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Index of Topics

Section 1 - General Information

Q1.1 What is FUSION?

Q1.2 How can I obtain more information about FUSION?

Q1.3 On which platforms is FUSION available?

Q1.4 How much does FUSION cost?

Q1.5 Who makes FUSION?

Q1.6 How do I order FUSION?

Q1.7 How compatible is FUSION?

Q1.8 How fast is FUSION?

Q1.9 Does FUSION require ROMs and Apple system software?

Q1.10 What type of Macintosh does FUSION emulate?

Q1.11 How long has FUSION been in development?

Q1.12 What limitations does FUSION have?

Q1.13 Can FUSION use 800 KB floppies?

Q1.14 Does FUSION run all applications?

Q1.15 Where can I obtain the demo version of FUSION?

Q1.16 How does the demo version differ from the full version?

Q1.17 Does FUSION have Ethernet networking support?

Q1.18 What is the best way to keep informed about FUSION?

Q1.19 What is the FUSION mailing list?

Q1.20 An application I'm trying crashes. What should I do?

Q1.21 May I bundle the demo version of FUSION on a CD-ROM?

Q1.22 Can FUSION run Japanese and other system software?

Q1.23 How can I get a screen dump of FUSION?

Section 2 - FUSION Technical

Q2.1 What are the hardware requirements for FUSION?

Q2.2 What do I do if my VGA card isn't VESA compliant?

Q2.3 Does FUSION require an ASPI driver to access SCSI?

Q2.4 Does FUSION work under Windows or any other OS?

Q2.5 How do I get FUSION to see my CD-ROM drive?

Q2.6 How does printing work under FUSION?

Q2.7 How does telecommunications work under FUSION?

Q2.8Are real ADB devices supported under FUSION?

Section 3 - Common problems and solutions

P3.1 Fusion will not start, what should I do?

P3.2 I don't understand how to dump a ROM image from my Mac!

P3.3 The system software will not boot, what should I do?

P3.4 The system software installed, but I can't boot it!

P3.5 FUSION does not seem to recognize my CD-ROM drive!

Section 1 - General Information

Question 1.1. What is FUSION?

FUSION is a 68040 based Macintosh emulation.

Question 1.2. How can I get more information about FUSION?

This FAQ will answer many of your questions, however, since our Macintosh emulation technology is constantly being updated, the latest information should be obtained from our web site.

Question 1.3. On which platforms is FUSION available?

Currently, the Amiga and PC platforms.

Question 1.4. How much does FUSION cost?

FUSION has a suggested retail price of $129.95 USD. FUSION is being sold through mail order houses, department stores, and dealers.

Question 1.5. Who makes FUSION?

Microcode Solutions
1799 Kiowa Ave #107-670
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403-2867

Question 1.6. How do I order FUSION?

You can order FUSION from any PC retailer or mail order house. You can also order directly from Microcode Solutions. Please allow up to 14 days for personal checks to clear. All orders must be paid for using U.S. funds, drawn on a U.S. bank or a U.S. Postal Money Order.

Question 1.7. How compatible is FUSION?

Nearly 100%! Currently, only programs that attempt to use the MMU will not work. These programs include: RAMDoubler, and Apple's built-in virtual memory manager. Future versions of FUSION will add this compatibility.

Question 1.8. How fast is FUSION?

Everyone likes to exaggerate or use various benchmark utilities to 'prove' they have the fastest emulation. Most people will judge the speed of a Macintosh emulation using MacBench from Ziff-Davis or Speedometer by Scott Berfield. We can produce any result you would like to see with either of these two benchmark programs. The bottom line is that an emulation can fool a benchmark program quite easily, so they can never really be used to judge the real-world performance of an emulation.

FUSION currently uses single instruction translation, which is the brute force method of CPU core emulation. The method currently being used is very fast on machines that have a large (512K or larger) level 2 cache. It is not as well suited for machines with no level 2 cache, but it is still quite usable. ALL of FUSION (from the interface to each device driver) is written in 100% assembly code that is hand optimized for the best possible performance.

A 66Mhz 486 machine w/256K of level 2 cache can play most popular games (Maelstrom, Arashi, Pac-Man, etc.) at full speed, complete with stereo sound.

We are working on a new CPU core that uses CPU Transcription(tm), a technique somewhat like dynamic recompilation. This new core will yield better performance at the expense of using additional memory. Unlike dynamic recompilation, CPU Transcription will never slow down the emulation when it encounters self modifying code.

Although performance is a big issue, it is not our number one concern with FUSION. Compatibility is definately the most important consideration we have when it comes to programming emulations. It does not matter if you have the fastest emulation available if it can't run anything.

Question 1.9. Does FUSION require ROMs and system software from Apple?

Yes! The only way to obtain near 100% compatibility is by using the original Apple software (ROMs and system software). Please remember that you MUST own the ROMs and system software. ROMs are easily obtained through repair centers & internet auctions. We provide software to run on your real Macintosh that will dump the ROM contents to a disk file, which is then used by FUSION (you don't actually need the ROMs in your PC).

Please do not pirate the ROMs. Do not go to your local library, Kinkos, or anywhere else that has a Macintosh just sitting around, and grab the ROM image. This is illegal!

Question 1.10. What type of Macintosh does FUSION emulate?

FUSION emulates all of the features of nearly all of the 68K based Macintoshes. For this reason, FUSION actually has better compatibility than any single Macintosh system. FUSION does allow you to change the Macintosh machine ID variable, so that programs looking for a particular model will think the model is present.

Question 1.11. How long has FUSION been in development?

The Macintosh emulation technology development started in April of 1992. Since this time, we have been responsible for the world's first color Macintosh emulation. We have also received product of the year twice, in two different magazines. We have numerous other awards and outstanding reviews of our Macintosh emulation technology.

Question 1.12. What limitations does FUSION have?

Currently, only one. Any application that attempts to use the MMU (built into the CPU), will not work. Fortunately, this is a very small number of programs (RAM Doubler, MagicMac, and only a few others).

The MMU is used to remap hardware and memory at different locations from where they physically exist. Apple's own Virtual Memory uses the MMU, and thus is not currently supported.

The new CPU core will contain MMU emulation, but this is really not a priority for us at this point since there are so few programs that actually need the MMU to function, and virutal memory is slow even on real Macintoshes.

Question 1.13. Can FUSION use 800 KB floppies?

Yes and no. FUSION can not use real low-density, 800K Macintosh formatted disks. However, software is provided with FUSION that allows you to create Pseudo-800K disks using normal PC floppy drives. If you have a 800K disk that you want to use with FUSION, you would need to use Apple Disk Copy and create a disk image. Our IMAGER program can then convert the image into a Pseudo-800K disk. Another option would be to use the image directly with the emulation, since FUSION supports up to 10 HardFiles and/or disk images.

Question 1.14. Does FUSION run all applications?

Only those programs that try to use the MMU will not work. Other than that, we have yet to find any 68K application that fails to run.

Question 1.15. Where can I obtain the demo version of FUSION?

From our web site:

http://www.microcode-solutions.com/pc/fusion/fusion_downloads.html

or

http://www.ctaz.com/~msdei/pc/fusion/fusion_downloads.html

Question 1.16. How does the demo version differ from the release version?

FUNCTION DEMOVERSION RELEASE VERSION

Device support Only 1 HardFile Up to 10 HardFiles

Limited to 100MB Unlimited in size

Memory support Max of 8MB allowed Up to 768MB allowed

Floppy support 1.44MB disks only 720K/1.44MB support

CD-ROM support HFS only HFS/ISO9660/PhotoCD

Video support Refreshed video Refreshed and Direct

driver only video drivers

Sound support DISABLED SB/PRO, SB16, WSS

SCSI support DISABLED Full SCSI support

Network support DISABLED Mount PC drives on

Mac desktop

Serial support DISABLED Full support for

modems, printers,

tablets, etc.

The demo was created to show proof of software compatibility and

performance.

Question 1.17. Does FUSION have Ethernet networking support?

FUSION can support Ethernet networking if you have a SCSI<>Ethernet adapter. We are looking into using PC Ethernet hardware with FUSION, so that this ability can be built-in.

Question 1.18. What is the best way to keep informed about FUSION?

Through our web site and mailing list.

Question 1.19. What's the FUSION mailing list?

The mailing list is for customers to have a direct contact with Microcode Solutions. The authors of our emulation software answer email several times daily, so don't be surprised if you get an answer to a question within minutes of asking it. The mailing list messages go to everyone who subscribes to the list. This means that when you ask a question, EVERYONE will see the question and EVERYONE will see the responses from other users and Microcode Solutions' technical support staff. Please be aware that due to the popularity of our software, expect more than 200 new emails each day.

Question 1.20. An application I tried crashes. What can I do?

Please note that THE MOST COMMON reason for applications to crash is improperly installed or corrupted system software. The first thing you should do after a serious repeatable crash is try re-installing the Macintosh system software. If that does not fix the crashing problem, try to reproduce the problem repeatedly. If you can, please note EXACTLY what steps are necessary to cause the crash, and send this information to our technical support staff either through the mailing list (preferred) or direct email.

Question 1.21. Is it legal to distribute the demo version of FUSION?

Yes, as long as you do not change the contents of the archive in ANY way. You must also notify Microcode Solutions via email, and receive a reply before distrbuting any software on CD-ROM. We reserve the right to refuse distribution of FUSION at any time, without notice. Distribution of the release version of FUSION is violation of copyright laws, and is strictly prohibited.

Question 1.22. Can FUSION run Japanese and other system software?

Yes. FUSION can use ANY version of Apple's system software designed for 68K Macintoshes.

Question 1.23. How can I get a screen dump of FUSION?

You can either use the standard Macintosh snapshot function (COMMAND-SHIFT-3), or you can use FUSION's built-in grabber. The built in grabber can snapshot a screen at any time (even during pull-down menu operations and other situations where it is not possible to snapshot the screen on a real Macintosh).

Pressing ALT-PRINTSCREEN will snapshot the current display as a PCX file. Each time you start FUSION, it's numeric picture counter is reset. Each snapshot that you do will increment the counter so the filename saved is different. The filenames are fsnap0001.pcx fsnap0002.pcx, fsnap0003.pcx, etc.

SECTION 2 - Technical Questions

Question 2.1. What are the hardware requirements for FUSION?

Minium requirements:

486 CPU w/FPU
8 megs of RAM
10 megs of hard drive space
VESA compatible VGA card

Question 2.2. What do I do if my VGA card isn't VESA compliant?

FUSION requires VESA 1.2 or later. You can obtain several different shareware VESA extensions, the most popular is UNIVBE. SciTech makes SciDoctor, which is the commercial version of their UNIVBE software.

Question 2.3. Does FUSION require an ASPI driver to access SCSI?

Yes, you MUST have an ASPI compliant device driver installed. FUSION supports direct SCSI access. This means that ANY type of SCSI device that you can connect to your Macintosh is supported by FUSION. These devices include: scanners, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, DAT drives, printers, SCSI<>Ethernet adapters, etc. ASPI drivers are available from the manufacturer of each SCSI controller card.

Question 2.4. Does FUSION work under Windows or any other OS?

No! FUSION completely takes over the PC hardware, and turns your system into a virtual Macintosh. The only way that we can obtain a high level of compatibility and performance is by removing any underlying OS.

You MUST start FUSION from a true DOS prompt, not a DOS box or session.

Question 2.5. How do I get FUSION to see my CD-ROM drive?

You can either use a SCSI CD-ROM drive and the emulated SCSI support, or use the built-in support with ANY type of CD-ROM drive and MSCDEX.

Question 2.6. How does printing work under FUSION?

FUSION can print to either serial or parallel printers. Just like a real Macintosh, you will need a driver for your particular model printer. If you can not find the proper printer driver, then we recommend using the commercial printer driver package called, "PowerPrint". This package has drivers for thousands of printers.

Many printers will have Apple compatibility modes. Please check your printer manual concerning any such compatibility. AppleTalk printers are NOT supported since standard PC hardware can not interface with AppleTalk devices.

Question 2.7. How does telecommunications work under FUSION?

FUSION can use modems, graphics tablets, and any other serial device that is NOT AppleTalk based. Terminal programs, TCP/IP, FreePPP, etc. all work exactly as they do on a real Macintosh.

Question 2.8. Are real ADB devices supported under FUSION?

No. The Apple Desktop Bus is a propreitary bus interface. FUSION's ADB emulation is complete, making it possible to emulate devices such as dongles. ADB Joysticks and other input devices can not be plugged into PC hardware.

SECTION 3 - Common problems and solutions

Problem 3.1. Fusion will not start, what should I do?

If you cannot get Fusion to start, try deleting the FUSION.CFG file and running the SETUP program. Only select the video driver and set the memory to 8192K. Now, Launch the emulation. If you get a flashing '?' (question mark) inside of a disk image, then the ROM file and CPU emulation are working correctly. From this point, start adding things to the configuration (HardFile, CD-ROM support, sound support), one at a time until you figure out which setting is causing the problem.

One you have determined WHAT is causing the problem, if you can not figure out the problem youself, please email our technical support staff, explaining your EXACT problem. Email should be sent to:

tech@microcode-solutions.com

Problem 3.2. I don't understand how to dump a ROM image from my Mac!

The easiest way to obtain a ROM from a real Macintosh is as follows: Simply copy the file ROMUTIL.HQX from the /FUSION/UTILS directory onto a floppy disk. Take the floppy and put it into the real Macintosh that you wish to use. The Mac must have PC Exchange running in order to read the PC Formatted floppy. UnStuff the file on a real Macintosh using StuffIt Expander or any similar utility and run the ROM Extraction utility (ROMUtil).

The Fusion Setup program should recognize the type of ROM being used in the setup program. If Setup does not recognize the ROM, it is possible that the ROM is corrupted and cannot be used.

A list of machines and their ROM types can be found at

http://www.macintoshos.com/ under the "Macintosh Museum." Each Mac is listed, along with specifications including ROM size.

Problem 3.3. The system software will not boot, what should I do?

Fusion requires "generic" system software; that is system software designed to run on any Macintosh. Certain releases and copies of the MacOS are platform specific and will not properly run with Fusion. If during your initial booting the "bomb" appears, the screen flashes randomly, and/or the system fails to start, you probably are attempting to use a version of the MacOS designed for one specific system. System software that is designed to work with all Macintosh machines will state so on the disk label or CD-ROM. If your disks or CD does not state this, it will NOT work with FUSION, no exceptions.

If you are attempting to use any version of MacOS 8, please remember that you must be using a 1 meg ROM. 512k ROMs are not supported under MacOS 8.

HardFiles from any other emulator (except the Amiga version of FUSION) will not properly work with FUSION. Using other HFV or DSK files with system software installed will not work properly. While HardFiles from vMac or Executor may appear to work initially, you will have problems using them,resulting in a loss of data.

Do not contact Microcode Solutions for help regarding the use of non-FUSION HardFiles.

Problem 3.4. The system software installed, but I can't boot it!

A common cause of problems with the system software will be any faulty extensions or extensions not designed for use with 68K based Macs. After installing the system software onto the hardfile, you may want to disable certain problematic or unnecessary extensions.

To start the MacOS with extensions disabled, hold down the Shift key before booting. Later versions of the MacOS (Sys 7.5+) will show the message "Extensions Disabled" underneath the "Welcome to the Macintosh" message.

System 7.5 or higher users may use the Extensions Manager under Control Panels to enable or disable certain extensions. Other versions of MacOS require extensions to be manually removed from the Extensions folder, located in the System Folder.

Problem 3.5. FUSION does not seem to recognize my CD-ROM drive!

To boot the MacOS off CD, be sure to have installed all proper drivers before running Fusion. IDE drives require their driver is loaded (usually from config.sys) and that MSCDEX is properly installed. If your CD-ROM works in Windows but cannot be accessed after "Restarting in MS-DOS mode", you probably do not have the required drivers installed.

The CD drive must also be set up under the CD-ROM gadget in Fusion Setup. Setting the boot priority to CD will also cause fewer headaches.

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Produkte PageStream PC Fusion PC Service Demos Support Preise Bestellen		Frequently Asked Questions Index of Topics Section 1 - General Information Q1.1 What is FUSION? Q1.2 How can I obtain more information about FUSION? Q1.3 On which platforms is FUSION available? Q1.4 How much does FUSION cost? Q1.5 Who makes FUSION? Q1.6 How do I order FUSION? Q1.7 How compatible is FUSION? Q1.8 How fast is FUSION? Q1.9 Does FUSION require ROMs and Apple system software? Q1.10 What type of Macintosh does FUSION emulate? Q1.11 How long has FUSION been in development? Q1.12 What limitations does FUSION have? Q1.13 Can FUSION use 800 KB floppies? Q1.14 Does FUSION run all applications? Q1.15 Where can I obtain the demo version of FUSION? Q1.16 How does the demo version differ from the full version? Q1.17 Does FUSION have Ethernet networking support? Q1.18 What is the best way to keep informed about FUSION? Q1.19 What is the FUSION mailing list? Q1.20 An application I'm trying crashes. What should I do? Q1.21 May I bundle the demo version of FUSION on a CD-ROM? Q1.22 Can FUSION run Japanese and other system software? Q1.23 How can I get a screen dump of FUSION? Section 2 - FUSION Technical Q2.1 What are the hardware requirements for FUSION? Q2.2 What do I do if my VGA card isn't VESA compliant? Q2.3 Does FUSION require an ASPI driver to access SCSI? Q2.4 Does FUSION work under Windows or any other OS? Q2.5 How do I get FUSION to see my CD-ROM drive? Q2.6 How does printing work under FUSION? Q2.7 How does telecommunications work under FUSION? Q2.8Are real ADB devices supported under FUSION? Section 3 - Common problems and solutions P3.1 Fusion will not start, what should I do? P3.2 I don't understand how to dump a ROM image from my Mac! P3.3 The system software will not boot, what should I do? P3.4 The system software installed, but I can't boot it! P3.5 FUSION does not seem to recognize my CD-ROM drive! Section 1 - General Information Question 1.1. What is FUSION? FUSION is a 68040 based Macintosh emulation. Question 1.2. How can I get more information about FUSION? This FAQ will answer many of your questions, however, since our Macintosh emulation technology is constantly being updated, the latest information should be obtained from our web site. Question 1.3. On which platforms is FUSION available? Currently, the Amiga and PC platforms. Question 1.4. How much does FUSION cost? FUSION has a suggested retail price of $129.95 USD. FUSION is being sold through mail order houses, department stores, and dealers. Question 1.5. Who makes FUSION? Microcode Solutions 1799 Kiowa Ave #107-670 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403-2867 Question 1.6. How do I order FUSION? You can order FUSION from any PC retailer or mail order house. You can also order directly from Microcode Solutions. Please allow up to 14 days for personal checks to clear. All orders must be paid for using U.S. funds, drawn on a U.S. bank or a U.S. Postal Money Order. Question 1.7. How compatible is FUSION? Nearly 100%! Currently, only programs that attempt to use the MMU will not work. These programs include: RAMDoubler, and Apple's built-in virtual memory manager. Future versions of FUSION will add this compatibility. Question 1.8. How fast is FUSION? Everyone likes to exaggerate or use various benchmark utilities to 'prove' they have the fastest emulation. Most people will judge the speed of a Macintosh emulation using MacBench from Ziff-Davis or Speedometer by Scott Berfield. We can produce any result you would like to see with either of these two benchmark programs. The bottom line is that an emulation can fool a benchmark program quite easily, so they can never really be used to judge the real-world performance of an emulation. FUSION currently uses single instruction translation, which is the brute force method of CPU core emulation. The method currently being used is very fast on machines that have a large (512K or larger) level 2 cache. It is not as well suited for machines with no level 2 cache, but it is still quite usable. ALL of FUSION (from the interface to each device driver) is written in 100% assembly code that is hand optimized for the best possible performance. A 66Mhz 486 machine w/256K of level 2 cache can play most popular games (Maelstrom, Arashi, Pac-Man, etc.) at full speed, complete with stereo sound. We are working on a new CPU core that uses CPU Transcription(tm), a technique somewhat like dynamic recompilation. This new core will yield better performance at the expense of using additional memory. Unlike dynamic recompilation, CPU Transcription will never slow down the emulation when it encounters self modifying code. Although performance is a big issue, it is not our number one concern with FUSION. Compatibility is definately the most important consideration we have when it comes to programming emulations. It does not matter if you have the fastest emulation available if it can't run anything. Question 1.9. Does FUSION require ROMs and system software from Apple? Yes! The only way to obtain near 100% compatibility is by using the original Apple software (ROMs and system software). Please remember that you MUST own the ROMs and system software. ROMs are easily obtained through repair centers & internet auctions. We provide software to run on your real Macintosh that will dump the ROM contents to a disk file, which is then used by FUSION (you don't actually need the ROMs in your PC). Please do not pirate the ROMs. Do not go to your local library, Kinkos, or anywhere else that has a Macintosh just sitting around, and grab the ROM image. This is illegal! Question 1.10. What type of Macintosh does FUSION emulate? FUSION emulates all of the features of nearly all of the 68K based Macintoshes. For this reason, FUSION actually has better compatibility than any single Macintosh system. FUSION does allow you to change the Macintosh machine ID variable, so that programs looking for a particular model will think the model is present. Question 1.11. How long has FUSION been in development? The Macintosh emulation technology development started in April of 1992. Since this time, we have been responsible for the world's first color Macintosh emulation. We have also received product of the year twice, in two different magazines. We have numerous other awards and outstanding reviews of our Macintosh emulation technology. Question 1.12. What limitations does FUSION have? Currently, only one. Any application that attempts to use the MMU (built into the CPU), will not work. Fortunately, this is a very small number of programs (RAM Doubler, MagicMac, and only a few others). The MMU is used to remap hardware and memory at different locations from where they physically exist. Apple's own Virtual Memory uses the MMU, and thus is not currently supported. The new CPU core will contain MMU emulation, but this is really not a priority for us at this point since there are so few programs that actually need the MMU to function, and virutal memory is slow even on real Macintoshes. Question 1.13. Can FUSION use 800 KB floppies? Yes and no. FUSION can not use real low-density, 800K Macintosh formatted disks. However, software is provided with FUSION that allows you to create Pseudo-800K disks using normal PC floppy drives. If you have a 800K disk that you want to use with FUSION, you would need to use Apple Disk Copy and create a disk image. Our IMAGER program can then convert the image into a Pseudo-800K disk. Another option would be to use the image directly with the emulation, since FUSION supports up to 10 HardFiles and/or disk images. Question 1.14. Does FUSION run all applications? Only those programs that try to use the MMU will not work. Other than that, we have yet to find any 68K application that fails to run. Question 1.15. Where can I obtain the demo version of FUSION? From our web site: http://www.microcode-solutions.com/pc/fusion/fusion_downloads.html or http://www.ctaz.com/~msdei/pc/fusion/fusion_downloads.html Question 1.16. How does the demo version differ from the release version? FUNCTION DEMOVERSION RELEASE VERSION Device support Only 1 HardFile Up to 10 HardFiles Limited to 100MB Unlimited in size Memory support Max of 8MB allowed Up to 768MB allowed Floppy support 1.44MB disks only 720K/1.44MB support CD-ROM support HFS only HFS/ISO9660/PhotoCD Video support Refreshed video Refreshed and Direct driver only video drivers Sound support DISABLED SB/PRO, SB16, WSS SCSI support DISABLED Full SCSI support Network support DISABLED Mount PC drives on Mac desktop Serial support DISABLED Full support for modems, printers, tablets, etc. The demo was created to show proof of software compatibility and performance. Question 1.17. Does FUSION have Ethernet networking support? FUSION can support Ethernet networking if you have a SCSI<>Ethernet adapter. We are looking into using PC Ethernet hardware with FUSION, so that this ability can be built-in. Question 1.18. What is the best way to keep informed about FUSION? Through our web site and mailing list. Question 1.19. What's the FUSION mailing list? The mailing list is for customers to have a direct contact with Microcode Solutions. The authors of our emulation software answer email several times daily, so don't be surprised if you get an answer to a question within minutes of asking it. The mailing list messages go to everyone who subscribes to the list. This means that when you ask a question, EVERYONE will see the question and EVERYONE will see the responses from other users and Microcode Solutions' technical support staff. Please be aware that due to the popularity of our software, expect more than 200 new emails each day. Question 1.20. An application I tried crashes. What can I do? Please note that THE MOST COMMON reason for applications to crash is improperly installed or corrupted system software. The first thing you should do after a serious repeatable crash is try re-installing the Macintosh system software. If that does not fix the crashing problem, try to reproduce the problem repeatedly. If you can, please note EXACTLY what steps are necessary to cause the crash, and send this information to our technical support staff either through the mailing list (preferred) or direct email. Question 1.21. Is it legal to distribute the demo version of FUSION? Yes, as long as you do not change the contents of the archive in ANY way. You must also notify Microcode Solutions via email, and receive a reply before distrbuting any software on CD-ROM. We reserve the right to refuse distribution of FUSION at any time, without notice. Distribution of the release version of FUSION is violation of copyright laws, and is strictly prohibited. Question 1.22. Can FUSION run Japanese and other system software? Yes. FUSION can use ANY version of Apple's system software designed for 68K Macintoshes. Question 1.23. How can I get a screen dump of FUSION? You can either use the standard Macintosh snapshot function (COMMAND-SHIFT-3), or you can use FUSION's built-in grabber. The built in grabber can snapshot a screen at any time (even during pull-down menu operations and other situations where it is not possible to snapshot the screen on a real Macintosh). Pressing ALT-PRINTSCREEN will snapshot the current display as a PCX file. Each time you start FUSION, it's numeric picture counter is reset. Each snapshot that you do will increment the counter so the filename saved is different. The filenames are fsnap0001.pcx fsnap0002.pcx, fsnap0003.pcx, etc. SECTION 2 - Technical Questions Question 2.1. What are the hardware requirements for FUSION? Minium requirements: 486 CPU w/FPU 8 megs of RAM 10 megs of hard drive space VESA compatible VGA card Question 2.2. What do I do if my VGA card isn't VESA compliant? FUSION requires VESA 1.2 or later. You can obtain several different shareware VESA extensions, the most popular is UNIVBE. SciTech makes SciDoctor, which is the commercial version of their UNIVBE software. Question 2.3. Does FUSION require an ASPI driver to access SCSI? Yes, you MUST have an ASPI compliant device driver installed. FUSION supports direct SCSI access. This means that ANY type of SCSI device that you can connect to your Macintosh is supported by FUSION. These devices include: scanners, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, DAT drives, printers, SCSI<>Ethernet adapters, etc. ASPI drivers are available from the manufacturer of each SCSI controller card. Question 2.4. Does FUSION work under Windows or any other OS? No! FUSION completely takes over the PC hardware, and turns your system into a virtual Macintosh. The only way that we can obtain a high level of compatibility and performance is by removing any underlying OS. You MUST start FUSION from a true DOS prompt, not a DOS box or session. Question 2.5. How do I get FUSION to see my CD-ROM drive? You can either use a SCSI CD-ROM drive and the emulated SCSI support, or use the built-in support with ANY type of CD-ROM drive and MSCDEX. Question 2.6. How does printing work under FUSION? FUSION can print to either serial or parallel printers. Just like a real Macintosh, you will need a driver for your particular model printer. If you can not find the proper printer driver, then we recommend using the commercial printer driver package called, "PowerPrint". This package has drivers for thousands of printers. Many printers will have Apple compatibility modes. Please check your printer manual concerning any such compatibility. AppleTalk printers are NOT supported since standard PC hardware can not interface with AppleTalk devices. Question 2.7. How does telecommunications work under FUSION? FUSION can use modems, graphics tablets, and any other serial device that is NOT AppleTalk based. Terminal programs, TCP/IP, FreePPP, etc. all work exactly as they do on a real Macintosh. Question 2.8. Are real ADB devices supported under FUSION? No. The Apple Desktop Bus is a propreitary bus interface. FUSION's ADB emulation is complete, making it possible to emulate devices such as dongles. ADB Joysticks and other input devices can not be plugged into PC hardware. SECTION 3 - Common problems and solutions Problem 3.1. Fusion will not start, what should I do? If you cannot get Fusion to start, try deleting the FUSION.CFG file and running the SETUP program. Only select the video driver and set the memory to 8192K. Now, Launch the emulation. If you get a flashing '?' (question mark) inside of a disk image, then the ROM file and CPU emulation are working correctly. From this point, start adding things to the configuration (HardFile, CD-ROM support, sound support), one at a time until you figure out which setting is causing the problem. One you have determined WHAT is causing the problem, if you can not figure out the problem youself, please email our technical support staff, explaining your EXACT problem. Email should be sent to: tech@microcode-solutions.com Problem 3.2. I don't understand how to dump a ROM image from my Mac! The easiest way to obtain a ROM from a real Macintosh is as follows: Simply copy the file ROMUTIL.HQX from the /FUSION/UTILS directory onto a floppy disk. Take the floppy and put it into the real Macintosh that you wish to use. The Mac must have PC Exchange running in order to read the PC Formatted floppy. UnStuff the file on a real Macintosh using StuffIt Expander or any similar utility and run the ROM Extraction utility (ROMUtil). The Fusion Setup program should recognize the type of ROM being used in the setup program. If Setup does not recognize the ROM, it is possible that the ROM is corrupted and cannot be used. A list of machines and their ROM types can be found at http://www.macintoshos.com/ under the "Macintosh Museum." Each Mac is listed, along with specifications including ROM size. Problem 3.3. The system software will not boot, what should I do? Fusion requires "generic" system software; that is system software designed to run on any Macintosh. Certain releases and copies of the MacOS are platform specific and will not properly run with Fusion. If during your initial booting the "bomb" appears, the screen flashes randomly, and/or the system fails to start, you probably are attempting to use a version of the MacOS designed for one specific system. System software that is designed to work with all Macintosh machines will state so on the disk label or CD-ROM. If your disks or CD does not state this, it will NOT work with FUSION, no exceptions. If you are attempting to use any version of MacOS 8, please remember that you must be using a 1 meg ROM. 512k ROMs are not supported under MacOS 8. HardFiles from any other emulator (except the Amiga version of FUSION) will not properly work with FUSION. Using other HFV or DSK files with system software installed will not work properly. While HardFiles from vMac or Executor may appear to work initially, you will have problems using them,resulting in a loss of data. Do not contact Microcode Solutions for help regarding the use of non-FUSION HardFiles. Problem 3.4. The system software installed, but I can't boot it! A common cause of problems with the system software will be any faulty extensions or extensions not designed for use with 68K based Macs. After installing the system software onto the hardfile, you may want to disable certain problematic or unnecessary extensions. To start the MacOS with extensions disabled, hold down the Shift key before booting. Later versions of the MacOS (Sys 7.5+) will show the message "Extensions Disabled" underneath the "Welcome to the Macintosh" message. System 7.5 or higher users may use the Extensions Manager under Control Panels to enable or disable certain extensions. Other versions of MacOS require extensions to be manually removed from the Extensions folder, located in the System Folder. Problem 3.5. FUSION does not seem to recognize my CD-ROM drive! To boot the MacOS off CD, be sure to have installed all proper drivers before running Fusion. IDE drives require their driver is loaded (usually from config.sys) and that MSCDEX is properly installed. If your CD-ROM works in Windows but cannot be accessed after "Restarting in MS-DOS mode", you probably do not have the required drivers installed. The CD drive must also be set up under the CD-ROM gadget in Fusion Setup. Setting the boot priority to CD will also cause fewer headaches.

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