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11. Neuer 68k-Macintosh-Emulator von Christian Bauer

Christian Bauer, der Autor von Shapeshifter, hat einen freien 68k- Macintosh-Emulator für verschiedene Plattformen entwickelt. Erste Alpha- Versionen lassen sich auf http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html herunterladen.

Hier die Features des Programms:

»What is Basilisk II?

Basilisk II is an attempt at creating a free, portable 68k Mac emulator. It is currently in alpha stage and not completely finished. Basilisk II requires a copy of a 512K or 1MB Mac ROM and a copy of MacOS 7.x or 8.x to run. Basilisk II is freeware and distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Some features of Basilisk II

• Runs MacOS 7.x and 8.x (7.0 not recommended)


• Color video


• Floppy disk driver (only 1.44MB disks supported)


• Driver for HFS partitions and hardfiles


• CD-ROM driver with basic audio functions


• Ethernet driver


• Serial drivers


• SCSI Manager (old-style) emulation


• Emulates extended ADB keyboard and 3-button mouse


• Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS) real 68k processor

Available ports

Basilisk II has been ported to the following systems:

• BeOS R4 (PowerPC and x86)


• Unix with X11 (tested under Linux)


• AmigaOS 3.x


• Windows NT 4.0 (mostly works under Windows 96/98, too)

Christian Bauer (Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de)«