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    Macintosh (Basilisk II) 8-bit Color

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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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      @edmaul69

      Nothing else has been added. Will Basilisk launch for you without changing the color depth?

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
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        Check your dispmanx settings for that emulator.

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        • edmaul69E
          edmaul69 @BuZz
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          @BuZz when i turn dispmanx on just now all i get is a black screen. Cannot exit blindly either

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          • edmaul69E
            edmaul69 @BuZz
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            @BuZz i also havent updated linux kernel since either 4.0 or 4.01 because i use the northwest controller fix and was too lazy to do that again if that matters any.

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators @edmaul69
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              @edmaul69 it might help - at least to match your set-up against @mediamogul's

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69 @BuZz
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                @BuZz i will do it then.

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator
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                  I'm going out for the night, but I do have something to add to this before I leave. I've noticed that one in several instances of launching Basilisk II with an 8-bit color depth leads to a black screen on my setup as well. Once I noticed it, I continued to cycle through launches, trying to estimate how often this happened. While admittedly not scientific, I'd say that I get a black screen about one out of ten or so launches. Could this be the outside script not launching in time on a few occasions? I'm certainly not qualified to say, but I thought it was worth noting.

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @mediamogul
                    last edited by edmaul69

                    @mediamogul so a couple questions, is dispmanx supposed to be on or off? What are your runcommand options on boot? Are you using a buffer size or a specific display size?

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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                      last edited by mediamogul

                      @edmaul69 said in Macintosh (Basilisk II) 8-bit Color:

                      is dispmanx supposed to be on or off?

                      I have mine turned on.

                      What are your runcommand options on boot? Are you using a buffer size or a specific display size?

                      Nothing was changed for any of these. Basically, after I got a working disk image on my desktop computer last May, I transferred it and the ROM, as well as the configuration file over to the Pi. It remained that way until I tried changing the color depth a few days ago.

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @mediamogul
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                        @mediamogul if i turn it on i cant boot in 16+ bit. I will switch to b&w and turn it on then try to switch to 256 color

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                        • edmaul69E
                          edmaul69 @mediamogul
                          last edited by edmaul69

                          @mediamogul ok so i got it to work. To go back to 32bit do i need to turn dispmanx off again?

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                          • edmaul69E
                            edmaul69 @mediamogul
                            last edited by edmaul69

                            @mediamogul how do i get out of full screen? Im in doom and i chose to use my mouse. And now i dont know how to get the menu bar back

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                            • mediamogulM
                              mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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                              @edmaul69

                              I don't remember the OS UI being directly available in any of the Doom ports, but I may be wrong. In Basilisk, alt=cmd and the windows key is option, so outside of pulling up the Doom menu itself, you might be limited to only alt+q to quit out of the game.

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                              • edmaul69E
                                edmaul69 @mediamogul
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                                @mediamogul good to know. The menu bar gives you sound options and choice to use mouse, etc.. So i cant seem to get 32 bit to work with dispmanx on so booting into os8 after having runcommand-onend say 32, if i try to go in the next time automatic black screen and i have to reboot. So i changed runcommand-onend to 8 bit and i am running great in 256 color mode. I still have the occasional crash as you mentioned but im up and running in 256. I am going to have to play around some more to see if i can get 32 bit to work on dispmanx on.

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                                • mediamogulM
                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                                  last edited by mediamogul

                                  @edmaul69

                                  im up and running in 256.

                                  Nice!

                                  I am going to have to play around some more to see if i can get 32 bit to work on dispmanx on.

                                  The main obstacle seems to be switching back and forth from within the emulated MacOS. I'm considering setting up a separate 1GB OS8 image already set to thousands of colors for games that need it. However, I might not bother, as most of the games I'm interested in playing only run in 256 colors anyway.

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                                  • edmaul69E
                                    edmaul69 @mediamogul
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                                    @mediamogul can you provide a small list of hi res games. Everything i have is capable of 256 colors. So for now staying in 256 is ok with me. Just curious of what games required it.

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                                    • mediamogulM
                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                                      last edited by mediamogul

                                      @edmaul69 said in Macintosh (Basilisk II) 8-bit Color:

                                      can you provide a small list of hi res games.

                                      To be honest, I can't really think of any myself. However, it's a safe bet that more and more games released past the mid 90s started to require or at least could make use of the higher color range.

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                                      • edmaul69E
                                        edmaul69 @mediamogul
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                                        @mediamogul yeah i have a couple that work on it. Erics ultimate solitaire actually makes use of it with the wallpapers. They are scaled down when in 8bit mode

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                                        • edmaul69E
                                          edmaul69
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                                          Well this emulator and erics ultimate solitaire has just proven i am one pathetic loser thats got no game!! :(

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                                          • mediamogulM
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                                            last edited by

                                            @edmaul69

                                            Wow, that actually sparks a memory. I used to play this particular version of solitaire quite a bit back in the day. If I'm not mistaken, I got my copy off of a MacAddict Disc.

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