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Any way to fix the constantly changing controller IDs in MAME?
Shoegazer:
Hah.. thanks for the irreverent post, Foz. ;)
I figured it had more to do with WinXP than MAME, but I guess I was sorta hoping there would be a way to counteract this within MAME itself. Otherwise, possibly some way to turn off dynamic assignments on a per-device basis within XP. Ah well.
I'd go back to Win98 for the cab if it weren't for the fact that I need XP on this laptop for other non-cab reasons. I wonder if going the opposite direction (i.e. deeper into slowland) by moving to Vista would somehow make things better? As in, if Vista gave the option to turn off dynamic assignments. Something makes me doubt that. Alas.
Shoegazer
p.s. (to Fatfingers): I'm powering the hub by plugging it into a smartstrip.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Shoegazer on January 28, 2007, 12:33:12 pm ---I wonder if going the opposite direction (i.e. deeper into slowland) by moving to Vista would somehow make things better?
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ROFLMGDAO :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Vista so far looks lika another piece of over bloated over loaded Microstuffed junk..... Maybe it'll have something in there to improve the situation, but just like you, I somehow doubt it.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Shoegazer:
Yep. Funny thing about that - I was at a Best Buy the other day and saw just how bloated Vista really is. It was running on a new PC (not sure of specs tho) and just dragging windows around was SLUGGISH. Go figure.
http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyimages/915.gif
;)
Anyway, I guess it's pointless to pursue solving this problem any further. Sigh.
Shoegazer
rockin_rick:
--- Quote from: Shoegazer on January 28, 2007, 12:33:12 pm ---
I'd go back to Win98 for the cab if it weren't for the fact that I need XP on this laptop for other non-cab reasons.
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Maybe you could dual boot it and install both OS'es. The only downfall is that (AFAIK) win 98 needs to be installed before XP due to boot sector issues...
Rick
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on January 28, 2007, 12:11:40 pm ---Run Win98SE on your cab and the problems with this will vanish.
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True, but several other problems will probably appear. I was reluctant to upgrade to XP but when I did it solved all kindof of impossible to explain oddities which occurred with '98.
I won't be moving to Vista in the anywhere near future tho :P