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Title: MAME version
Post by: aeroflott on November 10, 2004, 11:35:06 am

About to upgrade to MAME .88 under Mamewah, and I can't remember which version of MAME I'm running.

Which version do I download from http://www.mame.net/downmain.html

Command line or DOS? Does it make a difference?

Also, should I overwrite the relevant files I have (ver .78) or do a full clean install?

I'm running XP Pro.

Thanks

Title: Re:MAME version
Post by: screaming on November 10, 2004, 12:01:39 pm

You want the "command-line" version.  It definitely makes a difference :)

Realistically you should start fresh, but you'll lose all your highscores and certainly the catver.ini and mameinfo.dat informations have changed.

  It's possible that you can just overwrite the old MAME installation with the new one, but be catious as wackiness can ensue.

-Steve

Edit: sp.

Title: Re:MAME version
Post by: aeroflott on November 10, 2004, 12:04:39 pm

Cheers Steve. Going for an upgrade of MAMEWAH too - wish me luck.

Final quickie - how can I determne what version of Direct X I'm running?

Ta

Title: Re:MAME version
Post by: screaming on November 10, 2004, 12:14:13 pm

Quote from: aeroflott on November 10, 2004, 12:04:39 pm

Cheers Steve. Going for an upgrade of MAMEWAH too - wish me luck.

Final quickie - how can I determne what version of Direct X I'm running?

Ta

  Start->Run and type dxdiag

  If you're running XP, you probably have version 8 or 9.

-Steve

Title: Re:MAME version
Post by: aeroflott on November 10, 2004, 12:20:25 pm

Nice one. Doubtless more issues will arise as I play around tonight. Watch this space.

Cheers

Tony