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TinyXP and MAME etc
protokatie:
I have an old compy that I want to use for my MAME computer, but I had cleared the old XP I had on it (it got bricked and I didnt have the recovery discs). I was wondering how MAME, MALA and a few other things would work with TinyXP.. For instance I will need to:
1. Run MALA (or another front end)
2. Run MAME32
3. Set up a home network in TinyXP so I can use my MAME computer as a file sharer in my home network (I guess this is the more critical tinyXp question)
Im sure many of you peeps have used TinyXP before for MAME cabs, are all of these possible with it?
ark_ader:
Yep and it works a treat.
Just make sure you have a license for the OS. :cheers:
Sir Auros:
I thought TinyXP had network sharing stuff removed?
protokatie:
--- Quote ---Yep and it works a treat.
Just make sure you have a license for the OS.
--- End quote ---
So the network detection and home networking stuff works well?
Also, the compy has a licence sticker on it for XP home, and it had a legal copy working until it got bricked... I dont think you can get licences for an illegal version of XP (IE tiny Xp) but I dont care, M$ made a horrid OS that I paid for, so I will feel justified by installing a smaller version of that SAME OS on the SAME HD I had the legal (but now bricked) OS on. Im not going to buy the same OS for one computer I already bought the OS for.
(In this case, Bricked OS = wouldnt even let the BIOS screen come up. I had to boot using linux. Dont know how a bricked OS can prevent even the POST from starting...)
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: protokatie on January 17, 2008, 11:06:05 pm ---
--- Quote ---Yep and it works a treat.
Just make sure you have a license for the OS.
--- End quote ---
So the network detection and home networking stuff works well?
Also, the compy has a licence sticker on it for XP home, and it had a legal copy working until it got bricked... I dont think you can get licences for an illegal version of XP (IE tiny Xp) but I dont care, M$ made a horrid OS that I paid for, so I will feel justified by installing a smaller version of that SAME OS on the SAME HD I had the legal (but now bricked) OS on. Im not going to buy the same OS for one computer I already bought the OS for.
(In this case, Bricked OS = wouldnt even let the BIOS screen come up. I had to boot using linux. Dont know how a bricked OS can prevent even the POST from starting...)
--- End quote ---
The last version I had downloaded had a working network configuration, so I could use my home NAS to pull up the roms that I use for the main PC (when I'm tired of standing). I can't remember off the top of my head the version, but I'm sure you will find it if you look hard enough.
There is a new version that allows XP to run on any X86 processor, but I haven't tried it on a P120 yet.
:soapbox:
No excuse for not being legit. XP licenses are for one MACHINE not two, so if your PC was poopoo'd and had a license on the base, then off you go to the computer shop and buy an OEM version of XP. Tiny XP is just XP with a modified ISO that is stripped of all the baggage. Just saves you going to buy XP Lite and doing the trimming yourself, which I discourage and you should buy XP lite and have some fun learning to pull your hair out.
Anyhow it works and after reading the posts in Software you will have a nice snazzy machine. I like Mamewah myself and the excellent support on such a product that deserves a plug and all the praise I can give. :applaud: