation |
| 587 |
- Daniel Bobbert who printed dozens of pages from the THINK Reference for |
| 588 |
me years ago |
| 589 |
- All ShapeShifter and SheepShaver users and beta testers |
| 590 |
- Apple Computer Inc., who made writing a Macintosh emulator a child's play |
| 591 |
|
| 592 |
|
| 593 |
Bug reports |
| 594 |
----------- |
| 595 |
|
| 596 |
You found a bug? Well, use the source, fix it and send the fix to |
| 597 |
<Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de> |
| 598 |
for inclusion in the next release of Basilisk II. |
| 599 |
|
| 600 |
|
| 601 |
Author |
| 602 |
------ |
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|
| 604 |
You can contact me at <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>. Don't send bug |
| 605 |
reports, send fixes. Ports to other platforms are also very welcome. |
| 606 |
Please contact me before you intend to make major changes to the source. |
| 607 |
You might be working on something that I have already done or I may have |
| 608 |
different ideas about the Right Way to do it. |
| 609 |
|
| 610 |
Questions about ROM files will not be answered. There is also no point in |
| 611 |
sending me questions etc. that are specific to the Windows port of |
| 612 |
Basilisk II. I don't have Windows and can't say anything about that. |
| 613 |
Ask Lauri Pesonen instead. |
| 614 |
|
| 615 |
|
| 616 |
Support |
| 617 |
------- |
| 618 |
|
| 619 |
The official Basilisk II home page is at |
| 620 |
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html |
| 621 |
|
| 622 |
There is no user-level support for Basilisk II at the moment. |
| 623 |
|
| 624 |
|
| 625 |
History |
| 626 |
------- |
| 627 |
|
| 628 |
Please consult the file "ChangeLog" for the release history. |
| 629 |
|
| 630 |
|
| 631 |
Christian Bauer |
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<Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de> |
