diff --git a/settings/display.rst b/settings/display.rst index 7d8e3f2..cbc78cd 100644 --- a/settings/display.rst +++ b/settings/display.rst @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The *Configure* button provides the following settings: .. note:: The **Voodoo Banshee** and **Voodoo 3** are independent video cards, which are not found here; they must be selected on the :ref:`settings/display:Video` box above. For these cards, the *Configure* button next to the :ref:`settings/display:Video` box provides similar settings to the ones listed here. * **Framebuffer memory size** / **Texture memory size**: amount of video memory for the Frame Buffer Interface and Texture Mapping Unit(s), respectively. -* **Bilinear filtering:** apply bilinear filtering to smooth out textures displayed on the screen. +* **Bilinear filtering:** apply bilinear filtering to smooth out textures displayed on screen. * **Screen Filter:** apply a filter to make the screen picture resemble the DAC (digital-to-analog converter) output of a real Voodoo card. * **Render threads:** split the workloads of each Voodoo card into different CPU threads for faster emulation. The recommended amount of render threads depends on your host system's CPU core count, and whether or not Voodoo 2 SLI is enabled: diff --git a/settings/floppycdrom.rst b/settings/floppycdrom.rst index f9f7caf..b9d1909 100644 --- a/settings/floppycdrom.rst +++ b/settings/floppycdrom.rst @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ The *Floppy & CD-ROM drives* page contains settings related to the emulated mach Floppy drives ------------- -Up to four floppy disk drives can be attached to the emulated system, although not all BIOSes provide support for more than two drives. The following settings apply to the selected drive: +Up to four floppy disk drives can be attached to the emulated system, although not all machines provide BIOS support for more than two drives. The following settings apply to the selected drive: * **Type:** floppy drive to emulate. Some types have special properties and should only be used in very specific applications: * **5.25" 1.2M PS/2** and **3.5" 1.44M PS/2:** IBM PS/2 drives, which invert the polarity of the Density Select pin. - * **5.25" 1.2M 300/360 RPM** and **3.5" 1.44M 300/360 RPM**: "3-mode" drives, which are capable of reading 360K 5.25" or PC-98 3.5" disks if the emulated machine's BIOS supports 3-mode operation. - * **3.5" 1.44M PC-98:** NEC PC-98 drives, which are 3-mode and invert the polarity of the Density Select pin. + * **5.25" 1.2M 300/360 RPM** and **3.5" 1.44M 300/360 RPM**: "3-mode" drives, which are capable of reading 360K 5.25" or NEC PC-98 3.5" disks if the emulated machine's BIOS supports 3-mode operation. + * **3.5" 1.44M PC-98:** NEC PC-98 drive, which is 3-mode and inverts the polarity of the Density Select pin. * **Turbo timings:** run the drive mechanism as fast as possible. This decreases access times and makes some incorrectly-dumped floppies readable, but may cause issues with some operating systems and applications. * **Check BPB:** if unchecked, 86Box will ignore the `DOS BIOS Parameter Block `_ when determining the physical media format for a floppy image on this drive. See :ref:`hardware/diskimages:Floppy disk detection` for more details. @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ CD-ROM drives Up to four CD-ROM / DVD-ROM optical disc drives can be attached to the emulated system. The following settings apply to the selected drive: -* **Bus:** bus to attach the drive to. ATAPI (IDE) and SCSI are supported. -* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the drive on the selected bus. See :ref:`settings/hdd:Adding a new disk` for more information on IDE channels. +* **Bus:** storage bus to attach the drive to. ATAPI (IDE) and SCSI are supported. +* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the drive on the selected storage bus. See :ref:`settings/hdd:Adding a new disk` for more information. * **Speed:** maximum transfer speed for the drive. Up to 72x is supported. CD-ROM / DVD-ROM disc images can be inserted and removed through the :ref:`status bar ` or :ref:`Media menu `. diff --git a/settings/hdd.rst b/settings/hdd.rst index 71076a1..09a28f0 100644 --- a/settings/hdd.rst +++ b/settings/hdd.rst @@ -3,14 +3,20 @@ Hard disks The *Hard disks* page contains settings related to the emulated machine's fixed disks. +.. |br| raw:: html + +
  +.. |vel| unicode:: 0x22EE + :trim: + Hard disk list -------------- All hard disks attached to the emulated system are listed, with the following information: -* **Bus:** bus the disk is attached to, as well as the disk's bus channel/ID. These can be changed through the *Bus* and *Channel*/*ID* boxes below the list. +* **Bus:** storage bus the disk is attached to, as well as the disk's bus channel or ID. These can be changed through the *Bus* and *Channel*/*ID* boxes below the list. * **File:** path to the disk image file. -* **C/H/S:** the disk's amount of cylinders, heads and sectors, respectively. +* **C/H/S:** disk size in cylinders, heads and sectors, respectively. * **MB:** disk size in megabytes. Adding a new disk @@ -21,28 +27,63 @@ The *New...* button opens a new window allowing you to create an existing hard d * **File name:** where to save the disk image file. See :ref:`hardware/diskimages:Hard disk images` for a list of supported image formats. * **Cylinders/Heads/Sectors:** CHS parameters for the disk image. These boxes control the *Size (MB)* box below. * **Size (MB):** the disk image's size in MB. This box controls the *Cylinders*, *Heads* and *Sectors* boxes above. There are limits to how big a hard disk image can be; see :ref:`hardware/diskimages:Hard disk size limits` for more information. -* **Bus:** bus to attach the disk to. -* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the disk on the selected bus. The *Channel* value for IDE has two numbers, which correspond to an IDE channel and device, respectively: +* **Bus:** storage bus to attach the disk to. +* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the disk on the selected storage bus. -+-----+----------+------+ -|Value|Channel |Device| -+=====+==========+======+ -|0:0 |Primary |Master| -+-----+----------+------+ -|0:1 |Primary |Slave | -+-----+----------+------+ -|1:0 |Secondary |Master| -+-----+----------+------+ -|1:1 |Secondary |Slave | -+-----+----------+------+ -|2:0 |Tertiary |Master| -+-----+----------+------+ -|2:1 |Tertiary |Slave | -+-----+----------+------+ -|3:0 |Quaternary|Master| -+-----+----------+------+ -|3:1 |Quaternary|Slave | -+-----+----------+------+ + * On IDE disks, the first number corresponds to the IDE channel, and the second number corresponds to the Master/Slave position: + + +-----+----------+------+ + |Value|Channel |Device| + +=====+==========+======+ + |0:0 |Primary |Master| + +-----+----------+------+ + |0:1 |Primary |Slave | + +-----+----------+------+ + |1:0 |Secondary |Master| + +-----+----------+------+ + |1:1 |Secondary |Slave | + +-----+----------+------+ + |2:0 |Tertiary |Master| + +-----+----------+------+ + |2:1 |Tertiary |Slave | + +-----+----------+------+ + |3:0 |Quaternary|Master| + +-----+----------+------+ + |3:1 |Quaternary|Slave | + +-----+----------+------+ + + * On SCSI disks, the first number corresponds to the :ref:`SCSI controller ` (starting at 0 instead of 1), and the second number is the SCSI ID within that controller: + + +-----+------------+-------+ + |Value|Controller |SCSI ID| + +=====+============+=======+ + |0:00 |Controller 1|0 | + +-----+ +-------+ + ||vel|| ||vel| | + +-----+ +-------+ + |0:15 | |15 | + +-----+------------+-------+ + |1:00 |Controller 2|0 | + +-----+ +-------+ + ||vel|| ||vel| | + +-----+ +-------+ + |1:15 | |15 | + +-----+------------+-------+ + |2:00 |Controller 3|0 | + +-----+ +-------+ + ||vel|| ||vel| | + +-----+ +-------+ + |2:15 | |15 | + +-----+------------+-------+ + |3:00 |Controller 4|0 | + +-----+ +-------+ + ||vel|| ||vel| | + +-----+ +-------+ + |3:15 | |15 | + +-----+------------+-------+ + + + * On MFM/RLL, XTA and ESDI disks, the second number is 0 for the first drive on the controller, and 1 for the second drive. Press the *OK* button to create the disk image file, or *Cancel* to close the window. diff --git a/settings/removable.rst b/settings/removable.rst index 6a31e95..2c7a8eb 100644 --- a/settings/removable.rst +++ b/settings/removable.rst @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ MO / ZIP drives Up to four Magneto-Optical and four Iomega ZIP disk drives can be attached to the emulated system. The following settings apply to the selected drive: -* **Bus:** bus to attach the drive to. ATAPI (IDE) and SCSI are supported. -* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the drive on the selected bus. See :ref:`settings/hdd:Adding a new disk` for more information on IDE channels. +* **Bus:** storage bus to attach the drive to. ATAPI (IDE) and SCSI are supported. +* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the drive on the selected storage bus. See :ref:`settings/hdd:Adding a new disk` for more information. * **Type** (MO only): drive model to identify as. A list of drive models to choose from is provided. * **ZIP 250** (ZIP only): enable the drive to read and write 250 MB ZIP disks.