New Version Of The 68k Macintosh Emulator Basilisk II

July 13, 2008 by Hawq

Yes JF has updated this port of the 68k Macintosh emulator for the PSP again, three times in fact so lets see what he’s done to it this time, or should that be these times?

Hope you’re not superstitious! Here’s test 13. Now uses AppleDouble format instead of B2 format on the memstick. This is the format Apple uses to write files to non-HFS format disks. In this format, you have two files for each file you see on the desktop: the first has the regular name and holds the data fork - note that this file may be 0 bytes long, but still MUST exist; the second file will have “._” prepended to the regular name and holds the finder info and resource fork. They should be in the same place - if you’ve gotten a zip from the 68kShrine, you’ll notice both those files are present, but in different directories. I don’t know why - maybe zip does that. Just copy the files into the same directory. For example, when you copy the glider files, you’ll have these in the same directory:

“Glider 3.14″
“._Glider 3.14″

Also, directories can have finder info as well, so after running this on the memstick, you’ll find “._files” in the main B2 directory. That is the AppleDouble file that holds the finder info for the main directory “files/”. That is normal.

I noticed there is a problem with the B2 external filesystem where it won’t write to the memstick. I first noticed it on the new code, so I went back to the old and it was there as well. I added logging to the code and found it’s a problem in B2, not my external filesystem. I might look into it more later.

Anyhow, see how you like this as opposed to the B2 filesystem.

Test 14 - IR keyboard support! At least if you’re on 3.52 or older. I forgot Sony doesn’t load IRDA.PRX in games anymore. I’ll add code for that on the next version. Tested in 3.52 M33-4 with Targus and Palm keyboards. Now I’m extra mad the Slim doesn’t have an IR port.

Okay, test 15. This fixes a few bugs - one in the imap/floppy/cdrom menu, I switched back to unix gettimeofday timing (seems a little more consistent), it should handle the caps lock key correctly, and should load IRDA.PRX on 3.80+. Would someone with a Phat and 3.80+ please check that?

I also fixed a minor quibble in the default input mapping - CROSS is now enter instead of keypad enter. I now allow for comments in the input maps. Look at the included default and Maelstrom maps as examples. Here’s a tip for testing your input maps/keyboards - under the Apple Menu is a little jewel of an app called Key Caps… use it!