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Mac models was custom-built for Apple by Sony (this was one of the first |
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applications of the 3.5" floppy format which was also invented by Sony). |
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6.10. External file system |
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Basilisk II also provides a method for accessing files and direcories on the |
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host OS from the MacOS side by means of an "external" file system (henceforth |
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called "ExtFS"). The ExtFS is built upon the File System Manager 1.2 interface |
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that is built into MacOS 7.6 (and later) and available as a system extension |
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for earlier MacOS versions. Unlike other parts of Basilisk II, extfs.cpp |
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requires POSIX file I/O and this is not going to change any time soon, so if |
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you are porting Basilisk II to a system without POSIX file functions, you |
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should emulate them. |
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Similar to the disk drivers, Basilisk II contains replacement serial drivers |
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MacOS when it returns to interrupt level 0. This mechanism sounds complicated |
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A driver for Ethernet networking is also contained in the NuBus slot ROM. |
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The method for accessing floppy drives, hard disks, CD-ROM drives and files |
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implemented by the (system-dependant) "sys_*.cpp" modules which provides a |
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To aid in localization, all user interface strings of Basilisk II are collected |
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in "user_strings.cpp" and accessed via the GetString() function. This way, |
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Basilisk II may be easily translated to different languages. |
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in "user_strings.cpp" (for common strings) and "user_strings_*.cpp" (for |
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platform-specific strings), and accessed via the GetString() function. This |
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way, Basilisk II may be easily translated to different languages. |
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The module "prefs.cpp" handles user preferences in a system-independant way. |
