openmsx - Man Page

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

Show summary of options; at least a completer summary than this one.

-v

Show version of program.

-cart

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

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 <andete@debian.org> 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.