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- Basilisk II
- A 68k Macintosh emulator
-
- Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Christian Bauer et al.
-
-
- License
- -------
-
- Basilisk II is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
- See the file "COPYING" that is included in the distribution for details.
-
-
- Overview
- --------
-
- 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.
-
- Basilisk II has currently been ported to the following systems:
- - BeOS R4 (PowerPC and x86)
- - Unix (tested under Linux, Solaris 2.5, FreeBSD 3.x, NetBSD 1.4.2 and
- IRIX 6.5)
- - AmigaOS 3.x
- - Windows NT 4.0 (mostly works under Windows 95/98, too)
-
- Some features of Basilisk II:
- - 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
- - Color video display
- - CD quality sound output
- - Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported)
- - Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles
- - CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions
- - Easy file exchange with the host OS via a "Host Directory Tree" icon
- on the Mac desktop
- - Ethernet driver
- - Serial drivers
- - SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation
- - Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse
- - Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k
- processor
-
- The emulator is not yet complete. See the file "TODO" for a list of
- unimplemented stuff.
-
-
- Requirements and Installation
- -----------------------------
-
- Please consult the file "INSTALL" for a list of system requirements and
- installation instructions.
-
-
- Configuration
- -------------
-
- Basilisk II is configured via the preferences editor that appears on startup.
- If you have a version without preferences editor (e.g. because of missing GTK+
- under Unix), you have to edit the preferences file manually.
-
- The settings are stored in a text file:
-
- BeOS:
- /boot/home/config/settings/BasiliskII_prefs
-
- Unix:
- ~/.basilisk_ii_prefs
-
- AmigaOS:
- ENV:BasiliskII_prefs
-
- Windows:
- BasiliskII_prefs (in the same directory as the executable)
-
- If no preferences file is present, Basilisk II will create one with the
- default settings upon startup.
-
-
- Preferences File Format
- -----------------------
-
- The preferences file is a text file editable with any text editor.
- Each line in this file has the format "keyword value" and describes
- one preferences item. For each keyword, the meaning of the "value"
- string may vary across platforms. The following keywords exist:
-
- disk <volume description>
-
- This item describes one MacOS volume to be mounted by Basilisk II.
- There can be multiple "disk" lines in the preferences file. Basilisk II
- can handle hardfiles (byte-per-byte images of HFS volumes in a file on
- the host system) as well as HFS partitions on hard disks etc. (but Basilisk
- II doesn't know about MacOS partition tables; it relies on the host OS to
- handle this). The "volume description" is either the pathname of a hardfile
- or a platform-dependant description of an HFS partition or drive. If the
- volume description starts with an asterisk ("*"), the volume is write
- protected for MacOS (and the "*" is discarded).
-
- BeOS:
- To specify an HFS partition, simply specify its path (e.g.
- "/dev/disk/scsi/0/1/0/0_3"). If you don't specify any volume, Basilisk II
- will search for and use all available HFS partitions.
-
- Unix:
- To specify an HFS partition, simply specify its path (e.g.
- "/dev/sda5").
-
- AmigaOS:
- Partitions/drives are specified in the following format:
- /dev/<device name>/<unit>/<open flags>/<start block>/<size>/<block size>
- "start block" and "size" are given in blocks, "block size" is given in
- bytes.
-
- Windows:
- To define a logical volume (Windows NT only), specify its path (e.g. "c:\").
- To define a physical volume (NT and 9x), additionally give the "physical"
- keyword (E.g. "physical c:\"). For safety reasons, volumes are mounted as
- read-only. This is due to the bugs in PC Exchange. If you don't specify
- any volume, the files *.hfv and *.dsk are searched from the current
- directory. Note that in this case, Basilisk II tries to boot from the first
- volume file found, which is random and may not be what you want.
-
- floppy <floppy drive description>
-
- This item describes one floppy drive to be used by Basilisk II. There
- can be multiple "floppy" lines in the preferences file. If no "floppy"
- line is given, Basilisk II will try to automatically detect and use
- installed floppy drives. The format of the "floppy drive description"
- is the same as that of "disk" lines.
-
- cdrom <CD-ROM drive description>
-
- This item describes one CD-ROM drive to be used by Basilisk II. There
- can be multiple "cdrom" lines in the preferences file. If no "cdrom"
- line is given, Basilisk II will try to automatically detect and use
- installed CD-ROM drives. The format of the "CD-ROM drive description"
- is the same as that of "disk" lines.
-
- extfs <direcory path>
-
- This item specifies the root directory for the "Host Directory Tree"
- file system (the "Unix/BeOS/Amiga/..." icon on the Finder desktop).
- All objects contained in that directory are accessible by Mac applications.
- This feature is only available when File System Manager V1.2 or later
- is installed on the Mac side. FSM 1.2 is built-in beginning with MacOS 7.6
- and can be installed as a system extension (downloadable from Apple, look
- for the FSM SDK in the developer section) for earlier MacOS versions.
-
- scsi0 <SCSI target> ... scsi6 <SCSI target>
-
- These items describe the SCSI target to be used for a given Mac SCSI
- ID by Basilisk II. Basilisk II emulates the old SCSI Manager and allows
- to assign a different SCSI target (they don't even have to be on the
- same SCSI bus) for each SCSI ID (0..6) as seen by the MacOS. "scsi0"
- describes the target for ID 0, "scsi1" the target for ID 1 etc.
- The format of the "SCSI target" is platform specific.
-
- BeOS:
- The "SCSI target" has the format "<bus>/<unit>" (e.g. "0/2").
- Due to a bug in BeOS, using SCSI with Basilisk II may cause the
- SCSI bus to hang. Use with caution.
-
- Linux:
- The "SCSI target" has to be the name of a device that complies to
- the Generic SCSI driver API. On a standard Linux installation, these
- devices are "/dev/sg0", "/dev/sg1" etc. Note that you must have
- appropriate access rights to these devices and that Generic SCSI
- support has to be compiled into the kernel.
-
- FreeBSD:
- The "SCSI target" has the format "<id>/<lun>" (e.g. "2/0").
-
- AmigaOS:
- The "SCSI target" has the format "<device name>/<unit>" (e.g.
- "scsi.device/2").
-
- Windows:
- The "SCSI target" has the format <"Vendor"> <"Model"> (e.g.
- scsi0 "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100"). Note the use of quotes.
-
- screen <video mode>
-
- This item describes the type of video display to be used by Basilisk II.
- If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, the display is always 1-bit 512x342
- and this item is ignored. The format of the "video mode" is platform
- specific.
-
- BeOS:
- The "video mode" is one of the following:
- win/<width>/<height>
- 8-bit color display in a window of the given size. This is the
- default.
- scr/<mode>
- Full-screen display in BWindowScreen. <mode> is the bit number of
- the video mode to use (see headers/be/interface/GraphicsDefs.h).
- E.g. 0 = 640x480x8, 1 = 800x600x8 etc., 10 = 640x480x24,
- 11 = 800x600x24 etc., 18 = 640x480x15, 19 = 800x600x15 etc.
- 15 bit modes are preferable to 16 bit modes (which may show false
- colors on PowerPC machines).
- When you run in full-screen mode and switch to another Workspace,
- Basilisk II is put in "suspend" mode (i.e. MacOS will be frozen).
-
- Unix:
- The "video mode" is one of the following:
- win/<width>/<height>
- Color display in an X11 window of the given size. The color depth
- (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
- This is the default.
- dga/<width>/<height>
- [if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-xf86-dga]
- Full-screen display using the XFree86 DGA extension. The color depth
- (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
- "width" and "height" specify the maximum width/height to use.
- Saying "dga/0/0" means "complete screen".
- dga/<frame buffer name>
- [if Basilisk II was configured with --enable-fbdev-dga]
- Full-screen display using the frame buffer device /dev/fb. The color
- depth (8/15/24 bit) depends on the depth of the underlying X11 screen.
- The "frame buffer name" is looked up in the "fbdevices" file (whose
- path can be specified with the "fbdevicefile" prefs item) to determine
- certain characteristics of the device (doing a "ls -l /dev/fb" should
- tell you what your frame buffer name is).
-
- AmigaOS:
- The "video mode" is one of the following:
- win/<width>/<height>
- Black-and-white display in a window of the given size on the
- Workbench screen. This is the default and will also be used when
- one of the other options (PIP/screen) fails to open.
- pip/<width>/<height>
- 15-bit truecolor display in a Picasso96 PIP. This requires
- Picasso96 as well as a PIP-capable graphics card (e.g. Picasso IV).
- scr/<hexadecimal mode ID>
- 8/15/24-bit fullscreen display on a Picasso96/CyberGraphX screen with
- the given mode ID. This requires Picasso96 or CyberGraphX. For 15 and
- 24 bit, the frame buffer format must be QuickDraw-compatible
- (big-endian, xRGB 1:5:5:5 or xRGB 8:8:8:8). The screen size will be
- the default size for that mode ID.
-
- Windows:
- The "video mode" is one of the following:
- win/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel>
- A refreshed screen mode that uses Windows GDI calls to write to the
- screen. You may have other windows on top of Basilisk II.
- dx/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel>
- A refreshed DirectX mode (minimum version 5.0). There are ways to
- install DirectX 5 on NT 4. Some new display adapters work fine even
- with DirectX 3.
- fb/<width>/<height>/<bits per pixel>
- A non-refreshed video mode that works only on NT. It accesses the
- linear frame buffer directly (best performance of all three modes).
- Use the hotkey Control-Shift-F12 to switch between Windows and Mac
- displays. Fast task switch (Alt-Tab) and Explorer start menu
- (Control-Esc) are disabled, Control-Alt-Del is enabled.
- <width> and <height> can be either zeroes (uses current screen values),
- or something else. "win" mode can use almost anything, for other modes
- there must be a corresponding DirectX mode.
- <bits> is ignored for mode "win" (uses current screen values).
- If the mode is "win" and the dimensions are different than the desktop
- dimensions, windowed mode is used. The window can be moved around by
- dragging with the right mouse button. This mode remembers window positions
- separately for different dimensions.
- The supported values are 8,15,16,24,32. It is possible that some of them
- do not work for you. In particular, it may be that only one of the
- two modes, 15 and 16, is suitable for your card. You need to find out
- the best solution by experimenting.
- Basilisk II checks what display mode you are currently running and uses
- that mode. The screen is always full screen. When you switch to another
- application via Alt-Tab, Basilisk II is put in "snooze" mode (i.e. MacOS
- is frozen).
-
- seriala <serial port description>
-
- This item describes the serial port to be used as Port A (Modem Port)
- by Basilisk II. If no "seriala" line is given, Basilisk II will try to
- automatically detect and use installed serial ports. The "serial port
- description" is a platform-dependant description of a serial port.
-
- BeOS:
- Either specify the name of a serial port (e.g. "serial1") or one of
- "parallel1", "parallel2" or "parallel3". See below for more information
- about parallel ports.
-
- Unix:
- Specify the device name of a serial port (e.g. "/dev/ttyS0") or a
- parallel "lp" port (e.g. "/dev/lp1"; this only works under Linux and
- FreeBSD). See below for more information about parallel ports.
-
- AmigaOS:
- You have to specify the name of the serial device and the device unit
- as "<device name>/<unit>" (e.g. "serial.device/0"). If the given device
- is not compatible to serial.device, Basilisk II will crash. If the
- device name starts with an asterisk (e.g. "*parallel.device/0"), the
- device is treated as a parallel.device compatible device. See below for
- more information about parallel ports.
-
- Windows:
- Specify "COM1" or "COM2" for com port 1 or 2, respectively.
-
- Parallel ports: If you select a parallel port it will look like a serial
- port to MacOS but Basilisk II will only allow data output and ignore baud
- rate settings etc. You should be able to get some printers to work with
- this method (provided that you have the right printer driver, like
- "Power Print" (see www.gdt.com)).
-
- serialb <serial port description>
-
- This item describes the serial port to be used as Port B (Printer Port)
- by Basilisk II. If no "serialb" line is given, Basilisk II will try to
- automatically detect and use installed serial ports. The format of the
- "serial port description" is the same as that of the "seriala" option.
-
- ether <ethernet card description>
-
- This item describes the Ethernet card to be used for Ethernet networking
- by Basilisk II. If no "ether" line is given, Ethernet networking is disabled
- (although the Ethernet driver of Basilisk II will behave like a "dummy"
- Ethernet card in this case). If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, Ethernet
- is not available and this setting is ignored. The "ethernet card description"
- is a platform-dependant description of an ethernet card.
-
- BeOS:
- It doesn't matter what you give as "ethernet card description", Basilisk II
- will always use the first Ethernet card it finds as long an an "ether"
- line exists (e.g. say "ether yes"). Using Ethernet requires the "sheep_net"
- Net Server add-on to be installed. The first time you start Basilisk II
- with Ethernet enabled you will be asked whether it's OK to make the
- necessary changes to your BeOS network configuration to enable sheep_net.
-
- Linux:
- The "ethernet card description" is the name of an Ethernet interface.
- There are two approaches to networking with Basilisk II:
-
- 1. Direct access to an Ethernet card via the "sheep_net" driver.
- In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name
- of a real Ethernet card, e.g. "eth0". It also requires the "sheep_net"
- driver to be installed and accessible. This approach will allow you
- to run all networking protocols under MacOS (TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPX
- etc.) but there is no connection between Linux networking and MacOS
- networking. MacOS will only be able to talk to other machines on
- the Ethernet, but not to other networks that your Linux box routes
- (e.g. a second Ethernet or a PPP connection to the Internet).
-
- 2. Putting Basilisk II on a virtual Ethernet via the "ethertap" device.
- In this case, the "ethernet card description" must be the name
- of an ethertap interface, e.g. "tap0". It also requires that you
- configure your kernel to enable routing and the ethertap device:
- under "Networking options", enable "Kernel/User netlink socket" and
- "Netlink device emulation", under "Network device support", activate
- "Ethertap network tap". You also have to modify drivers/net/ethertap.c
- a bit before compiling the new kernel:
-
- - insert "#define CONFIG_ETHERTAP_MC 1" near the top (after the
- #include lines)
- - comment out the line "dev->flags|=IFF_NOARP;" in ethertap_probe()
-
- Next, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ethertap.txt for
- information on how to set up /dev/tap* device nodes and activate the
- ethertap interface. Under MacOS, select an IP address that is on the
- virtual network and set the default gateway to the IP address of the
- ethertap interface. This approach will let you access all networks
- that your Linux box has access to (especially, if your Linux box has
- a dial-up Internet connection and is configured for IP masquerading,
- you can access the Internet from MacOS). The drawback is that you
- can only use network protocols that Linux can route, so you have to
- install and configure netatalk if you want to use AppleTalk. Here is
- an example /etc/atalk/atalkd.conf for a LAN:
-
- eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 1 -addr 1.47 -zone "Ethernet"
- tap0 -seed -phase 2 -net 2 -addr 2.47 -zone "Basilisknet"
-
- (the "47" is an arbitrary node number). This will set up a zone
- "Ethernet" (net 1) for the Ethernet and a zone "Basilisknet" (net 2)
- for the internal network connection of the ethertap interface.
- MacOS should automatically recognize the nets and zones upon startup.
- If you are in an existing AppleTalk network, you should contact
- your network administrator about the nets and zones you can use
- (instead of the ones given in the example above).
-
- FreeBSD:
- The "ethertap" method described above also works under FreeBSD, but since
- no-one has found the time to write a section for this manual, you're on
- your own here...
-
- AmigaOS:
- You have to specify the name of the SANA-II Ethernet device and the device
- unit as "<device name>/<unit>" (e.g. "ariadne.device/0"). If the given
- device is not a SANA-II device, Basilisk II will crash. If the device is
- not an Ethernet device, Basilisk II will display a warning message and
- disable Ethernet networking.
-
- rom <ROM file path>
-
- This item specifies the file name of the Mac ROM file to be used by
- Basilisk II. If no "rom" line is given, the ROM file has to be named
- "ROM" and put in the same directory as the Basilisk II executable.
-
- bootdrive <drive number>
-
- Specify MacOS drive number of boot volume. "0" (the default) means
- "boot from first bootable volume".
-
- bootdriver <driver number>
-
- Specify MacOS driver number of boot volume. "0" (the default) means
- "boot from first bootable volume". Use "-62" to boot from CD-ROM.
-
- ramsize <bytes>
-
- Allocate "bytes" bytes of RAM for MacOS system and application memory.
- The value given will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 1MB.
- If you are using a Mac Classic ROM, the maximum available value is 4MB
- and higher values will be ignored. The default is 8MB.
-
- frameskip <frames to skip>
-
- For refreshed graphics modes (usually window modes), this specifies
- how many frames to skip after drawing one frame. Higher values make
- the video display more responsive but require more processing power.
- The default is "8". Under Unix/X11, a value of "0" selects a "dynamic"
- update mode that cuts the display into rectangles and updates each
- rectangle individually, depending on display changes.
-
- modelid <MacOS model ID>
-
- Specifies the Model ID that Basilisk II should report to MacOS.
- The default is "5" which corresponds to a Mac IIci. If you want to
- run MacOS 8, you have to set this to "14" (Quadra 900). Other values
- are not officially supported and may result in crashes. MacOS versions
- earlier than 7.5 may only run with the Model ID set to "5". If you are
- using a Mac Classic ROM, the model is always "Mac Classic" and this
- setting is ignored.
-
- nosound <"true" or "false">
-
- Set this to "true" to disable all sound output. This is useful if the
- sound takes too much CPU time on your machine or to get rid of warning
- messages if Basilisk II can't use your audio hardware.
-
- nocdrom <"true" or "false">
-
- Set this to "true" to disable Basilisk's built-in CD-ROM driver.
- The only reason to do this is if you want to use a third-party CD-ROM
- driver that uses the SCSI Manager. The default is "false".
-
- nogui <"true" or "false">
-
- Set this to "true" to disable the GUI preferences editor and GUI
- error alerts. All errors will then be reported to stdout. The default
- is "false".
-
- For additional information, consult the source.
-
-
- System-specific configuration
- -----------------------------
-
- Unix:
-
- keycodes <"true" or "false">
- keycodefile <keycodes file path>
-
- By default, the X11 event handler in Basilisk II uses KeySyms to
- translate keyboard event to Mac keycodes. While this method is very
- compatible and ought to work with all X servers, it only works well
- if your keyboard has a US layout. If you set "keycodes" to "true",
- Basilisk II will use raw keycodes instead of KeySyms. The keycode
- depends only on the physical location of a key on the keyboard and
- not on the selected keymap. Unfortunately it depends on the X server
- being used and possibly also on the type of keyboard attached. So
- Basilisk II needs a table to translate X keycodes to Mac keycodes.
- This table is read by default from /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
- unless you specify a different file with the "keycodefile" item.
- A sample keycode file is included with Basilisk II.
-
- fbdevicefile <fbdevices file path>
-
- This option specifies the file that contains frame buffer device
- specifications for the fbdev-DGA video mode (when Basilisk II was
- configured with --enable-fbdev-dga). The default location of the file
- is /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices. A sample file is included
- with Basilisk II.
-
- mousewheelmode <mode>
-
- If you have a mouse with a wheel, this option specifies whether moving
- the wheel will be reported to the MacOS as "Page up/down" (mode 0) or
- "Cursor up/down" (mode 1) keys.
-
- mousewheellines <number of lines>
-
- If "mousewheelmode" is set to mode 1 (Cursor up/down), this option sets
- the number of key events sent to MacOS for each wheel movement (the
- number of lines to scroll).
-
- AmigaOS:
-
- sound <sound output description>
-
- This item specifies what method to use for sound output. The only choice
- is currently AHI, but you can specify the AHI mode ID to be used. The
- "sound output description" looks like this:
-
- ahi/<hexadecimal mode ID>
-
- scsimemtype <type>
-
- This item controls the type of memory to use for SCSI buffers. Possible
- values are:
- 0 Chip memory
- 1 24-bit DMA capable memory
- 2 Any memory
-
- Be warned that many SCSI host adapters will not work with the "Any memory"
- setting. Basilisk II has no way of knowing which memory type is supported
- by the host adapter and setting an unsupported type will result in data
- corruption.
-
- Windows:
-
- noscsi <"true" or "false">
-
- Completely disables SCSI Manager support when set to "true".
- Note that currently all SCSI operations are executed synchronously,
- even if Mac application has requested asynchronous operation. What this
- means is that the control is not returned to the application until the
- command is completely finished. Normally this is not an issue, but when a
- CDR/CDRW is closed or erased the burner program typically wants to wait in
- some progress dialog The result may be that the application reports a
- time-out error, but the operation completes all right anyway.
-
- nofloppyboot <"true" or "false">
-
- Set this to "true" to disable booting from a floppy.
-
- replacescsi <"Vendor1"> <"Model1"> <"Vendor2"> <"Model2">
-
- This command tricks the Mac to believe that you have a SCSI device Model2
- from vendor Vendor2, although your real hardware is Model1 from Vendor1.
- This is very useful since many devices have almost identical ATAPI and SCSI
- versions of their hardware, and MacOS applications usually support the SCSI
- version only. The example below is typical:
-
- replacescsi "HP" "CD-Writer+ 7100" "PHILIPS" "CDD3600"
-
- Note the use of quotes.
-
- rightmouse <0/1>
-
- Defines what the right mouse button is used for. The default values of 0
- means that it is used to move windowed mode BasiliskII screen.
- Value 1 sends a combination Control and mouse click to the MacOS.
- This may be useful under OS versions 8 and above.
-
- keyboardfile <path>
-
- Defines the path of the customized keyboard code file.
-
- pollmedia <"true" or "false">
-
- If true (default), tries to automatically detect new media.
- Applies to all "floppy", "cd" or "disk" removable media except
- 1.44 MB floppies. May cause modest slow down. If unchecked,
- use Ctrl-Shift-F11 to manually mount new media.
- If you have auto-insert notification (AIN) enabled, you may turn this
- option off. Note that some CD related software require AIN,
- and some other need it to be turned off. Consult the documentation
- of your CD software to learn which one is optimal for you.
-
- framesleepticks <milliseconds>
-
- The amount of time between video frames.
-
- showfps <true/false>
-
- If true, the real frame rate is displayed.
-
- stickymenu <true/false>
-
- If true, the main menu bar is kept open even after the mouse button is released,
- 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.
- Default is "true".
-
- ntdx5hack <"true" or "false">
-
- 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.
-
-
- Usage
- -----
-
- Quitting:
- 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).
-
- Suspending:
- 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.
-
- Keyboard:
- On PC-style keyboards, "Alt" is the Mac "Command" key, while the "Windows"
- key is the Mac "Option" key.
-
- Floppy:
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
-
- Contributions by (in alphabetical order):
- - Orlando Bassotto <future@powercube.mediabit.net>: FreeBSD support
- - Gwenole Beauchesne <gb@dial.oleane.com>: SPARC assembly optimizations and
- fbdev video code
- - Marc Chabanas <Marc.Chabanas@france.sun.com>: Solaris sound support
- - Marc Hellwig <Marc.Hellwig@uni-mainz.de>: audio output, BeOS video code
- and networking
- - Bill Huey <billh@mag.ucsd.edu>: 15/16 bit DGA and 15/16/32 bit X11
- window support
- - Brian J. Johnson <bjohnson@sgi.com>: IRIX support
- - Jürgen Lachmann <juergen_lachmann@t-online.de>: AmigaOS CyberGraphX support
- - Samuel Lander <blair_sp@hotmail.com>: tile-based window refresh code
- - David Lawrence <davidl@jlab.org>: incremental window refresh code
- - Lauri Pesonen <lpesonen@nic.fi>: Windows NT port
- - Bernd Schmidt <crux@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>: UAE 68k emulation
- - 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
-
-
- 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>
-