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Title: Compiling MAME
Post by: DaemonCollector on September 11, 2004, 06:47:47 pm

I'm tryin to compile mame myself but when I do I get an EXE that is 30 some meg...what did I do wrong?

Title: Re:Compiling MAME
Post by: SpamMe on September 11, 2004, 06:49:04 pm

Nothing, that's normal. Download and use this to get it down to a few mb instead of 30.
http://upx.sourceforge.net/

Title: Re:Compiling MAME
Post by: DaemonCollector on September 12, 2004, 12:56:56 am

Worked like a champ, thank you much :) 40 meg to 6.

Title: Re:Compiling MAME
Post by: lokki on September 12, 2004, 02:26:04 pm

Quote from: DaemonCollector on September 12, 2004, 12:56:56 am

Worked like a champ, thank you much :) 40 meg to 6.

Uncompressed mame requires less RAM than compressed MAME. When a program is UPXed the entire executable is loaded into memory (where it is compressed).

So unless you are low on disk space (and have plenty of RAM) I would use the uncompressed MAME