Add the following to the .basiliskii_prefs file:

keycodefile <keycodes file path>

Attached is a sample keycode file.

Hum, it appears both Alt keys and the Meta key are counted as the same key under xvkbd.

Ok, I have in my config file both "keycodes true" and "keycodefile <keycode-filepath>". Upon launching I get the warning (running on IT OS 2008),

Is this just a warning or does it invalidate processing of the keycode file?

Also, your attached keycodes file is merely a sample not an actual working keycodes file, yes? With the keycodes file, do youknow if it suffice merely to redefine the keys one is after or do you have to provide a full mapping of the keyboard.

Yes, I noticed too that the ALT and META keys on xvbkd are tied together... when they shouldn't, I think.

-- Denis

Ok, I have in my config file both "keycodes true" and "keycodefile <keycode-filepath>". Upon launching I get the warning (running on IT OS 2008),

Is this just a warning or does it invalidate processing of the keycode file?

Also, your attached keycodes file is merely a sample not an actual working keycodes file, yes? With the keycodes file, do youknow if it suffice merely to redefine the keys one is after or do you have to provide a full mapping of the keyboard.

Yes, I noticed too that the ALT and META keys on xvbkd are tied together... when they shouldn't, I think.

-- Denis

Hum. I started by using this one from the Windows port, but grabbed the (edited for just X) one from the source tarball to post here. This one doesn't give me any errors.

b2.key

Without being familiar with the BasiliskII implementation, this new keycodes file is a tad more confusing as it has "sdl" sections -- each with slightly different mappings. So the question is which is relevant to the version of BasiliskII (the binary generated by th3, I believe)?

Working a bit further with the previous keycodes file (that presumably comes from the Windows distribution). At least for my environment under IT OS 2008, you do need to put the string "The X.Org Foundation" before the keycode declares. That gets rid of the warning.

Next, there's the apparent mistery that the Meta and Alt keys seem to be bound together in xvbkd. I used 'xev' to try to discern the keycodes being generated and I see keycodes 64 and 134 every time I hit say the Meta key.

After some trial and error, I disabled both the Alt-left and Alt-Right mappings (64 -> 55 and 113 -> 55). I left the mappings of Logo-Left/Right to Option undisturned, though you could also comment them out. I then added the following mapping for the Option key,

and that enabled use of the Option key in BasiliskII.

Given the apparent problem with xvkbd, right now I can only properly define one of the Option and Command keys but not both.

I thought I could use some other xvkbd key, such as 'compose' (keycode 136), to map it to the MAC Option key... but no success... maybe you can dig further!

-- Denis

Thank you for your investigations into this Denis. Hopefully the xvkbd program can be "fixed" to separate the 3 keys so we can bind them to key mappings for Basilisk II. I saw your post in that thread about it.

I'll take a look at things tomorrow, but I think you know more about this than I do.

I cannot find a version of stuffit that will work, so that i can create a bootable image with enough space for a workable install. Any hints? i'm attempting to follow the tutorial posted on the first post . i have the apple 7.5 downloads, but without something to unzip or extract as suggested in the tutorial, im stuck! thanks for any help!

Hi.

You can download Alladin Expander for Windows from here: http://tucows.mundofree.com/files2/Alex51.exe

I'll be around after I wake up in 9 hours or so if you hit any snags setting things up.

In my many attempts to create the boot floppy with the net access tools disk, I can't make gemulator write anything. I'm half certain that under vista, it just doesn't work like it should. Is this the case? I've extracted the image and it mounts under gemulator, but never gives me an option to write to disk. I was hoping to drop the resultant image onto a USB drive rather than a floppy. Does this procedure require that I have a floppy drive? If so, is there a workaround or something else that I can try as I don't have a floppy? Thanks for all your help...

If you have the "Network Access.image" extracted, instead of using Gemulator Explorer you can just boot directly off the image. Using the Windows BasiliskIIGUI program's Disk tab, it's just a matter of browsing for the image (make the drop down box list all files) and adding it to the list of installed disks. This will allow you to boot off the image as if it were a floppy disk.