how do all of you

[harminoff]

load mame into your cabinents?  do you just boot into windows, linux then go into mame?

im trying to figure out a way to just load mame without a os, beacuse why waste the room on the hd.  does arcadeos do this, or is it not really an os and runs inside windows?

thanks

[AlanS17]

You need an OS - which one you use is up to you. You can have the PC automatically load a "frontend" like ArcadeOS, though, after it has started. That's a program that organizes your ROMs so you can pick one and play it. Since MAME is command-line, it needs a graphical user interface to select games.

[Goz]

Load an OS is the appropriate answer and the best solution.

I don't have the URL handy, but you can google it or search here or MAMEWORLD and it should come up. If you are looking for a single classic game, then theres the ARCADE ON DISK project which is a DOS boot disk (floppy) that houses the basics for DOS and a ROM and starts the game.

Good Luck,

-Goz

[spystyle]

load mame into your cabinents?  do you just boot into windows, linux then go into mame?

im trying to figure out a way to just load mame without a os, beacuse why waste the room on the hd.  does arcadeos do this, or is it not really an os and runs inside windows?

thanks

Are you familliar with Windows ? I bet you are, take a look at www.litepc.com and read about "98lite slim" (it's free if you have an old win98se and win95a or b disks lying around) that + MAME32 and you'll have a real easy setup, totally N00B friendly.

Get stumped ? fell free to e-mail me spystyle@yahoo.com

Dig it ?
Craig