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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: EvilRob on December 08, 2024, 05:01:20 am

Title: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 08, 2024, 05:01:20 am
Hi, is possible to reup GroovyArcade-Arch2012.03.25-i686.iso?
Thanks
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: Substring on December 08, 2024, 04:46:32 pm
No for thousands of reasons :
* Mame dropped official support for 32bits, which means it may work. But if it fails specifically on 32bits, they won't fix it
* 32bits on Linux is now only for some apps that are still not yet compatible with 64bits. But they all dropped a full 32bits OS
* Any non 64bit CPU will never be able to run Mame today
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 09, 2024, 06:11:02 am
No for thousands of reasons :
* Mame dropped official support for 32bits, which means it may work. But if it fails specifically on 32bits, they won't fix it
* 32bits on Linux is now only for some apps that are still not yet compatible with 64bits. But they all dropped a full 32bits OS
* Any non 64bit CPU will never be able to run Mame today

but I'm not interested in the current support, I just need that old version to start groovy mame on my i686 cpu.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: Calamity on December 09, 2024, 12:29:37 pm
The oldest iso that's online is from 2014, and it's 64 bits too, sorry.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 09, 2024, 02:37:31 pm
The oldest iso that's online is from 2014, and it's 64 bits too, sorry.
Yes, I saw it, a real shame that it was lost forever...
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: donluca on December 09, 2024, 03:20:29 pm
https://web.archive.org/web/20120627235435/http://www.aburamushi.net/calamity/GroovyArcade-Arch2012.03.25-i686.iso

From: https://code.google.com/archive/p/groovyarcade/

Then using the internet archive to retrieve a working link.

Take a look at that page, there are newer versions as well for 32-bits, don't know if they are archived as well though.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 10, 2024, 02:46:45 am
https://web.archive.org/web/20120627235435/http://www.aburamushi.net/calamity/GroovyArcade-Arch2012.03.25-i686.iso

From: https://code.google.com/archive/p/groovyarcade/

Then using the internet archive to retrieve a working link.

Take a look at that page, there are newer versions as well for 32-bits, don't know if they are archived as well though.
thanks, but something strange happens, the download starts and never ends, starting from scratch in an infinite loop.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: donluca on December 10, 2024, 06:39:14 am
Works fine here  :dunno

Try another browser or a download manager such as jDownloader.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 10, 2024, 09:20:48 am
Works fine here  :dunno

Try another browser or a download manager such as jDownloader.
Yes I tried with chrome, edge, jdownloader but nothing, the download starts regularly but then stops around 90%.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: donluca on December 10, 2024, 11:46:37 am
I've tried mounting the images I've downloaded and was surprised to see them corrupted.

So while you got an error, I probably downloaded a borked ISO. Either way, those ISOs weren't archived properly.

Here you can find another, more modern build of GroovyArcade for i686: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0NB2HYUHHktTDRwUlR3aGxwYms/view?usp=drive_link&resourcekey=0-kUfhd6tPgnwmGvmtYzmWCw

It's from 2016 but it should still run alright on old hardware.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 10, 2024, 03:07:50 pm
I've tried mounting the images I've downloaded and was surprised to see them corrupted.

So while you got an error, I probably downloaded a borked ISO. Either way, those ISOs weren't archived properly.

Here you can find another, more modern build of GroovyArcade for i686: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0NB2HYUHHktTDRwUlR3aGxwYms/view?usp=drive_link&resourcekey=0-kUfhd6tPgnwmGvmtYzmWCw

It's from 2016 but it should still run alright on old hardware.

Perfect, thank you very much.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: Substring on December 13, 2024, 04:50:05 pm
good luck finding a romset that is of the same age  :laugh2:
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 14, 2024, 06:55:39 am
good luck finding a romset that is of the same age  :laugh2:
I already have one that works perfectly
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: Substring on December 14, 2024, 05:27:48 pm
I honnestly see absolutely no advantage to use a 15 years old system. Mame has improved so much over the years + modewitching methods as well on linux.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 16, 2024, 03:35:54 am
I honnestly see absolutely no advantage to use a 15 years old system. Mame has improved so much over the years + modewitching methods as well on linux.
I simply found an old PC and wanted to make use of it in some way.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: donluca on December 17, 2024, 03:16:04 pm
Fair enough, I'm a "hardware recycler" as well and try to find a use for whatever I have around.

If it works, it works.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 18, 2024, 09:06:17 am
Fair enough, I'm a "hardware recycler" as well and try to find a use for whatever I have around.

If it works, it works.
exactly, I also have a pc based on amd Duron but unfortunately the ati 9250 pci costs too much...
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: donluca on December 21, 2024, 05:45:20 pm
Why do you need a PCI card?

AGP has been around for quite a while when the Duron came out.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 22, 2024, 12:15:43 pm
Why do you need a PCI card?

AGP has been around for quite a while when the Duron came out.

I have an old pc with amd Duron with 2 pci slots but without agp port and I wanted to give it new life with a video card that supports 15khz.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: ronbin on December 23, 2024, 02:47:53 pm
Hi

I've written an ansible playbook to configure a debian system for 15khz gaming. It works on 32 bit too, but I haven't tested it on real hardware  :dunno

Install 32 bit debian
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-12.8.0-i386-netinst.iso

Then follow the steps from my repo
https://github.com/Ronbinn/retrodebiankms

There is an (untested) live iso too
https://github.com/Ronbinn/retrodebiankms/releases/download/23_12_2024/retrodebiankms_i386.iso
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: EvilRob on December 23, 2024, 02:58:00 pm
Hi

I've written an ansible playbook to configure a debian system for 15khz gaming. It works on 32 bit too, but I haven't tested it on real hardware  :dunno

Install 32 bit debian
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-12.8.0-i386-netinst.iso

Then follow the steps from my repo
https://github.com/Ronbinn/retrodebiankms

There is an (untested) live iso too
https://github.com/Ronbinn/retrodebiankms/releases/download/23_12_2024/retrodebiankms_i386.iso

Thanks when I have time I will try it, luckily i to find a 32 bit version of GroovyArcade from 2016 that works fine, now I just need to get an ati 9250 pci.
Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Linux 2012 for i686
Post by: Substring on December 29, 2024, 12:47:20 pm
@ronbin forgive my ignorance, but why does your repo have kms in the name when ES-DE doesn't run on KMS ?