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Boot CD installs DOS, Vantage, Raine, MAME (1 of 7 versions) and Game Launcher
Dillsta:
Thanks for the reply, i might try that apart from the computer is kinda slow so wont it be a bit laggy. I've got my hands on a copy of fraggal's boot disk and currently testing that. if that fails ill try your xp disk. i was just thinking is there a windows 98 version because windows 98 runs fine on that computer.
Thanks Dylan. :)
EDIT: after looking at the link a bit more closely i noticed there was no front end involved (apart from mame32), and i was hoping to actually make an arcade machine and use joysticks and buttons etc. and Mame 32 doesn't allow you to do that, (well at least not very cleanly)
IG-88:
Hey Dillsta. I've had fairly good luck with this CD but DOS can be finicky. Can you give some more specs on the system you are trying to run this on? Specifically the make and model # of the soundcard. DOS can really "b*tch" about sound card drivers. Also does the mobo have an ISA slot in it? Believe it or not I've had the best luck running old ISA soundblaster cards. I think I got it to work a time or 2 with a PCI card also....
Anyway, Craig's MameXP should sing on that 800mhz but like you said it doesn't have a built in FE. Mala would compliment it fine tho. I got one that's basically the same except the CPU is a 500mhz that I run snes & sega games on.
Ninja-chicken:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on September 14, 2008, 11:38:06 am ---Hey Dillsta. I've had fairly good luck with this CD but DOS can be finicky. Can you give some more specs on the system you are trying to run this on? Specifically the make and model # of the soundcard. DOS can really "b*tch" about sound card drivers. Also does the mobo have an ISA slot in it? Believe it or not I've had the best luck running old ISA soundblaster cards. I think I got it to work a time or 2 with a PCI card also....
Anyway, Craig's MameXP should sing on that 800mhz but like you said it doesn't have a built in FE. Mala would compliment it fine tho. I got one that's basically the same except the CPU is a 500mhz that I run snes & sega games on.
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I'm running both my cabinets on TinyXP (Beast edition) with MaLa front end. I just put a shortcut to it in the startup folder so it starts when windows starts. Works a treat in both cabinets.
spystyle:
--- Quote from: Ninja-chicken on September 14, 2008, 01:56:02 pm ---I'm running both my cabinets on TinyXP (Beast edition) with MaLa front end...
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If you are "speed freak" make a MAME-XP and benchmark it against Tiny-XP, I am confident it will blow Tiny away.
--- Quote from: Dillsta on September 14, 2008, 02:00:53 am ---...i was hoping to actually make an arcade machine and use joysticks and buttons etc. and Mame 32 doesn't allow you to do that, (well at least not very cleanly)
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MAME32 works fine on a real arcade machine with no mouse. I have used it on several. However, FastMAME coupled with MALA front end is much better. Try it :)
I use MAME32 simply as an example.
Dig it?
Craig
Ninja-chicken:
--- Quote from: spystyle on September 14, 2008, 02:37:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ninja-chicken on September 14, 2008, 01:56:02 pm ---I'm running both my cabinets on TinyXP (Beast edition) with MaLa front end...
--- End quote ---
If you are "speed freak" make a MAME-XP and benchmark it against Tiny-XP, I am confident it will blow Tiny away.
--- Quote from: Dillsta on September 14, 2008, 02:00:53 am ---...i was hoping to actually make an arcade machine and use joysticks and buttons etc. and Mame 32 doesn't allow you to do that, (well at least not very cleanly)
--- End quote ---
MAME32 works fine on a real arcade machine with no mouse. I have used it on several. However, FastMAME coupled with MALA front end is much better. Try it :)
I use MAME32 simply as an example.
Dig it?
Craig
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Nice tip thanks :)
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