changeset 902:451e248f4f65

Document the ROM configuration option.
author Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
date Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:20:45 +0200
parents da10d95c7584
children cd9f482f063f
files README
diffstat 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/README	Fri Nov 09 09:10:41 2012 +0200
+++ b/README	Fri Nov 09 09:20:45 2012 +0200
@@ -107,12 +107,30 @@
     option available. HardSID is backend for HardSID card,
     but it is not supported yet by XMMS-SID.
 
+- C64 Kernal/Basic/Chargen ROM image paths. Currently required
+  only by libSIDPlay-FP backend. Set the path to a directory that
+  contains these 3 ROM image files:
+
+  Filename  | Size | Description
+  ----------+------+-------------------------------------
+  kernal    | 8192 | C64 KERNAL ROM
+  basic     | 8192 | C64 BASIC v2.0 ROM
+  chargen   | 4096 | C64 character data ROM
+
+  These files can be found, for example, from Versatile Commodore
+  Emulator (VICE)'s tarballs. There are other sources as well.
+
+  For example, if you have VICE installed under /usr/local, the
+  usual path to ROM directories would be:
+
+  /usr/local/lib/vice/C64
+
 
 Filters-tab
 -----------
 - Emulate filters: Enable filter emulation. Usually you will want
-  to enable this option, unless you are running on very slow CPU.
-  SID filters affect outcome of most tunes very much.
+  to enable this option, unless you are running on very slow CPU,
+  or on purpose. SID filters affect outcome of most tunes very much.
 
 - Filter settings: Unless you are advanced user (and thus know what
   these are), the defaults will work very well and there is no need
@@ -133,13 +151,13 @@
 - DB-file: Specify path and filename, usually Songlengths.txt,
   that contains lengths for most songs in High Voltage SID
   Collection (HVSC) in XSIDPLAY compatible format, for example:
-  /media/Songlengths.txt
+  /media/C64Music/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt
 
   Click the "Browse" button to get a file selector dialog.
 
 I highly recommend that you download the database and configure
 XMMS-SID to use it. The SLDB is included with latest versions of
-HVSC.
+HVSC, under DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt
 
 
 Title-tab