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Basilisk II
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<p>Basilisk II is an <a href="/facts/Emulator/FMHE8qDj">emulator</a> which emulates <a href="/facts/Apple_Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Apple Macintosh</a> computers based on the <a href="/facts/Motorola_68000_series/jxd7VPlW">Motorola 68000 series</a>. The software is <a href="/facts/Cross-platform_software/16zqdvNR">cross-platform</a> and can be used on a variety of <a href="/facts/Operating_systems/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>. </p><p>Christian Bauer (developer of a Mac 68k emulator ShapeShifter for <a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a>) released the first version of Basilisk II in March 1999. The emulator was expected to be highly portable across several computing platforms: 36 and provided some improvements in comparison to ShapeShifter - e.g. no limit for number of emulated disks, improved <a href="/facts/CD-ROM/JwuaYLJv">CD-ROM</a> support and support for the host <a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">file system</a>. However, early reviews highlighted several issues like difficult configuration and limited compatibility with recommendation of ShapeShifter as a better choice for Amiga users.: 37 Newer releases mitigated these problems, 2005 review of the <a href="/facts/MorphOS/xWSeUeWM">MorphOS</a> version noted only slow CPU emulation (in comparison to built-in 68k CPU emulation for Amiga applications in MorphOS) as a major issue.: 25 </p><p>The latest version of <a href="/facts/Classic_Mac_OS/I5fQq44K">Classic Mac OS</a> that can be run within Basilisk II is Mac OS 8.1, the last 680x0-compatible version, released in January 1998. Mac OS 8.5, which came out nine months later, was <a href="/facts/PowerPC/DqmM9y50">PowerPC</a>-only and marked the end of Apple's 680x0 support. </p><p><a href="/facts/Porting/7s6tFs8B">Ports</a> of Basilisk II exist for multiple <a href="/facts/Computing_platform/DmKwp5Bk">computing platforms</a>, including <a href="/facts/AmigaOS_4/syRUuNdz">AmigaOS 4</a>, <a href="/facts/BeOS/tGYfe835">BeOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_NT/EtccWvxQ">Windows NT</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, <a href="/facts/MorphOS/xWSeUeWM">MorphOS</a> and <a href="/facts/Mobile_device/cNS1Rhvg">mobile devices</a> such as the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_Portable/dj4sa6wo">PlayStation Portable</a>. </p><p>Released under the terms of the <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU General Public License</a>, Basilisk II is <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a>, and its <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> of is available on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a>. </p>