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computer question
joshbr7257:
hi, im making a 2 person control panel and cabinet, and i was wondering if a pentium 2 with 350MHz computer would run mame32 ok, i had this lying around and if i use this i wont have to buy another computer just for my cabinet, thanks for the help
EndTwist:
Short answer: yes.
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: EndTwist on June 17, 2005, 10:28:21 pm ---Short answer: yes.
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Better answer: Yes, but only if you use an older version of MAME. Something like .36 would probably be good. You're right about on the edge spec-wise on where .36 and .55 work out really well, so I'm sure you'll be able to run most .36 games on it.
If not, there is always Vantage.
joshbr7257:
isnt mame .36 a dos program? i cant figure out how to use any of those mame32 is the only one i figured out how to use :-[
pmc:
--- Quote from: joshbr7257 on June 18, 2005, 01:30:46 am ---isnt mame .36 a dos program? i cant figure out how to use any of those mame32 is the only one i figured out how to use :-[
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It's not too hard to figure out how to use DOS MAME.
http://www.mame.net/readmedos.html
You can also put a front-end like mamewah between you and DOS. I'd put Win98-SE on that PII, run an older MAME and see how it does. I ran a PI for a while and was relatively happy. I'm sure you'll be fine.