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diff --git a/emulators/pcemu/files/README.FreeBSD b/emulators/pcemu/files/README.FreeBSD index 06b3bb4dc657..0b3f5cb449d3 100644 --- a/emulators/pcemu/files/README.FreeBSD +++ b/emulators/pcemu/files/README.FreeBSD @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ old PC/XT. Anyway, as with the XT too, the emulator requires something like an operating system to run with. Since we cannot ship MS-DOS or one of its variants along with this distribution (for legal reasons), you're now actually looking at a (sort of) "standalone operating system", -just to get pcemu booted and running. All this system does is showing +just to get pcemu booted and running. All this system does is show you this introduction. You will have to replace this mini-system by a physical image of a @@ -110,11 +110,15 @@ $HOME/.pcemurc file. Refer to sections 2. and 3. below. 2. Information about this FreeBSD port -This `port' of pcemu to FreeBSD has been prepared by Jörg Wunsch. -It is an only slightly modified version of David's code, a few -problems have been fixed for the BSD compilation environment, and -the location of the default boot file has been moved in order to -get you started with just what you are reading now. +This `port' of pcemu to FreeBSD has been prepared by Jörg Wunsch. It +is a modified version of David's code, a few problems have been fixed +for the BSD compilation environment, the location of the default boot +file has been moved in order to get you started with just what you are +reading now. Unfortunately David is no longer developing pcemu, so +during the past years, a number of improvements have been added to the +FreeBSD port. Thanks to Arne Henrik Juul <arnej@math.ntnu.no> who +submitted a large patchset, among them fixes to make harddisk access +work. The PostScript document David is mentioning under 3. below has been compressed and stored under @@ -150,9 +154,23 @@ keymap 44=y keymap 53=- keymap 86=< +Another recent addition to the .pcemurc file was the option to add +floppy and hard disk defintions dynamically. (Previously, everything +needed to be compiled into the emulator.) The syntax of those entries +is: -Once :-) i will have filed all my modifications back to David, and -perhaps they will be included into the regular distribution as well. +keyword filename sectors cylinders heads + +Examples: + +floppydisk /dev/rfd0 18 80 2 +harddisk /dev/rad0 255 400 63 + +Drive letters are being assigned in ascending order, where drive A: is +always reserved for the boot file. Write permission to the file in +question is required by the time pcemu is being started (i. e. any +floppy media need to be in the drive by that time). Be careful with +letting DOS tools access your hard disks... Should you wish to contact me regarding this FreeBSD port, you can reach me as joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de. |