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spystyle:
OK, I tested Win95b, I found it uses 10.6 MB RAM (after vcache*, file system**, and startup cop***)
Attached are pics of Win98se vs Win95b. Win98se uses 4 more MB RAM but less CPU cycles. In my testing 98 used 0-5% cpu cycles when idling, 95 used 10-20% cpu cycles while idling.
So, I would recommend 98se over any other 9X
Cheers,
Craig
*vcache min and max were 2048
** "network server" and minimize cd-rom cache
***no "msconfig" in 95, use "startup cop"
spystyle:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on November 21, 2006, 04:55:17 pm ---...
How hard is fastMAME to set up?
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FastMame is an optimized version of command line Mame for windows, just install it as you would command line Mame and rename fastmame.exe to mame.exe.
spystyle:
OK, I tested Mala -
http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/
It looks great, it was easy to set up, very intutive - I didn't have to read any docs*. It uses about 11 MB RAM.
Requires Mame .85 and beyond, but I bet there is a way to get it to work with older versions (I think it's an XML issue). It also supports command line emulators (which I'm sure would include older versions of Mame).
See attachment, it's nice looking in it's "Blue" layout, and there are many layouts to choose from.
Cheers,
Craig
*I think a "really good" program will be intuitive enough that any semi-knowledgeable computer user can set up and use it without reading any docs. This is one of them. I was very impressed after struggling with some other front ends. Mala is an excellent alternative if you dislike Mame32 (which is also very intuitive)
IG-88:
I like that. Looks pretty nice.
I am still trying to understand why my computers won't let me load games using your boot cd.
One thing I have noticed that didn't happen when I got the first one to work was some of the hard drives I've been using have this happen when formatting:
"Trying to recover allocation unit" followed by some numbers.
I am not sure what it means but the format does continue after a while. Could this be the reason why my games aren't showing up after I install them? Maybe these HD's are bad 'eh?
spystyle:
You should scan any questionable drives.
Boot from a win98 boot floppy (www.bootdisk.com)
type:
scandisk c: /autofix /surface /nosave
If you see any "red squares" on the graphical representation of your drive that means there are bad spots on the hard drive.
Running scandisk can sometimes "patch" the spots so the drive is still useable (it marks those spots as unusable so programs don't write there) and the "patches" stay present until FDISK is used again - "format" will not delete the "patches"
but as a rule of thumb - drives with many red spots are fragged. A drive that makes weird noises is usually fragged too, like clicking and clunking.
Hard drives are very sensitive, they can't be dropped. Carry and handle them as if they are eggs.
They are also static sensitive, when handling computer parts touch the metal of the PC case or something similar occasionally to discharge the static from your body.*
Cheers,
Craig
*I do it all the time without even thinking about it. The other day a friend of mine was watching me fix a computer and saw that I kept touching the PC case - he asked me if I had a compulsive disorder :)
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