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IG-88:
--- Quote from: spystyle on September 23, 2008, 07:29:26 pm ---Oh that's a good question! I think we discussed that earlier in this thread at length...
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Ah yes. So it was. And not too long ago either. Thanks alot!
slasherman:
Hi...
I was just wondering is TinyXp (Rev09) a good solution for a multi emulator cab ?
I mean I'm planning to have Play Station 1 emulator and a couple of other emulators...
The Play Station emu works fine on my full xp pro 2002 version when I add zlib1 and ForceASPI_v17.
Planning to use Maximus Arcade as the front system. So is TinyXp just good for Mame or many other emulators as well ? I'm a newbie by the way ;D
spystyle:
As far as I know :
TinyXP is based on XP SP 2.
It is missing Windows Native drivers (in the unlikely event you need them, you'll be out of luck as they are not easily downloaded like regular drivers).
I'd sooner use an SP3 based Windows.
But to answer your question - would TinyXP be good for a multi-emulator cab - probably, but I bet some OS would be better. Your best bet is to try a few different OS in virtual PC - see if they can run your software. Benchmark the ones that can and use the one that was fastest.
Cheers,
Craig
system01:
--- Quote from: slasherman on September 25, 2008, 12:19:20 pm ---Hi...
I was just wondering is TinyXp (Rev09) a good solution for a multi emulator cab ?
I mean I'm planning to have Play Station 1 emulator and a couple of other emulators...
The Play Station emu works fine on my full xp pro 2002 version when I add zlib1 and ForceASPI_v17.
Planning to use Maximus Arcade as the front system. So is TinyXp just good for Mame or many other emulators as well ? I'm a newbie by the way ;D
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I use TinyXP r09 on my cab and it runs good. Before I added drivers and MAME stuff it was 18-19 seconds from button-press to hourglass-gone.
Asus A7V333 w/ ~2GHz Athlon (I dont really remember) & 1GB RAM & nVidia 4400Ti card with bulging caps :o
The r09 version I got had SP3 included. I also fired driverpacks in there, as well as .NET for some headkaze sweetness. I run MaLa with .127u4 and currently figuring out CPWizard. I havent tried networking yet, but it looks like sharing drives is no problem.
I havent tried any other emu on it, but Id say "go for it". It installs very quickly with minimal prompts. I would think the hardware will be the hurdle before r09.
spystyle:
OK, you guys have me all curious now. I will run some benchmarks against said OS and also a few more recent releases from the same author against MAME-XP.
I see he's released 4 in the past 4 months. Maybe he's smartened up and left the Windows native drivers by now so I can test it in Virtual PC?
I have the idea those OS will not be as zippy as MAME-XP on account of them being "desktop operating systems", rather than purpose built for the arcades.
Those OS definately have a lot of components for going on the internet and other things an arcade machine doesn't need to do.
I'll post the scores.
Cheers,
Craig