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Title: ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: Buddabing on December 09, 2003, 10:52:18 am: DOS 6.22 doesn't understand FAT32 so I don't really want to use that. I suppose I could use DOS 7, but I would prefer to have a Macrosoft-free cabinet. :)

Does the ArcadeOS front end work with FreeDOS? How about jukeboxes and other software?

TIA,
Buddabing
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: Buddabing on December 15, 2003, 04:55:46 pm: Quote from: Buddabing on December 09, 2003, 10:52:18 am
Does the ArcadeOS front end work with FreeDOS? How about jukeboxes and other software?

For the record, it does. So does the DOSCab jukebox.
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: Buddabing on January 20, 2004, 09:33:09 am: Quote from: Buddabing on December 15, 2003, 04:55:46 pm
Quote from: Buddabing on December 09, 2003, 10:52:18 am
Does the ArcadeOS front end work with FreeDOS? How about jukeboxes and other software?

For the record, it does. So does the DOSCab jukebox.

I've got to amend this to "it does, but only if you dont' mind not having sound".

The DOS sound card drivers are flaky and require Macrosoft's brand of extended memory manager. The FreeDos equivalent of EMM386 just doesn't work right. This is true for the Creative SB Live! series of cards, as well as the SB PCI 512.

So, I would recommend not getting FreeDOS, due to this problem.
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: DarkKobold on January 20, 2004, 01:01:35 pm: Try this (http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/bstsound.htm)
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: Buddabing on January 21, 2004, 09:56:01 am: Quote from: DarkKobold on January 20, 2004, 01:01:35 pm
Try this (http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/bstsound.htm)

FreeDOS still has the problem of not supporting long file names, so even if it runs MAME, it won't compile MAME.

I'm currently investigating ROM-DOS (http://www.datalight.com/product_detail.asp?p_id=20&archive=0). It supports LFN and my sound card.
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: SirPeale on January 21, 2004, 10:03:07 am: Quote from: Buddabing on January 21, 2004, 09:56:01 am
FreeDOS still has the problem of not supporting long file names, so even if it runs MAME, it won't compile MAME.

What long filenames is MAME using?
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: Buddabing on January 21, 2004, 11:19:34 am: Quote from: Peale on January 21, 2004, 10:03:07 am
Quote from: Buddabing on January 21, 2004, 09:56:01 am
FreeDOS still has the problem of not supporting long file names, so even if it runs MAME, it won't compile MAME.

What long filenames is MAME using?

MAME doesn't use long filenames internally, which is why MAME runs in DOS.

The GNU compiler and DJGPP do use long filenames, which is why MAME won't compile under FreeDOS, even though it may run correctly given the right sound card.

ROM-DOS looks like a winner since it will both compile and run MAME with no sound card issues.
Title: Re:ArcadeOS work with FreeDOS?
Post by: DarkKobold on January 21, 2004, 09:20:23 pm: Let us know how it works out - I'm curious to see.