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64 lines
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== Configuration
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The Epple ][ Emulator is most useful when properly configured.
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After downloading and installing the Epple ][ Program, some System ROM (demo or real), and
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optionally the peripheral card ROMs you want to use, you will need to configure the program.
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Configuring is concerned primarily with telling the program what peripheral cards to use,
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and where the ROM files are located (and what memory addresses to load them at).
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=== epple2.conf
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The default configuration file for
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the Epple ][ emulator is:
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/etc/epple2/epple2.conf
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For Windows, the file will be:
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C:\Program Files\Epple2\etc\epple2\epple2.conf
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The configuration file could be in a different location depending upon how
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the distribution package is built.
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You can specify a different configuration file for the emulator to use by
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specifying its name as the argument when running the epple2 program.
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The format of the configuration file is just lines of <<commands>>.
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Comments begin with a hash +#+ character, and continue to the end of the line.
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=== Firmware
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Firmware, commonly called ROM images or ROMs, will need to be loaded
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into the emulated ROM areas of the emulated Apple
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in order for it to be able to boot the emulated Apple machine.
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The <<firmware>> available is described above.
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Once the firmware image
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files are installed on your computer, you can use the <<import>>
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command in the configuration file to load the image files into the emulator.
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=== Peripheral Cards
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Another primary concern for configuring the Epple ][ is the insertion of
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peripheral cards into the Apple's slots. The most useful card is probably the
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Disk ][ Controller card; you will need to insert one of these cards if you want
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to be able to load floppy disk images into the emulated Apple. The various
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types of cards available are described in the <<cards>> section.
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You can use the <<slot>> command in the configuration file to insert
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them into the Apple's slots.
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=== Sample Configuration Files
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There are a number of configuration files provided with the distribution for
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your convenience. They provide various common configurations of machines.
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You can use one of these files directly, by specifying its path as the argument
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to the program, or as a starting point for you own configuration file. These sample
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files are in the same location as the default +epple2.conf+ file.
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The Epple ][ Emulator can actually be run without a configuration file at all.
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In this case, you will be able to ``power on'' the Apple and see the low-resolution
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graphics display showing random RAM data. The system will not run, because
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there is no firmware loaded, but the emulator will otherwise be functional.
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