NAME

       openmsx — perfectly emulate the MSX standard and more

SYNOPSIS

       openmsx

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the openmsx command.

       This  manual  page  is  mainly  meant  to point to the available documentation in the HTML
       format; see below.

       openmsx is the MSX emulator that aims for perfection.

       Supported file types of MSX media:

          •  cas: tape image in fMSX CAS format

          •  di1, di2, dsk, xsa: disk image

          •  rom: ROM image of a cartridge

          •  wav: Raw tape image, as recorded from real tape

          •  ogv: Video recording, as recorded from real Laserdisc Player

       Zlib compressed files can also be used.

OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual a command line syntax, with long options starting  with  two
       dashes  (`-').  Some  commands  also  start  with one dash.  A short summary of options is
       included below.

                 -h           --help
                 Show summary of options; at least a completer summary than this one.

                 -v        --version
                 Show version of program.

                 -cart          -carta         -cartb
                 Insert the ROM file (cartridge) specified in argument

                 -cassetteplayer
                 Put WAV or CAS tape image specified in argument in virtual cassette player

                      -control
                 Enable external control of openMSX process

                      -diska              -diskb
                 Insert the disk image specified in argument

                      -ext
                 Insert the extension specified in argument

                      -machine
                 Use machine specified in argument

                 -laserdisc
                 Put ogv video file specified in argument in virtual Laserdisc player

                      -setting
                 Load an alternative settings file

SEE ALSO

       openmsx-catapult (1).

       The program is documented fully by openMSX User's Manual  and  the  openMSX  Setup  Guide,
       available in HTML at the location /usr/share/doc/openmsx/manual on most systems.

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was originally written by Joost Yervante Damad andete@debian.org for the
       Debian system, but is now maintained by the openMSX team.  Permission is granted to  copy,
       distribute  and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
       Version 2 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.

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