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IG-88:
OK. ;D
2 more questions. Is there a way to stop or change the annoying windows start-up tune?
And, as for the loading logo. I got rid of it. Now can you change the size of the font for our new logo and get rid of the c: prompt below it or is that as good as it gets?
spystyle:
As for making the font bigger, maybe something like this?
__________________________________________________________
_______@@@____@@@@@@@@_____@@@_____@@@@@____
______@@@@____@@@@@@@@____@@@@____@@@@@@___
______@@____________@@______@@___@@___@@__@@____
_______@@@_________@@______@@____@@___@@_@@______
_________@@@_______@@_____@@@@@@@___@@@@_______
__________@@@______@@_____@@____@@___@@__@@_____
_______@@@@_______@@_____@@____@@___@@___@@_____
________@@@________@@____@@____@@___@@_____@@____
That could take a while to make so I'll leave it to you :)
As for the startup sound, delete the directory C:\windows\media
I don't have any Windows sounds, I disabled them in control panel > sounds
As for the C:> prompt during startup, add the line "@echo off" (without quotes) to the bottom of autoexec.bat
Cheers,
Craig
IG-88:
That looks pretty cool! I'll have to try it.
I was thinking about trying win95b also. What do you think of that O/S?
Another thing. Have you ever messed with Arcade.exe for use as a FE? I can't find it on the web anymore but I probably have it on a disc somewhere. It's ultra small and configurable, tho not supported anymore. Might work great for these low end machines.
spystyle:
As for 95b - I'll have to try that. But I would imagine 98se is best - it is the last stage of 9X so it probably has all the bugs worked out.
Do you want to try a windows type GUI for DOS? Check out openGem
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
It uses only 300K RAM on top of DOS that probably uses less than 5 MB after all drivers and devices are installed.
As for arcade.exe, coincidentally I had arcade.exe on my daughter's cab until I discovered how to start mame32.exe with windows, maximized.
It's not bad, I am unsure how much RAM it uses.
I leave it on there if I want to close out of mame32 and run fastMAME (which is command line). Mame32 (.65 IIR?) didn't play Elevator Action 2 correctly.
It can be downloaded here:
http://www.zophar.net/frontends/files/arcade079.exe
and a bunch of other front ends can be viewed here:
http://www.zophar.net/frontends/mame.html
But I like mame32 very much. It uses little RAM, it is solid - made by the real mame guys, not stitched together by teens. It is super user-friendly and configuarable enough for me, turn off folders and you're left with the game list and a screenshot for the highlighted game - that is simple and good.
Cheers,
Craig
spystyle:
In my testing arcade.exe front end uses 26 MB RAM.
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