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DingusPPC User Manual
Implemented Features
- Interpreter (with 601, FPU, and MMU support)
- IDE and SCSI
- Floppy disk image reading (Raw, Disk Copy 4.2, WOZ v1 and v2)
- ADB mouse and keyboard emulation
- Some audio support
- Basic video output support (i.e. ATI Rage, Control, Platinum)
Known Working OSes
- Disk Tools (7.1.2 - 8.5)
- Mac OS 7.1.2 - 9.2.2 (from CD)
- Mac OS 7.5.3 - 9.2.2 (from Hard Disk)
- OpenDarwin 6.6.2
Windows
DingusPPC uses two windows when booted up; a command line window and a monitor window to display the machine.
Commands
DingusPPC is operated using the command line interface. As such, we will list the commands as required. These commands are separated by spaces.
-r, --realtime
Run the emulator in runtime (using the interpeter).
-d, --debugger
Enter the interactive debugger. The user may also enter the debugger at any point by pressing Control and C, when the command line window is selected.
-b, --bootrom TEXT:FILE
Specifies the Boot ROM path (optional; looks for bootrom.bin by default)
-m, --machine TEXT
Specify machine ID (optional; will attempt to determine machine ID from the boot rom otherwise)
list machines
Shows the currently implemented machines within DingusPPC.
list properties
Shows the configurable properties, such as the selected disc image and the ram bank sizes.
Properties
rambank1_size X
rambank2_size X
rambank3_size X
rambank4_size X
Set the RAM sizes to use, with X being an integer of a power of 2 up to 256.
fdd_img
Set the floppy disk image
fdd_wr_prot=1
Set the floppy to read-only
hdd_img
Set the hard disk image
cdr_img
Set the CD ROM image
cpu
Change which version of the PowerPC CPU to use
emmo
Access the factory tests
serial_backend=stdio
serial_backend=socket
Change where the output of OpenFirmware is directed to, either to the command line (with stdio) or a Unix socket (unavailable in Windows builds). OpenFirmware 1.x outputs here by default.
Accessing OpenFirmware
After booting from a PCI Power Mac ROM without any disk images, enter the debugger and change the NVRAM property auto-boot? to false. Quit of the emulator and boot it back up to access it.
Supported machines
The machines that currently work the best are the Power Mac 6100, the Power Mac 7500, and the Power Mac G3.
Early implementations for the Power Mac G3 Blue and White and the Apple Pippin are also present.
Debugger
The debugger can be used to not only see what code is being executed at a given moment, but also see what is stored in an NVRAM portion.
Quirks
Mouse Grabbing
While the emulator window is in focus, press Control and G to access.
CD ROM Images
Currently, ISO images are supported. However, support is not yet implemented for multi-mode CD images.
Hard Disks
Because Sheepshaver, Basilisk II, and Mini vMac operate on raw disks, it is required to a program such as BlueSCSI to make their hard disk images work in an emulator like DingusPPC. This is because the Mac OS normally requires certain values in the hard disks that these emulators don't normally insert into the images. You may also need a third-party utility to create an HFS or HFS+ disk image.
OS Support
Currently, the Power Mac 6100 cannot boot any OS image containing Mac OS 8.0 or newer.
Currently Unimplemented Features
- JIT compiler
- AltiVec
- 3D acceleration support
- Additional ADB and USB peripherals
- Networking