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Basilisk II, Version 0.8
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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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-------
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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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--------
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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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- Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon
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on the Mac desktop
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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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-----------------------------
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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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-----------------------
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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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extfs <direcory path>
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This item specifies the root directory for the "Host Directory Tree"
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file system (the "Unix/BeOS/Amiga/..." icon on the Finder desktop).
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All objects contained in that directory are accessible by Mac applications.
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This feature is only available when File System Manager V1.2 or later
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is installed on the Mac side. FSM 1.2 is built-in beginning with MacOS 7.6
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and can be installed as a system extension (downloadable from Apple, look
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for the FSM SDK in the developer section) for earlier MacOS versions.
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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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The "SCSI target" has the format <"Vendor"> <"Model"> (e.g.
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scsi0 "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100"). Note the use of quotes.
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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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[if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-xf86-dga]
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Full-screen display using the XFree86 DGA extension. 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".
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dga/<frame buffer name>
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[if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-fbdev-dga]
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Full-screen display using the frame buffer device /dev/fb. The color
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depth (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
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The "frame buffer name" is looked up in the "fbdevices" file (whose
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path can be specified with the "fbdevicefile" prefs item) to determine
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certain characteristics of the device (doing a "ls -l /dev/fb" should
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tell you what your frame buffer name is).
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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 <keycodes 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/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
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unless you specify a different file with the "keycodefile" item.
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A sample keycode file is included with Basilisk II.
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fbdevicefile <fbdevices file path>
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This option specifies the file that contains frame buffer device
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specifications for the fbdev-DGA video mode (when Basilisk II was
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configured with --enable-fbdev-dga). The default location of the file
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is /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices. A sample file is included
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with 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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replacescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" "PHILIPS" "CDD3600"
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Note the use of quotes.
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rightmouse <0/1>
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Defines what the right mouse button is used for. The default values of 0
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|
means that it is used to move windowed mode BasiliskII screen.
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Value 1 sends a combination Control and mouse click to the MacOS.
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This may be useful under OS versions 8 and above.
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keyboardfile <path>
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Defines the path of the customized keyboard code file.
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pollmedia <"true" or "false">
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If true (default), tries to automatically detect new media.
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Applies to all "floppy", "cd" or "disk" removable media except
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1.44 MB floppies. May cause modest slow down. If unchecked,
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use Ctrl-Shift-F11 to manually mount new media.
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If you have auto-insert notification (AIN) enabled, you may turn this
|
|
option off. Note that some CD related software require AIN,
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|
and some other need it to be turned off. Consult the documentation
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|
of your CD software to learn which one is optimal for you.
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framesleepticks <milliseconds>
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The amount of time between video frames.
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showfps <true/false>
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If true, the real frame rate is displayed.
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stickymenu <true/false>
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If true, the main menu bar is kept open even after the mouse button is released,
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under all OS versions (OS 8 has this feature already). There are extensions to do
|
|
the same thing, but it's faster to handle this in native code.
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Default is "true".
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ntdx5hack <"true" or "false">
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You may need this on NT if your display adapter driver has a bug in DirectX
|
|
palette support. Black and white are reversed. It fixes the palette issue
|
|
by using GDI palette instead of D3D palette. Default is false.
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Usage
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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
|
|
from the Finder's "Special" menu. You should not kill it from the shell
|
|
unless it hangs. Under Unix, pressing "Esc" while holding the Ctrl key will
|
|
also quit Basilisk II (in case you are using it in DGA mode and it crashed).
|
|
Under Windows, try Alt-F4 (or Control-Alt-Del to log off and back on again
|
|
if it crashes really badly).
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Suspending:
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The Unix version of Basilisk II can be suspended while running in DGA mode
|
|
by pressing "Tab" while holding the Ctrl key. Pressing "Space" in the
|
|
"suspended" window will resume the emulation. Under BeOS, switching to
|
|
a different Workspace when BasiliskII is in full-screen mode will also
|
|
suspend the emulation.
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Keyboard:
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On PC-style keyboards, "Alt" is the Mac "Command" key, while the "Windows"
|
|
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,
|
|
flopyy disk changes might not be detected automatically. Under Linux, press
|
|
Ctrl-F1 to mount a floppy. Under BeOS, select the appropriate "Mount" menu
|
|
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:
|
|
Having HFS partitions mounted for read-write access under Basilisk II while
|
|
they are also mounted on the host OS will most likely result in volume
|
|
corruption and data losses. Unmount your HFS volumes before starting
|
|
Basilisk II.
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|
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|
ZIP drives:
|
|
Iomega ZIP disks can be mounted either with the "disk" prefs item or (on
|
|
platforms that support the SCSI Manager emulation of Basilisk II) by
|
|
installing the IomegaWare on the Mac side. Do not use both ways
|
|
simultaneously!
|
|
|
|
Hardfiles:
|
|
In addition to plain images of HFS volumes, Basilisk II can also handle
|
|
some types of Mac "disk image" files, as long as they are uncompressed
|
|
and unencoded.
|
|
|
|
Mac Classic emulation:
|
|
Sound output and Ethernet are not supported if you are using a Mac Classic
|
|
ROM. Also, the video display is fixed to 512x342 in monochrome. The AmigaOS
|
|
and BeOS/PPC versions of Basilisk II cannot do Mac Classic emulation.
|
|
|
|
Sound output:
|
|
Sound output under Basilisk II requires Sound Manager 3.0 or later. This
|
|
is included starting with MacOS 7.5 and available as a system extension
|
|
for earlier MacOS versions. Sample rate, bit resolution and mono/stereo
|
|
can be selected in the Sound control panel (section "Sound Out").
|
|
|
|
Ethernet:
|
|
Basilisk II supports all Ethernet protocols. Running a protocol under
|
|
Basilisk II that already runs within the host operating system on the same
|
|
network card (e.g. running MacTCP under Basilisk II on a BeOS machine) may
|
|
or may not work (generally, it should work, but some specific things like
|
|
"ping" may not). If you have problems with FTP, try setting your FTP client
|
|
to passive mode.
|
|
|
|
LocalTalk:
|
|
LocalTalk is not supported by Basilisk II. There is no way of getting
|
|
LocalTalk to work with the serial drivers of Basilisk II. Any attempt to
|
|
activate LocalTalk will either result in a crash or revert to Ethernet.
|
|
|
|
Serial:
|
|
You can use the serial ports in Basilisk II to connect to the Internet
|
|
with a modem and "MacPPP".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technical Documentation
|
|
-----------------------
|
|
|
|
Please see the included file "TECH" for a technical overview of the emulator.
|
|
|
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|
|
Acknowledgements
|
|
----------------
|
|
|
|
Contributions by:
|
|
- Bernd Schmidt <crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>: UAE 68k emulation
|
|
- Marc Hellwig <Marc.Hellwig@uni-mainz.de>: audio output, BeOS video code
|
|
and networking
|
|
- Lauri Pesonen <lpesonen@nic.fi>: Windows NT port
|
|
- Orlando Bassotto <future@powercube.mediabit.net>: FreeBSD support
|
|
- Brian J. Johnson <bjohnson@sgi.com>: IRIX support
|
|
- Marc Chabanas <Marc.Chabanas@france.sun.com>: Solaris sound support
|
|
- Bill Huey <billh@mag.ucsd.edu>: 15/16 bit DGA and 15/16/32 bit X11
|
|
window support
|
|
- David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>: incremental window refresh code
|
|
- Gwenole Beauchesne <gb@dial.oleane.com>: SPARC assembly optimizations and
|
|
fbdev video code
|
|
- and others...
|
|
|
|
Special thanks to:
|
|
- Bernd Schmidt for letting me use his UAE 68k emulation
|
|
- Daniel Bobbert who printed dozens of pages from the THINK Reference for
|
|
me years ago
|
|
- All ShapeShifter and SheepShaver users and beta testers
|
|
- Apple Computer Inc., who made writing a Macintosh emulator a child's play
|
|
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|
|
Bug reports
|
|
-----------
|
|
|
|
You found a bug? Well, use the source, fix it and send the fix to
|
|
<Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>
|
|
for inclusion in the next release of Basilisk II.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author
|
|
------
|
|
|
|
You can contact me at <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>. Don't send bug
|
|
reports, send fixes. Ports to other platforms are also very welcome.
|
|
Please contact me before you intend to make major changes to the source.
|
|
You might be working on something that I have already done or I may have
|
|
different ideas about the Right Way to do it.
|
|
|
|
Questions about ROM files will not be answered. There is also no point in
|
|
sending me questions etc. that are specific to the Windows port of
|
|
Basilisk II. I don't have Windows and can't say anything about that.
|
|
Ask Lauri Pesonen instead.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Support
|
|
-------
|
|
|
|
The official Basilisk II home page is at
|
|
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html
|
|
|
|
There is no user-level support for Basilisk II at the moment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
History
|
|
-------
|
|
|
|
Please consult the file "ChangeLog" for the release history.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christian Bauer
|
|
<Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>
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