Hi this newbie need some help decided to post here instead of the advance CD forums
So decided to try advance CD to get Mame running on an old IBM thinkpad 390x.
I used advanced 2.6.2. Well I followed the instructions.. roms files checked out. Created the iso image and burned the advcd.iso to cd.
Advance mame loads and after I select to play polyplay or robbie I get these error messages:
error setting the variable mode information.
unable to start video emulation
error process exited with status 1.
1. How do I fix this?
2. How do I get out to the shell in advance mame?
Please please help!!!
FYI: A little history on how I got to this point 6 mths (on/off) in the making.
Got my bartop cab designed and the controls designed (been in the designing process for the last 2 yrs
I had originally wanted to go with a cocktail cab but then decided on a bartop - hence the two years). I only need to get my blasted laptop working with mame. Since I decided I did not like windows I would try Linux. Well here I am as a last ditch effort to get help in this wonderful community. I been a lurker for a few years enjoying the posts!!!
So if I cannot get linux working with mame I am throwing the towel in and going with win95 ..yes I said win 95 or win 98 on my old thinkpad 390x with mame32. At least I know this works.