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.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.