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tikbalang:

is anyone still using mame under dos? i'm planning to build a mamecab using dos to boot faster. will i be able  to play 90's games with mame v.69, the last dos version?



lloydcom:

I am, well I have to since my new project centers around an old IBM 365x Thinkpad.  I bought some 1gb compact flash cards and a PCMCIA adaptor and the speed increase helps.  Using no hard drive always does.

Since I am playing a few of the classics, I'm not "into" getting the big games to work, but the simplicity of DOS still appeals.

I enjoy getting these old PCs working under Linux or Dos. 

There again I wasn't that OLD when the 486 came out.....  :P

tikbalang:

thanks for the reply. i'm new to mame and looking for support for the dos version. i prefer dos for its quick bootup. later if i need features, i may use linux (knoppix mame, or zenwalk).



NOP:

I too am using DOS, arcadeos and MAME.  I don't recall which version of MAME it is though. 

I also switched to a 1gig compact flash card and an IDE adapter.  There was no noticeable change in load times between hard drive and CF, and having no moving parts inside my cab (well, there's a fan in the power supply and on the CPU) make it all the more stable.

I'm running one of those tiny VIA Epia motherboards, and it's got enough speed to play all the classics that I'm interested in running.

If you use arcadeOS as a front end, just be aware that it takes a bit to get used to configuring it, and there's a bug that I'm trying to track down that pops up when I add a new game to one of my custom lists.

If you're using an arcade monitor, you will also need a config.sys driver (arcmon.sys iirc) to drive DOS at the proper refresh rate.

I've been really really happy with DOS and MAME on my cocktail machine.  Let us know if you need help!

-jeff!

RayB:

I use DMAME 0.78
I don't know where you get that 69 is the last version.

What speed is your CPU? Mine is 1.0ghz. Some games are still slow. I have to keep VSYNC off, and I also set all vector games to use DMAME 0.55 (too slow in .78)

My front end is GameLauncher


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