BasiliskII for Windows

[Sebiohazard]

Goodnight all !

When I discovered this forum a few years ago, I downloaded here a version of Basilisk for Windows with lots of utilities as well as the ROM for the functioning of the emulator.

Unfortunately I can't find it anymore... I think it was the 2010 version...
I assume you removed it because of the ROM ? I would like to know where I can download this ROM? What is it called what is its size & its MD5 ?

Thanks best regards !

[Cat_7]

Hi,

Good morning over here
I removed the old downloads due to excessive hits on the download site.

If you ran the 2010 version, be sure to read our guide on the newer builds: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii_setup
It also provides a hint to where to download a suitable rom file.

Best,
Cat_7

[Sebiohazard]

Hello thank you for your answer

I found a pack of ROMs on the net but there are so many of them of all sizes that I am lost... there are even two packs... an old & a new world... if I had the MD5 of the necessary ROM would be easier

Thanks !

[Ronald P. Regensburg]

Cat_7 suggested to read our BasiliskII setup guide. From that guide:
"Search for the redundant robot sheepshaver tutorial site and download the performa rom."

[Sebiohazard]

OK thanks I found the ROM

On the other hand the version of Basilisk with the sound at startup has also disappeared ?

Thanks !

[Cat_7]

All recent builds support the startup sound option found in that old build.

Best,
Cat_7

[Sebiohazard]

Alright how do we do it now ? I placed sun son in .wav format at the root of the executable by renaming it " boing.wav " but it doesn't work ?

[Cat_7]

Rename the file to startup.wav

Best,
Cat_7

[Sebiohazard]

Excellent the sound works

For those interested the MD5 of the ROM I use for Basilisk is: af343f3f1362bf29cefd630687efaa25

[Initialise_Disk]

How can I tranfer files to my 7.1 install? Apparently the "My Computer" folder just doesn't show up if I'm running anything earlier than System 7.5.3.

[adespoton]

How can I tranfer files to my 7.1 install? Apparently the "My Computer" folder just doesn't show up if I'm running anything earlier than System 7.5.3.

Answered in viewtopic.php?p=76157#p76157

[Initialise_Disk]

How can I install on my emulated hard drive? If I list it as drive it just asks me to initialise it.

[adespoton]

Do it from a 7.5.3 install? Or if you've got OpenTransport installed, you could download it directly. Or, stick it on a disk image BII will mount. I seem to recall I stuck one on MG specifically for that purpose, but I haven't been able to locate it with a quick search. Or, you can use HFV Explorer.

[Cat_7]

I've uploaded a new Basilisk build. The build should be considered experimental
It supports drag and drop of disk images onto the Basilisk window to mount images of CDs, HDs, and floppies. They show up as read-only CDs. See the first post in this thread.
Note that this does not improve on the types of images Basilisk can read.

Best,
Cat_7

[S6Bow]

I live in Japan.
When we mount a Windows drive with BasiliskII and access a Windows file, the time stamp of the file advances by about 14 hours.
This is a problem with the normal Windows drive mounting functionality.
In addition, the region of MacOS time on BasiliskII is Tokyo, Japan.

[adespoton]

I live in Japan.
When we mount a Windows drive with BasiliskII and access a Windows file, the time stamp of the file advances by about 14 hours.
This is a problem with the normal Windows drive mounting functionality.
In addition, the region of MacOS time on BasiliskII is Tokyo, Japan.

This seems like a time zone issue that should really be affecting everyone, due to the difference between Classic Mac and Windows timestamp formatting. Japan would probably notice it more than others, since the difference would be larger.

Anyone have time to dig into the code to investigate this part of the shared folder experience?

I presume this is specifically about the shared folder (My Computer), and not about mounting a DOS disk image read/write? And Windows-specific (I don't recall seeing this issue on macOS or Linux)?

[psh]

Hi, i want to ask one thing (idk if this is the right place to post it) but if i want to connect to a irc, how i do it?

[adespoton]

Hi, i want to ask one thing (idk if this is the right place to post it) but if i want to connect to a irc, how i do it?

If you want to connect to an IRC server from within Basilisk II for Windows?

You should just be able to run a Mac OS IRC client.

I'd check out the Recommended Clients (IRC) section of https://macintoshgarden.org/forum/offic ... assic-macs - it also provides links to instructions for how to set things up with various IRC servers.

[jimpqfly]

I just installed Basilisk. Took me a whole hour to find out it was unable to use 256kB ROM like Mac SE... Could be good to have a README.TXT about this, somewhere, or a clear warning?
Now, I'm using IIci ROM (512), but I'm struggling to add a Shared folder as Basilisk doesn't mount any of my local folders...
Not very easy...

[Cat_7]

Hi,

We do have an extensive guide including a suggestion which rom to use when running Basilisk. Not all roms support all of Basilisk's features.
https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii_setup

Best,
Cat_7

[adespoton]

I just installed Basilisk. Took me a whole hour to find out it was unable to use 256kB ROM like Mac SE... Could be good to have a README.TXT about this, somewhere, or a clear warning?
Now, I'm using IIci ROM (512), but I'm struggling to add a Shared folder as Basilisk doesn't mount any of my local folders...
Not very easy...

Beyond Cat_7's link to the exhaustive setup instructions which would have helped you avoid the issues you've experienced, there's a few other helpful things to note:

• Mini vMac, Basilisk II and SheepShaver all emulate very specific computers. BII and SS can pretend to emulate other hardware, and can emulate some bits that the original hardware didn't, but not everything.
  • To emulate a Mac SE, you'd be best off getting a custom Mac SE build of Mini vMac, which fully emulates the Mac SE. There's no SE build available pre-compiled; you can build it yourself or use the variations service here: https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/beta.html -- note that Paul's been missing for a few years, but appears to have fully automated his build bot, so the variations service still works.

• Basilisk II source code has the ability to build a 24-bit target, but this is disabled in the official builds.

• Shared Folder support depends on the OS you're running having the File System Manager installed. From System 7.5.2 onwards, this is built-in to the OS, but for earlier OS versions, you'll need https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/file-system-manager-12.

• emaculation.com and all of us who hang out here didn't write Basilisk II or the other emulators referenced on this website. One of the moderators provides builds for people to use, a few people who hack at the source code monitor the forums here, and a few people here try and keep the Wiki documentation up to date to make things easier for those trying to use the emulators. If you find things that are missing in the documentation or could be improved, feel free to suggest improvements

• You may be interested in my compatibility matrices:
  Apple ROM compatibility: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Dk7QDyKPY/
  Mac Emulator matrix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 2nWC9_t2w/

[Cat_7]

The latest build available in the first post fixes an issue with the mouse in the Apeiron game.

Best,
Cat_7

[S6Bow]

I live in Japan.
When we mount a Windows drive with BasiliskII and access a Windows file, the time stamp of the file advances by about 14 hours.
This is a problem with the normal Windows drive mounting functionality.
In addition, the region of MacOS time on BasiliskII is Tokyo, Japan.

BasiliskII was updated to (17-12-2023), but the problem with the timestamps being off by 14 hours on Windows drives was not fixed.

[adespoton]

I live in Japan.
When we mount a Windows drive with BasiliskII and access a Windows file, the time stamp of the file advances by about 14 hours.
This is a problem with the normal Windows drive mounting functionality.
In addition, the region of MacOS time on BasiliskII is Tokyo, Japan.

BasiliskII was updated to (17-12-2023), but the problem with the timestamps being off by 14 hours on Windows drives was not fixed.

See my comment above -- this isn't just a Japan issue; it's a shared folders logic issue (because time zones are handled differently on classic Mac OS and modern Windows). If you've got any spare time to look through the shared folder source code and find what needs to be updated, it's possible someone comfortable with that code could add in the required function to check the time stamp difference and adjust for it.

[raytoei]

Hi, Cat 7,

i am a happy new user of Basilisk ii, one question i have is whether there are binaries to run 6.0.8 the reason is that i am trying to run Balance of Power and excel but they crash under 7.5. Mac os and Basilisk wont boot the original disks that came with the games.

btw, i read your guide it mentions only 7 to 8x Mac os?

thanks