C-BIOS(7)

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version 0.29a · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 C-BIOS 🌸

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about C-BIOS — the manual page for it lives in the Miscellaneous Information Manual section (section 7, iykyk), and it exists to hand you open source BIOS ROM files for MSX computers. yes, those MSX computers. the retro icons. we love them here. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

C-BIOS — provides open source BIOS ROM files for MSX computers 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So this manual page? It documents the C-BIOS rom files briefly. Brief. Short. Snack-sized. And here's the tea: this page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program literally does not have a manual page. not one. so Debian said "fine, I'll do it myself" 💀 and here we are.

C-BIOS is an open source BIOS for MSX computers. The whole point, the main character energy, is that it can be shipped with MSX emulators so those emulators are usable out-of-the-box — no extra setup arc, no side quest, you just launch and go. slay.

Want the deets on the BIOS calls that are actually available in the ROM files? They live at http://map.tni.nl/ — but listen carefully bestie, keep in mind that C-BIOS is work in progress and it does not support all BIOS calls yet. It's giving "still cooking." Don't come for it. 🧚

🌈 the three versions 🌈

C-BIOS comes in three versions currently, and each one is matched to a machine:

  • C-BIOS_MSX1 — compatible with MSX1 machines
  • C-BIOS_MSX2 — compatible with MSX2 machines
  • C-BIOS_MSX2+ — compatible with MSX2+ machines

Obsessed with the naming consistency honestly. Very clean. Very organized. 👑

🌍 the localisation variants 🌍

And each of those versions comes in three localisation variants:

  • an international one
  • a Japanese (JP) one
  • a Brazilian (BR) one

three machines × three localisations. the math is mathing. ✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, bestie, cross-referencing is self care 🎀

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

This manual page was written by Joost Yervante Damad for the Debian system (but may be used by others — generous king 👑).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or 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.

and that's the whole page, no cap. This one came to you from the Debian crew, dated February 2, 2011 — an absolute throwback, a vintage era, and honestly? it still serves. 💜 stay hydrated, read your man pages, and remember: C-BIOS_MSX2+ girlies rise up 🌸

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