src/Unix/BasiliskII.1

.TH BasiliskII 1 "January, 2002"
.SH NAME
BasiliskII \- a 68k Macintosh emulator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B BasiliskII
[\-\-display
.IR display-name ]
[\-\-break
.IR offset ]
[\-\-rominfo]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.

.B Basilisk II
:
.TP
- 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
.TP
- Color video display
.TP
- CD quality sound output
.TP
- Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported)
.TP
- Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles
.TP
- CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions
.TP
- Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon on the Mac desktop
.TP
- Ethernet driver
.TP
- Serial drivers
.TP
- SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation
.TP
- Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse
.TP
- Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processor
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI "\-\-display " display-name
specifies the display to use; see
.BR X (1)
.TP
.BI "\-\-break " offset
specifies a ROM offset where a breakpoint will be placed (for debugging)
.TP
.B \-\-rominfo
causes Basilisk II to print some information about the ROM being used on
startup (for debugging)
.TP
.B \-\-help
shows a complete list of options
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /usr/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
X server keycodes definitions.
.TP
.I /usr/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices
Framebuffer device specifications.
.TP
.I ~/.basilisk_ii_prefs
User-specific configuration file.
.TP
.I ~/.basilisk_ii_xpram
Contents of Mac non-volatile RAM.
.SH BUGS
Several. See the included "TODO" file.
.SH SEE ALSO
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html (Basilisk II homepage)
.SH AUTHOR
Christian Bauer <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1997-2004 Christian Bauer et al.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Revision:	1.13
Committed:	2012-04-01T15:07:53Z (12 years, 7 months ago) by asvitkine
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	HEAD
Changes since 1.12:	+33 -3 lines
Log Message:	\|Description: fix to the documentation \| This patch aims at improving the man page. \|Author: Giulio Paci <giuliopaci@gmail.com> \|Forwarded: no \|Last-Update: 2012-03-04
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1	cebix	1.11	.TH BasiliskII 1 "January, 2002"
2	cebix	1.1	.SH NAME
3	asvitkine	1.13	BasiliskII \- a 68k Macintosh emulator
4	cebix	1.1	.SH SYNOPSIS
5			.B BasiliskII
6	cebix	1.10	[\-\-display
7	cebix	1.3	.IR display-name ]
8	cebix	1.10	[\-\-break
9	cebix	1.6	.IR offset ]
10	cebix	1.10	[\-\-rominfo]
11	cebix	1.1	.SH DESCRIPTION
12			.B Basilisk II
13	asvitkine	1.13
14			is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. That is, it enables you to
15			run 68k MacOS software on you computer, even if you are using a
16			different operating system. However, you still need a copy of MacOS
17			and a Macintosh ROM image to use Basilisk II.
18
19			.B Basilisk II
20			:
21			.TP
22			- 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
23			.TP
24			- Color video display
25			.TP
26			- CD quality sound output
27			.TP
28			- Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported)
29			.TP
30			- Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles
31			.TP
32			- CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions
33			.TP
34			- Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon on the Mac desktop
35			.TP
36			- Ethernet driver
37			.TP
38			- Serial drivers
39			.TP
40			- SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation
41			.TP
42			- Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse
43			.TP
44			- Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processor
45	cebix	1.3	.SH OPTIONS
46			.TP
47	cebix	1.10	.BI "\-\-display " display-name
48	cebix	1.3	specifies the display to use; see
49			.BR X (1)
50	cebix	1.6	.TP
51	cebix	1.10	.BI "\-\-break " offset
52	cebix	1.7	specifies a ROM offset where a breakpoint will be placed (for debugging)
53			.TP
54	cebix	1.10	.B \-\-rominfo
55	cebix	1.7	causes Basilisk II to print some information about the ROM being used on
56			startup (for debugging)
57	cebix	1.11	.TP
58			.B \-\-help
59			shows a complete list of options
60	cebix	1.2	.SH FILES
61			.TP
62	cebix	1.4	.I /usr/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
63	cebix	1.2	X server keycodes definitions.
64			.TP
65	cebix	1.5	.I /usr/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices
66			Framebuffer device specifications.
67			.TP
68	cebix	1.2	.I ~/.basilisk_ii_prefs
69			User-specific configuration file.
70			.TP
71	cebix	1.8	.I ~/.basilisk_ii_xpram
72	cebix	1.2	Contents of Mac non-volatile RAM.
73	cebix	1.1	.SH BUGS
74			Several. See the included "TODO" file.
75			.SH SEE ALSO
76			http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html (Basilisk II homepage)
77			.SH AUTHOR
78			Christian Bauer <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>
79			.SH COPYRIGHT
80	cebix	1.12	Copyright \(co 1997-2004 Christian Bauer et al.
81	cebix	1.1
82			This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
83			it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
84			the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
85			(at your option) any later version.
86
87			This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
88			but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
89			MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
90			GNU General Public License for more details.
91
92			You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
93			along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
94			Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.