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IG-88:
No workstation here ;D I just wanted to see if it would work. I actually got Mame32v36 to run Mr. Do after some frame skipping. It didn't look all that bad!

IG-88:
I should also say that I tried DSL on this same computer several weeks ago, and while it worked I wasn't all that thrilled with it. "The Beast" works better in my opinion. And it's a snap to install, just stick the cd in and sit back. It's all unattended.

quarterback:

--- Quote from: IG-88 on November 05, 2006, 11:09:35 am ---I should also say that I tried DSL on this same computer several weeks ago, and while it worked I wasn't all that thrilled with it. "The Beast" works better in my opinion. And it's a snap to install, just stick the cd in and sit back. It's all unattended.

--- End quote ---

So, would you say that 'the beast' is actually a viable mame setup for a P1 wigh 64meg? I don't have any idea how intense 'Mr. Do' is, but it'd surprise me if it's a tough game to run. How do other classics (pac man, donkey kong etc) work on that setup?

I have a couple old eMachines which are running Win98se (one with an AMD K6, the other with a Celeron 400MHz) and Mame .55 but if this automated XP installation works, I might go that way.

spystyle:
Max out the RAM on those - If TinyXP uses nearly 50 MB RAM you will need more RAM for MAME32 to use. If the said computer had 256 MB RAM (cheap to buy) I bet it would work.

Also consider 95 and 98, they use less than 25 MB RAM

But for a P1 that is a MAME box - DOS is king, using less than 5 MB RAM* it leaves lots of resources for MAME. If your P1 has a soundblaster ISA sound card you can use my DOS boot CD : http://tinyurl.com/sexwm

Cheers,
Craig

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DOS only uses around 300 KB RAM, the drivers and options loaded should weigh in at less than 5 MB RAM usage total.

spystyle:
OK,

I installed TinyXP on a 200 MHZ Pentium with 64 MB RAM and 500 MB HDD.

It actually worked, although much too slowly to be practical.

Very interesting was : after install, I swapped out the 64 MB RAM stick for a 32 MB RAM stick and TinyXP did boot, and showed 7 MB free RAM (out of 32).

I will try installing DSL linux on the same system and discover how to display avilable RAM.

But ofcourse all this testing is only for fun - running MAME on a P1 should be done in DOS. If the command line scares you there is a GUI for DOS that uses only 300 K RAM, here: http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/

Cheers,
Craig

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