BasiliskII for Windows

[emendelson]

Unfortunately, I can't update MSYS32 because the server reports that the PGP key is "unknown". I hope that's a temporary problem, and will try again later. Sigh!

EDIT: The solution to that problem is here:

https://www.msys2.org/news/#2020-06-29-new-packagers

It would have been nice if the installer had been updated since last 29 June, but at least this works. Now to try building...

[emendelson]

Another point: I hope you'll consider adding a link to the fix that I described in the preceding post. The instructions in the wiki won't work for a new installation unless that fix is applied. Maybe this will be sorted out in the next version of the installer, but until then, the fix is necessary.

[Cat_7]

Done. I ran into this as well when that change was made.

It is always a trade-off between taking the user by the hand and not taking responsibility for something outside our "domain"

Best,
Cat_7

[DavidDraper]

Hi,

I have been trying to get Basilisk II running on my x64 Windows 10 Home PC. I still had a bunch of old Mac game CDs from way back when and wanted to see if I could get any of them to run. But I've run into trouble; basically, whenever I launch the program, the start up chime plays and I get a blank grey screen in the BasiliskII and that is all. I am not sure if I need a different ROM file, Boot image, or a setting in the preferences or setup, etc. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,

David

[Cat_7]

Hi,

Which OS are you trying to install? And which rom are you using?
Can you copy the contents of your BasiliskII_prefs file in your answer?

Best,
Cat_7

[DavidDraper]

Hi Cat_7,

I am trying to use a Mac OS 8.0 CD; I am using a Quadra 900 ROM. Here is the contents of the preference file:

displaycolordepth 0
disk C:\Users\gdavi\Desktop\Basilisk II New\Hard Drive
cdrom D:\
extfs
screen win/800/600
seriala COM1
serialb COM2
udptunnel false
udpport 6066
rom C:\Users\gdavi\Desktop\Basilisk II New\MAC OS ROM
bootdrive 0
bootdriver 0
ramsize 67108864
frameskip 1
modelid 14
cpu 4
fpu true
nocdrom false
nosound false
noclipconversion false
nogui false
jit false
jitfpu true
jitdebug false
jitcachesize 8192
jitlazyflush true
jitinline true
keyboardtype 5
keycodes false
mousewheelmode 1
mousewheellines 3
hotkey 0
scale_nearest false
scale_integer false
yearofs 0
dayofs 0
mag_rate 0
swap_opt_cmd true
ignoresegv true
keycodes false
mousewheelmode 1
mousewheellines 3
idlewait true
enableextfs true
debugextfs false
extdrives CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
pollmedia true
etherpermanentaddress true
ethermulticastmode 0
routerenabled false
ftp_port_list 21
portfile0 C:\B2TEMP0.OUT
portfile1 C:\B2TEMP1.OUT

[Cat_7]

Hi,

I gather you do not yet have installed Mac OS 8 and are trying to boot from the real CD.
The Quadra 900 rom you are using will not boot the CD to the desktop, please find a Quadra 650 rom which will. If you want, you can later on change the rom. But note the 650 rom seems to work best.

That should do it....

Best,
Cat_7

[DavidDraper]

That did it! Thanks!

David

[Cat_7]

A new build has been linked to in the first post in this thread.
-a new pref item "title" allows setting the name of the Basilisk window.

Best,
Cat_7

[Cat_7]

A new build has been posted in the first post.

Best,
Cat_7

[Cat_7]

Another new build has been linked in the first post.

Best,
Cat_7

[chiacchiakb@gmail.com]

Having a similar problem -- gray screen on startup, doesn't load the OS 8.1 iso file. Similar system, Windows 10 on a 64k machine, but not trying to load from a CD. (To provide a little more information on my particular setup, Basilisk II had been working fine for years, then suddenly couldn't find the ROM image. A version of that I'd saved on a thumb drive wouldn't work either, so I acquired a new one and am starting from scratch. Also, I vaguely recall from last time not being able to use the most recent Basilisk II but had to download an older version to get it to work. Can't find a reference to that in the downloads page now, though.) Here's my preferences file content:

displaycolordepth 0
disk C:\Program Files\BasiliskII\install
disk C:\Program Files\BasiliskII\system\MacOS8_1.iso
extfs
screen win/800/600
seriala COM1
serialb COM2
udptunnel false
udpport 6066
rom C:\Program Files\BasiliskII\1991-10 - 420DBFF3 - Quadra 700&900 & PB140&170.ROM
bootdrive 0
bootdriver 0
ramsize 67108864
frameskip 1
modelid 14
cpu 4
fpu true
nocdrom false
nosound false
noclipconversion false
nogui false
jit false
jitfpu true
jitdebug false
jitcachesize 8192
jitlazyflush true
jitinline true
keyboardtype 5
keycodes false
mousewheelmode 1
mousewheellines 3
hotkey 0
scale_nearest false
scale_integer false
yearofs 0
dayofs 0
mag_rate 0
swap_opt_cmd true
ignoresegv true
sound_buffer 0
keycodes false
mousewheelmode 1
mousewheellines 3
idlewait true
enableextfs true
debugextfs false
extdrives CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
pollmedia true
etherpermanentaddress true
ethermulticastmode 0
routerenabled false
ftp_port_list 21
portfile0 C:\B2TEMP0.OUT
portfile1 C:\B2TEMP1.OUT

[chiacchiakb@gmail.com]

Further information: Using my old version of Basilisk II (from 1/15/10), I got a little further but encountered a new problem: An error message on startup saying "The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media, not if copied to another drive." Do I need a different boot disk file, or is it the ROM file?

[Ronald P. Regensburg]

The installation disk image file needs to be made read-only in order to convince the installer that it is on the original read-only CD media. Right-click the image file and set it to “read only” in the “properties” menu.

[Cat_7]

If the grey image is still an issue, did you try the rom I suggested some posts above?

Best,
Cat_7

[chiacchiakb@gmail.com]

Ronald: I had made the file "read only," so that wasn't the problem.

Cat7 -- were you referring to the Quadra 650 ROM? That had the same "The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media, not if copied to another drive" issue when using the old versions, and the gray screen when using the new ones.

In the event, I did manage to get it to work by titrating the version of Basilisk II against a ROM file I had saved on a computer in which it was working. Don't know why the other ROM files were throwing that error, but in any case the old ROM file worked when I used the 05_03_2013 version of Basilisk II. Go figure.

[chiacchiakb@gmail.com]

Weirdly, the "My computer" folder still had the software I'd installed previously. Not sure how I did that one ...

Anyway, thanks all!