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Arcade OS and Mame problems
david656:
forgot to say but basicly i want to run altered beast so bad !!! i bought the PCB off of ebay relativly cheap and have just downloaded the rom and am planning to buy and download a few of other games i like
all mames support altbeast.zip (DOS) .. do they??????
DOS roms are still .zips yeh ????
thanks again
Dexter:
I'd really consider upgrading to at least windows 98se or else just boot into pure DOS mode at startup and run dmame from there. You can use the EDIT app to make changes to your arcadeos and dosmame configs from there. I've put together a few cabs that didn't even have windows on them. If you want the best of both worlds, boot to dos then type WIN to start windows when you're finished with mame.
david656:
well heres teh deal !!
its a crappy 800mb HDD taht used to have 95 on then 98 then 95 then DOS and now 95 i would love to put dos on it but i have lots my dos 6.22 FDD set and if i put 98se on it i could risk filling it up with just 98 ! so i was hoping 95 would work but seems to be more trouble than its worth
i know when i had a dos HDD i stuck it in my pc as a slave put all the mame stuff on it plugged in as master and mame was working... althou dunno what version and it was on my original dos box that i shall be burrying this weekend cus its just so slow i put it to sleep ! and am gunna let it rest !!
if i shut down 95 and say restart in DOS will mame work then and if it doesn't does that mean for definate my copy of mame is bodged
cheers
Dexter:
You can edit your msdos.sys file (back it up first) and make the following change
BootGUI=0
then reboot your machine. It should boot straight to DOS
next cd to your mame directory, then type for example 'dmame spyhunt'
Let me know what happens. By the way what processor are you running in that machine??
david656:
well i will just put the pc back together a minute and boot it up see what the spec is as i haven't bothered to look brb