---
name: "BasiliskII"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "basilisk2"
version: "0.9.20030722-2"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/BasiliskII"
---

# BasiliskII(1)

a free, portable Mac II emulator

## NAME

Basilisk II - a free, portable Mac II emulator

## SYNOPSIS

**BasiliskII** \[--display *display-name*\] \[--break *offset*\] \[--rominfo\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Basilisk II** is a free, portable 68k Mac emulator. For more information, see the included "README" file.

## OPTIONS

- **--display** *display-name*

  specifies the display to use; see **X**(1)

- **--break** *offset*

  specifies a ROM offset where a breakpoint will be placed (for debugging)

- **--rominfo**

  causes Basilisk II to print some information about the ROM being used on startup (for debugging)

- **--help**

  shows a complete list of options

## FILES

- */usr/share/BasiliskII/keycodes*

  X server keycodes definitions.

- */usr/share/BasiliskII/fbdevices*

  Framebuffer device specifications.

- *~/.basilisk\_ii\_prefs*

  User-specific configuration file.

- *~/.basilisk\_ii\_xpram*

  Contents of Mac non-volatile RAM.

## BUGS

Several. See the included "TODO" file.

## SEE ALSO

http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html (Basilisk II homepage)

## AUTHOR

Christian Bauer \<Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1997-2002 Christian Bauer et al.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.