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DOS MAME Running Slow
Trimoor:
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?
lokki:
--- Quote from: Trimoor on August 01, 2004, 03:37:01 pm ---I don't think the sound is the problem, because it takes MAME a full minute to even ask me what type of sound I want.
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Are you running smartdrv?
EndTwist:
--- 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.
Trimoor:
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.
Nuttman:
I just finished rebuilding my v0.77 roms to v0.36 Final this weekend for a similar reason. I have an old PII Celeron with a TV out card that will be used in a cabinet. It will be classic games only.
Get yourself clrMAME and the v0.36 DATfile from Logiqx's site:
http://www.logiqx.com/Dats/MAMEBeta/MAMEBetaHistory.shtml
Use the Rebuilder and the DATfile to create the v0.36 roms. Once Rebuilder completes, use the scanner to identify missing files (you will find lots of them). These are files that were removed from later Romsets.
Hunting down the missing files is the biggest challenge. I felt like a detective combing old newsgroup postings, sending emails to strangers, etc. If you have access to newsgroups, there's a flood of rollback files being posted to alt.binaries.emulators.mame right now. Rollback files are the files removed from Roms for later versions...they allow you to "rollback" to earlier versions of MAME. Download these to help complete your sets.
There are clrMAME tutorials online. You can find one here: http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/clrmameguide.htm
clrMAME has a hard learning curve, but is a great tool. It really is super for managing your romsets and fixing any problems.