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Title: mameinfo.dat, history.dat, catver.ini -- current versions with older MAMEs?
Post by: bmuse on December 08, 2016, 09:45:14 am

Hi everyone,

I'm doing a fresh install of my older .149 MAME. There are some files that I haven't found with .149 versions -- mameinfo.dat, history.dat, catver.ini, for example. Progetto Snaps is amazing, and has links for almost everything, but on the Arcade History site I could only find the .180 history.dat. Progetto had catver.ini, but a current version.

Are these files version-specific? Will it cause problems to use them with the older .149 MAME?

Thanks!
B

Title: Re: mameinfo.dat, history.dat, catver.ini -- current versions with older MAMEs?
Post by: Ortizimo on December 09, 2016, 08:57:32 am

I just installed 0.127 up from 0.125. Everything works the same and even better. Some of my .chds did not work on the older version and now work. On that same note, I also tested 0.128, 0.129, 0.130 and 0.180. A lot of my roms stopped working and all my .chds also stopped working. So I dont think it matters...but maybe someone else can clarify.

Title: Re: mameinfo.dat, history.dat, catver.ini -- current versions with older MAMEs?
Post by: Robbbert on December 09, 2016, 04:38:53 pm

Shouldn't make any difference. History.dat used to have extra linefeeds which are no longer there, so the text may be spaced a little differently.

Title: Re: mameinfo.dat, history.dat, catver.ini -- current versions with older MAMEs?
Post by: bmuse on December 09, 2016, 04:40:47 pm

Awesome. Thank you for the replies!