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PowerMame 105.0.1b and Calendar Errors in Neo-Geo games.
Stoked:
Hey there, I've been having a great time setting up my led-wiz(s) and playing with all the lighting goodness. Thanks so much for this version of Mame.
However I'm having a problem running any neo-geo games. I get a "calendar error" every time. I tried running the same games in regular mame 105 and they ran fine. Is any one else getting this error in this version of powermame?
dna disturber:
On my cab the neo geo games also give a calendar error.
I'm currently running powermame32 0.105.0.1
I don't have any trouble with mame32 but it's the 0.103 version.
I will install 0.105 to see if mame32 gives the same problem.
I'll let you know
MikeQ:
I'm not sure what a "Calendar Error" is but I use Microsoft compilers to compile PowerMAME and on several occasions now, people have reported problems with PowerMAME that don't exist with regular MAME. This is because the Microsoft compilers are better at catching access violations and other runtime errors. Often the problem exists on regular MAME too (compiled with gnu compilers) but isn't caught by the runtime.
Stoked:
The "calendar error" occurs with any games using the neo-geo bios. Immediately after boot-up of these games I get a black screen with the words "calendar error" and no further way to continue.
I believe with the actual neo-geo systems they used a calendar chip to track the date and any error (such as a dead battery or damaged bios) with this during post would result in this screen. How that affects powermame I have no clue. Anyway, even without the neo-geo games I love this version and will keep setting things up for this weekends big arcade party. ;D
MikeQ:
Can you give me a specific game that shows this problem. I tried Double Dragon and Neo Mr Do last night and they both worked ok.
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