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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 TEXT:FILE

Set the floppy disk image

--fdd_wr_prot=1

Set the floppy to read-only

--hdd_img TEXT:FILE

Set the hard disk image

--cdr_img TEXT:FILE

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.

Command Line Examples

dingusppc -b bootrom-6100.bin --rambank1_size 64 --rambank2_size 64 --hdd_img "System_712.dsk"

The user has specified their own ROM file, which is for a Power Macintosh 6100 and has also set up two separate RAM banks to use 64 MB. Note that if a second RAM bank is to be specified for the 6100, it should be the same size as the first RAM bank. With only a hard disk specified, the machine will immediately boot to the OS on the hard disk.

dingusppc -b "Power_Mac_G3_Beige.ROM" -r --rambank1_size 128 --fdd_img "DiskTools_8.5.img"

Here, the user has attached a floppy disk image. They've chosen to boot it from a G3 and the first RAM bank is set to 128 MB.

dingusppc -b "Power_Mac_G3_Beige.ROM" -d --rambank1_size 64 --rambank2_size 64 --cdr_img "OpenDarwin_662.cdr"

The debugger will be turned on here, due to the presence of -d. The CD ROM image will be loaded in.

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