Please Help I'm so confused ! Whats Best

[TopCat]

Hi people

I have a Jamma cabinet and have just ordered a J-Pac from Ultimarc but am so confused about frontends and Mame

You see it seems everything contradicts itself or I just can't get things to work. I have downloaded loads of different programmes like Arcade OS, Mamewah, Game launcher and Advance mame, but I can't seem to configure any of them as in sound or video.

I would like the monitor vertical so therefore the frontend

So can someone please tell me the best setup to use so I can learn all I need and have it all set up when my J-Pac arrives (including which version of mame)

[SirPeale]

I like ArcadeOS.  It does both vertical and horizontal.

You haven't mentioned hardware setup.

[bishmasterb]

Arcade OS is good; GameLauncher is really simple yet not quite as customizable, but I really like it. Although be warned, it only supports rotating the monitor in one direction (don't recall which, but test first before you mount your monitor).

What type of hardware, OS? Need more info on exactly what you're having problems with.

[TopCat]

I have a p3 500 and I am easy with software it currently has XP but I am open to any setup that will give me "a straight from boot" using just joystick and buttons

I have looked at dos software but its getting all the drivers for your cards

the problem I have with Arcade OS is on 1 computer I just get a jumbled picture and on the other When I click a game it says no sound support and goes back to the games even if its set to "0" for silent

[paigeoliver]

Egad, XP on a 500 mhz! Ditch it, ditch it, ditch it.

For a 500 mhz PC use this setup.

DOS if you can get your sound driver working (only driver you will need). I am almost ALWAYS able to get the sound driver working. Especially easy on name brand PCs.

You SHOULD really try to go DOS on a rotated monitor because there is NO ADVANTAGE to having windows on a rotated cab, and several disadvantages (like the fact that none of the frontends that rotate can shut down windows).

If you want windows then.

64 MB of ram or below = Windows 95 OSR2

96 MB of ram and above = Windows 98 second edition.

Gamelauncher is a great frontend to use, be sure your monitor is rotated the CORRECT way. Correct way looking at monitor from the front is to have your monitor chassis on the left.

Be sure to download the gamelauncher setup tools, as the included setup app has failed to work on every single computer I tried it on, but the gamelauncher setup tools work on everything.

[SirPeale]

The problem with him using GameLauncher is that he's using an arcade monitor.  Gamelauncher doesn't support (AFAIK) 15KHz modes.

[SirPeale]

Oh yeah, what IS your sound setup?  Onboard?  Card?  And what is it, of course.

[paigeoliver]

Oops, I missed the whole part about using a 15 khz monitor. In that case it is all about advancemenu.

[TopCat]

Shame about that , It sounded like a confident solution

I am using onboard sound but I could buy a card if needbe its just Arcade Os won't even work on no sound says something like failed to initialize

[paigeoliver]

Dos sound drivers exist for almost every onboard sound chipset. Especially stuff from the era your computer is from.

[SirPeale]

Yes, please list what onboard sound chipset you're using.

[Grasshopper]

Dos sound drivers exist for almost every onboard sound chipset. Especially stuff from the era your computer is from.

That's a very bold statement!

I don't suppose you could point me in the right direction for finding a DOS driver for my motherboard's onboard sound chipset.

The motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X and according to the manual the sound chip is the Realtek ALC650 (AC'97 compliant audio CODEC for PC multimedia systems).

I've spent ages on the net searching for a driver and have found nothing.

Thanks in advance.

[Witchboard]

Have you tried http://www.driversguide.com/ for your DOS drivers?  It's been very helpful for me.

[SirPeale]

The motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X and according to the manual the sound chip is the Realtek ALC650 (AC'97 compliant audio CODEC for PC multimedia systems).

That is a bold statement.

I know there are definitely Linux drivers for this chipset, but DOS?  That would be nice, as I have the same board, and DOS drivers for it would be cool.

I don't know how hard it would be to take the Linux driver and port it to DOS, but it seems that it would be feasible.  The source is freely available.