openmsx — perfectly emulate the MSX standard and more
openmsx
This manual page documents briefly the
openmsx command.
This manual page is mainly meant to point to the available documentation in the
HTML format; see below.
openmsx is the MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
Supported file types of MSX media:
- •
- cas: tape image in fMSX CAS format
- •
- di1, di2, dsk, xsa: disk image
- •
- rom: ROM image of a cartridge
- •
- wav: Raw tape image, as recorded from real tape
- •
- ogv: Video recording, as recorded from real Laserdisc
Player
Zlib compressed files can also be used.
The program follows the usual a command line syntax, with long options starting
with two dashes (`-'). Some commands also start with one dash. A short summary
of options is included below.
- -h --help
- Show summary of options; at least a completer summary than
this one.
- -v --version
- Show version of program.
- -cart -carta -cartb
- Insert the ROM file (cartridge) specified in argument
- -cassetteplayer
- Put WAV or CAS tape image specified in argument in virtual
cassette player
- -control
- Enable external control of openMSX process
- -diska -diskb
- Insert the disk image specified in argument
- -ext
- Insert the extension specified in argument
- -machine
- Use machine specified in argument
- -laserdisc
- Put ogv video file specified in argument in virtual
Laserdisc player
- -setting
- Load an alternative settings file
openmsx-catapult (1).
The program is documented fully by
openMSX User's Manual and the
openMSX Setup Guide, available in HTML at the location
/usr/share/doc/openmsx/manual on most systems.
This manual page was originally written by Joost Yervante Damad
[email protected] for the
Debian system, but is now maintained by the
openMSX team. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be
found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.