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DOS MAME Running Slow
lokki:
--- Quote from: EndTwist on August 01, 2004, 11:06:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: Trimoor on August 01, 2004, 09:44:52 pm ---What I meant about the roms was will the old MAME run with the latest set?
Obviously I don't intend to run anything like metal slug, only the oldies, but can I use, for example, pac-man from the .84 rom set with MAME .30?
Or would I have to somehow locate the .30 rom set?
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Lokki - it has nothing to do with that. Just running .84 on a 133MHz computer will cause 7fps on oldies.
You would have to downgrade your roms (ClrMAMEPro?) or find an old set. Either way, you have no choice but to downgrade to .35 or less.
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The reason I asked was because he said that it took 1 minute before he got sound message. even on a 133 it should not take that long. I understand that the games may not be playable even after that.
Chris:
--- Quote from: Trimoor on August 02, 2004, 12:26:43 am ---I tried .36 and it runs fine, but still no sound. :(
How would I use ClrMAMEPro to downgrade them?
I have no idea what smartdrv is, so I'm probably not using it.
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SMARTDRV is the DOS disk cache. In Windows, you take caching for granted, but in DOS you have to load a driver for it.
SMARTDRV is part of the DOS installation, so it's probably in your path. In your AUTOEXEC.BAT, add:
SMARTDRV 4096
That will set aside 4 MB of RAM for disk caching. Caching makes a huge difference!
--Chris