bsod(6x)
NAME
bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator
SYNOPSIS
bsod [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-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 ][+, 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.
-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 delay between displaying one crash and 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.
X RESOURCES
Notable X resources supported include the following, which control
which hacks are displayed and which aren't. doWindows, doNT, doWin2K,
doAmiga, doMac, doMac1, doMacsBug, doMacX, doSCO, doAtari, doBSD,
doLinux, doSparcLinux, doHPPALinux, doBlitDamage, doSolaris, doHPUX,
doApple2, doOS390, doTru64, doVMS, doMSDOS, doOS2, doHVX, 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), http://www.microsoft.com/,
http://www.apple.com/, http://www.sco.com/, http://www.kernel.org/, and
http://www.amiga.de/.
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. Atari ST is probably a trademark,
too, but it's hard to tell who owns it. 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.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1998-2003 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.