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AdvanceMame and V.113
Silver:
--- Quote from: lordtodd75 on March 19, 2007, 11:42:43 am ---At the risk of sounding like a greenhorn, what is the difference between advancemame and mame? Is it more compatible with arcade monitors?
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Yes, and more. It was written to drive arcade monitors directly, creating 100% exact & authentic video modes for all mame games, by controlling the video hardware directly.
The main catch was (apart from being fiddly to setup) was that 'directly controlling video hardware' is a no-no in windows, so its most successful in Dos And Linux. Windows versions do (apparantly) work, but on an extremely limited range of hardware.
Silver:
--- Quote from: Antix on March 19, 2007, 12:51:44 am ---Any other products like advancemame that handle the 15Khz monitors?
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There is no mame version quite like Advancemame, but if you wish to drive 15Khz monitors there are a couple of options. More if you are not using windows.
1) Buy an ArcadeVGA card. Designed to drive 15Khz monitors. Lots of resolutions set up specifically for mame.
2) You may be able to drive a 15Khz monitor from windows using a utility called Powerstrip. Check the monitor/video forum.
shorthair:
I just tried to run advmame (as well as the dos version of advmenu, which is in the advmame folder) from command and it said 'windows nt/2000/xp not supported'. I was all, what?
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: shorthair on March 20, 2007, 02:11:47 am ---I just tried to run advmame (as well as the dos version of advmenu, which is in the advmame folder) from command and it said 'windows nt/2000/xp not supported'. I was all, what?
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That's because it's designed to run under DOS not "Windoze" and especially not under the those over bloated, clogged up, slow versions of "Windoze"
In any case if you do run it configured, with your PC Monitor still connected to the machine, you'll quite possibly fry the electronics in your monitor. It's designed to drive 15Khz arcade monitors. They're not the same as a PC monitor.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Silver:
--- Quote from: shorthair on March 20, 2007, 02:11:47 am ---I just tried to run advmame (as well as the dos version of advmenu, which is in the advmame folder) from command and it said 'windows nt/2000/xp not supported'. I was all, what?
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On the AdvanceMame Download page, there is a DOS binary and a Windows Binary. Sounds like you downloaded the Dos binary and tried to run it from Windows. Running it from a command line within windows does not count as Dos.
http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/download.html