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| IG-88:
Are you saying to put that exactly as you typed it? Does this boot directly into Mame then? How do you "undo" it and get back to windows if you have to? |
| hsr:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on December 31, 2006, 05:25:17 pm ---Are you saying to put that exactly as you typed it? Does this boot directly into Mame then? How do you "undo" it and get back to windows if you have to? --- End quote --- I think WareWolf's comment was directed at my posts. He was saying if you put the path to where the whatever.exe file is (in your case Mame32.exe) that the executable would not need to reside in the windows directory. I agree with his statement. If you simply put his string in your autoexec file, it will try to execute the command in DOS before ever getting to Windows. I really don't think Mame32 will run from there. |
| hsr:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on December 31, 2006, 05:25:17 pm ---Are you saying to put that exactly as you typed it? Does this boot directly into Mame then? How do you "undo" it and get back to windows if you have to? --- End quote --- If you were asking me, that is the purpose of the two system.ini (one for windows and one for the application) that I put on the floppy. Just writing either of them back to the windows directory, which is handled by the two batch files listed above is what allows me to boot into the application or into Windows. |
| IG-88:
I always forget to quote. I was asking WareWolf but thanks for the answer. So I shouldn't put that string in my autoexe.bat 'eh? ;) I like your idea too it's just I've never delt with .bat files much so I am a little leary. |
| hsr:
IG, I don't think my method is going to work 100% with Mame32. The included front end of Mame32 does not have (or at least I can't find one) a feature to automatically shut down the computer after you exit the emulator. I set up one of my computers with the mame32.exe in the system.ini file at the shell= line. After exiting Mame32, I'm left at a black dead screen. I just pressed the power button to shut the computer off. It ran scan disc when I rebooted. Guess you could get around this if you built a single button press relay power strip like SpyStyle's. Your solution (original post at the top of this thread) appears to be a really good method for Mame32 users. I had already setup the computer in my cabinet with Mala and command line Mame because Mala will shutdown windows and the computer when I exit the front end. Again, nice find and thanks for sharing the tip. |
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