<s>
Basilisk	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
an	O
emulator	B-Application
which	O
emulates	B-Application
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computers	I-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christian	O
Bauer	O
(	O
developer	O
of	O
a	O
Mac	B-Device
68k	B-Device
emulator	B-Application
ShapeShifter	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
)	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Basilisk	B-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
March	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
emulator	B-Application
should	O
be	O
highly	O
portable	O
across	O
several	O
computing	B-Device
platforms	I-Device
and	O
provided	O
some	O
improvements	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
ShapeShifter	O
-	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
no	O
limit	O
for	O
number	O
of	O
emulated	B-Application
disks	O
,	O
improved	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
support	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
host	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
early	O
reviews	O
highlighted	O
several	O
issues	O
like	O
difficult	O
configuration	O
and	O
limited	O
compatibility	O
with	O
recommendation	O
of	O
ShapeShifter	O
as	O
a	O
better	O
choice	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
releases	O
mitigated	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
2005	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
noted	O
only	O
slow	O
CPU	O
emulation	B-Application
(	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
built-in	O
68k	B-Device
CPU	O
emulation	B-Application
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
applications	O
in	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
within	O
Basilisk	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
8.1	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
680x0-compatible	O
version	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
8.5	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
out	O
nine	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
was	O
PowerPC-only	O
and	O
marked	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
680x0	B-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
Basilisk	B-Application
II	I-Application
exist	O
for	O
multiple	O
computing	B-Device
platforms	I-Device
,	O
including	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
Basilisk	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
and	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
