openmsx(1) perfectly emulate the MSX standard and more

SYNOPSIS

openmsx

DESCRIPTION

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.
 

OPTIONS

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

AUTHOR

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.