NON QWERTY Keyboards under Basilisk II
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:37 am
Ok. I saw my Macinstosh back after 20 long years... on my Windows 7 tower.
Last time I had played with Basilisk II was i Believe in 1995 on Windows ... 95.
Install went perfectly and it runs nice with no mouse lag and in full screen!
As "Amewicans" would say: Awesome!
Went from 7.1 to 7.5
Following this great page: http://emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii_setup
My now momified Powerbook (hard disk dead) did not even have 7.5. Was still 7.1
I have some observations (not critics). Maybe some of you have answers for.
1) I'm European and here we use different keyboards.
Yep we need those for all our silly accents and umlauts we put everywhere
My defunct Powerbook (I still have it) has a Azerty keyboard. Not a Qwerty.
We don't use WASD keys.
They are not in same place so we must redefine those keys in any Anglo-saxon game.
I found out when typing my first URL in iCab 2.99 webrowser.
Went mad at finding Qwerty characters in a AZERTY keyboard just to type a simple URL.
Question: Is there a way to map a Azerty keyboard somewhere in Mac utilities?
Forgot if case as my Powerbook came with AZERTY BE from shop back in 1991.
2) I see many pics where the screen background (the "dekstop") has color. Mine is grey.
And stays grey even after setting colors in Basilisk II GUI.
Question: How did you get your color backgrounds? I'm jealous.
3) I tried to install Netscape Version 4.08.
Got a message I needed to be on 7.6.1 (which is not available for download).
And yes I did first install CFM-68K Runtime Enabler. Or maybe I did it wrong?
Question: Can you recommend another browser than iCab? No old Firefox for this?
That's it for the moment. I may try some games later. Now I stare at my emulated Mac screen.
And mutter to myself...
'Hello Buddy Mac. Where have you been all this time I had to suffer Gates?"
Last time I had played with Basilisk II was i Believe in 1995 on Windows ... 95.
Install went perfectly and it runs nice with no mouse lag and in full screen!
As "Amewicans" would say: Awesome!
Went from 7.1 to 7.5
Following this great page: http://emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii_setup
My now momified Powerbook (hard disk dead) did not even have 7.5. Was still 7.1
I have some observations (not critics). Maybe some of you have answers for.
1) I'm European and here we use different keyboards.
Yep we need those for all our silly accents and umlauts we put everywhere
My defunct Powerbook (I still have it) has a Azerty keyboard. Not a Qwerty.
We don't use WASD keys.
They are not in same place so we must redefine those keys in any Anglo-saxon game.
I found out when typing my first URL in iCab 2.99 webrowser.
Went mad at finding Qwerty characters in a AZERTY keyboard just to type a simple URL.
Question: Is there a way to map a Azerty keyboard somewhere in Mac utilities?
Forgot if case as my Powerbook came with AZERTY BE from shop back in 1991.
2) I see many pics where the screen background (the "dekstop") has color. Mine is grey.
And stays grey even after setting colors in Basilisk II GUI.
Question: How did you get your color backgrounds? I'm jealous.
3) I tried to install Netscape Version 4.08.
Got a message I needed to be on 7.6.1 (which is not available for download).
And yes I did first install CFM-68K Runtime Enabler. Or maybe I did it wrong?
Question: Can you recommend another browser than iCab? No old Firefox for this?
That's it for the moment. I may try some games later. Now I stare at my emulated Mac screen.
And mutter to myself...
'Hello Buddy Mac. Where have you been all this time I had to suffer Gates?"