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Macintosh (Basilisk II) 8-bit Color

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    edmaul69 @edmaul69
    last edited by edmaul69 31 Jan 2017, 02:27

    @edmaul69 i got it working. Had to uninstall and reinstall basilisk and use a new image.

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      mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
      last edited by 31 Jan 2017, 03:06

      @edmaul69

      Sweet deal. You still on 8.1 or did you move down to 8.0?

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        edmaul69 @mediamogul
        last edited by edmaul69 31 Jan 2017, 04:31

        @mediamogul im on 8.1. I had to replace the image to fix the cd drive issue but had to reinstall basilisk to fix another issue. When i put a new image on it would load just fine if i didnt give 777 permissions but when you do anything like change video it wouldnt save. (Even 0775 wont save settings) If i gave the files 777 permissions it would load all the way to the main screen but never load any of the desktop icons and you couldnt click on anything. So i am not sure what went wrong with the emulator.

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          edmaul69 @mediamogul
          last edited by 31 Jan 2017, 23:07

          @mediamogul its official i just beat my low score!! :( man i am glad i had solitaire on windows...

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            mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
            last edited by 31 Jan 2017, 23:21

            @edmaul69

            Funny stuff. You may be onto something here in highlighting your failed solitaire attempts. It could take off and become the biggest form of ironic entertainment since Garfield minus Garfield.

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              edmaul69 @mediamogul
              last edited by 1 Feb 2017, 07:31

              @mediamogul im not sure if you have tried using 32bit but for me i go in an out of basilisk a lot and 3 times it has trashed my img file. Running in 16bit no problems whatsoever yet.

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                mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                last edited by 1 Feb 2017, 07:42

                @edmaul69

                I've been staying with 8-bit while I try to beat 'Prince of Persia 2'.

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                  edmaul69 @mediamogul
                  last edited by 1 Feb 2017, 08:38

                  @mediamogul i am on 16 bit at the moment because most of the time when i exit 8 bit and try to go back in it is a black screen and i have to reset the machine to go back in. Even if i do a reset immedietly after exit. So it only works every other time. And right now i am playing solitaire, tetris and minesweeper pro. So nothing that needs 256 color. I will get to prince of persia 2 soon. Beat the first one on the xbox live arcade. The mac version obviously isnt anywhere graphically as good as the xbox live arcade version but man the colors really pop for being 256 colors. So easy on the eyes. The second looks good too.

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                    mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                    last edited by 1 Feb 2017, 14:38

                    @edmaul69

                    About a month ago, I played and beat the original Apple ][ version of PoP1. I can remember seeing it for the first time and being amazed by that fluid animation. The SNES version is often touted as being the definitive version, but I wanted to say that I've beaten the original. I can't think of another game, besides possibly the original 'Double Dragon' that has been ported so many times. PoP2 didn't get anywhere near as many ports, with most having vastly inferior graphics and many omitted levels, making the MacOS the best by default. It's really tough though.

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                      edmaul69 @mediamogul
                      last edited by edmaul69 13 Feb 2017, 02:57

                      @mediamogul question for you, why is your modelid set to 14. according to apples website there is no such number and the quadra 900's model id is 20 on their site

                      https://support.apple.com/kb/TA47453?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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                        mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                        last edited by 13 Feb 2017, 05:00

                        @edmaul69

                        I set everything up through a GUI on my Mac. If memory serves, I believe I just selected the Quadra 900 from a pull down menu and the model ID was set from there. Have you noticed any improvements by setting it to 20?

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                          edmaul69 @mediamogul
                          last edited by 13 Feb 2017, 06:31

                          @mediamogul i only got as far as verifying it booted. I stumbled across the info while setting up a second basilisk running everything like a mac plus since mini vmac cuts off the sides on non widescreen tv's. :( hopefully it gets fixed at some point.

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                            mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                            last edited by 17 Feb 2017, 03:39

                            @edmaul69

                            I thought you'd find it funny to hear I got Basilisk II online with MacOS 8.1. I just got through browsing the web with Netscape Navigator 3.1. Back in the day, I used to use an early graphical chat program called 'The Palace' that is apparently still operational, so I may also give it a go sometime out of nostalgia. Other than that, I can't think of too many uses for this. Still, if your interested in surfing the web like it's 1995, just add ether slirpto your basiliskii.cfg file, then open the TCP/IP control panel in the emulated Mac and set it to DHCP.

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                              edmaul69 @mediamogul
                              last edited by 17 Feb 2017, 05:22

                              @mediamogul that is awesome to know! Im not at a location where i can use an ethernet but in a week i move back to colorado 3000 miles away so i might be able to test this there.

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                                edmaul69 @mediamogul
                                last edited by edmaul69 17 Feb 2017, 05:50

                                @mediamogul im also hoping to find out how to get internet working in windows 3.11. I would love to play around with both os' online. Im curious how well they both work and compare them. My luck i will catch a virus.... :) i am aware there are definitely limitations of what i can do. I have internet explorer 3.0 already installed on mac os8.1. So i will have to try that out too.

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                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                                  last edited by 17 Feb 2017, 07:44

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

                                  Im not at a location where i can use an ethernet

                                  WiFi will work too if it's available and you're looking to give it a go. Of course the emulated Mac will still think it's Ethernet.

                                  RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                    edmaul69 @mediamogul
                                    last edited by edmaul69 17 Feb 2017, 07:58

                                    @mediamogul nm. I have it working. Just need to find a site that works.

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                                      edmaul69
                                      last edited by 17 Feb 2017, 08:36

                                      Bbs corner was a site i could get to load. Internet explorer 3.1 works better than netscape 3.1 though.

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                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                                        last edited by mediamogul 17 Feb 2017, 15:30

                                        @edmaul69

                                        For something a little more modern (2006), icab 2.9.9 is supposedly the last 68k browser to receive any updates. While I was looking around, I also found MacIRC. I may try using it to connect to the RetroPie IRC channel for gits and shiggles sometime.

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                                          guitarmandp @edmaul69
                                          last edited by 17 May 2017, 23:22

                                          @edmaul69 do you have a .cfg file I can paste or can you tell me where I need to put the code if [ "$2" = "basilisk" ]
                                          fbset -depth 8
                                          fi

                                          And what the name of the file and the location is to get the 8 bit color working on my Mac emulator? Thanks

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