NAME

       bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator

SYNOPSIS

       bsod  [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background color] [--window]
       [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]  [--install]  [--visual  visual]  [--delay  seconds]
       [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The bsod program is the finest in personal computer emulation.

       bsod  steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a different failure mode of
       an operating system.  Systems depicted include Windows 3.1, Windows 95,  Windows  NT,  MS-
       DOS,  AmigaDOS  1.3,  Linux, SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM
       OS/390, OS/2, MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, VMware and NCD
       X Terminals.

OPTIONS

       bsod accepts the following options:

       --window
               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

       --root  Draw on the root window.

       --window-id number
               Draw on the specified window.

       --mono  If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

       --install
               Install a private colormap for the window.

       --visual visual
               Specify  which visual to use.  Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the
               id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

       --delay delay
               The duration each crash-mode is displayed before selecting another.

       --only which
               Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., --only HPUX.

       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources  stored  in
               the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
               The window ID to use with --root.

X RESOURCES

       Notable  X  resources  supported  include  the  following,  which  control which hacks are
       displayed and which aren't.  doWindows, doNT,  doWin2K,  doWin10,  doRansomware,  doAmiga,
       doMac,   doMac1,   doMacsBug,   doMacX,  doSCO,  doAtari,  doBSD,  doLinux,  doSparcLinux,
       doHPPALinux, doBlitDamage, doSolaris, doHPUX, doApple2, doOS390, doTru64, doVMS,  doMSDOS,
       doOS2,  doHVX, doVMware, and doATM.  Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default
       to true, except for doAtari, doBSD, doSparcLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off by
       default,  because  they're  really not all that interesting looking unless you're a fan of
       those systems.

       There are command-line options for all of these: e.g., --bsd, --no-bsd.   (Also  note  the
       --only option.)

BUGS

       Unlike the systems being simulated, bsod does not require a reboot after running.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

TRADEMARKS

       Microsoft  Windows,  Microsoft  Windows  95,  and  Microsoft Windows NT are all registered
       trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Apple Macintosh is a registered trademark  of  Apple
       Computer.   Amiga  is  a  registered  trademark of Amiga International, Inc.  Solaris is a
       trademark of Sun Microsystems.  HP-UX is a trademark of  HP  Hewlett  Packard  Group  LLC.
       Nvidia  is  a  tradmark  of  Nvidia  Corporation.   VMS is probably a trademark of Digital
       Equipment Corporation.  Atari ST is probably a trademark, too, but it's hard to  tell  who
       owns  it.   SCO is probably still a trademark of somebody these days, I guess.  Linux is a
       registered trademark of Linus Torvalds, but it isn't  his  fault.  OS/2  is  a  registered
       trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. VMware is a registered trademark
       of VMware, Inc.  Android is a trademark of Google LLC. GladOS is a trademark  of  Aperture
       Science Incorporated.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1998-2022 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and
       sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby  granted  without  fee,
       provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
       notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No  representations
       are  made  about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
       without express or implied warranty.  No animals were harmed during the testing  of  these
       simulations.  Always mount a scratch monkey.

AUTHOR

       Concept  cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>.  This version is by Jamie Zawinski
       <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.