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WakiMiko:
^ Debian has had MAME (0.146) in its non-free repository for a while now, of course you have to enable that in the sources.list first.

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mame

Xiaou2:
Haze is the King of Drama.

  But you cant really be too hard on him, considering its that OCD + Phobic  mindset that drives him to figure out PCB puzzles and code for hours on end.

 I know Jeff Anderson from Videotopia was asking about mame some time back... but couldnt use it in his Museum locations due to Licensing.  I told him to email the team, so eventually, that may have happened.  I know he had sent in Hard Drivin Panorama roms and information years ago... and the team didnt do anything with them... and he said he wasnt very happy about that.   He has a very large collection of games, and Im pretty sure he might provide further dumps of needed roms if he was given more good will.  I dont think he would use mame unless there was a true legal means.  Museums do charge entry fees, and while some may be non profit.. I know some that may be profit based.

 And yeah, Im pretty much broke at the moment, but who do I send some money to fix the ---smurf-poo--- input system so that we can have a switch for true arcade inputs, such as true arcade gear shifters, interfacing properly?  As well as finding a way to document and verify actual optical inputs of games, so that true arcade spinners / wheels (and replicas of them), can be 100% arcade accurate... 

 These, and many other similar things need serious work... and nobody seems to care to lift a finger to do it.  Even though they are so bent on making sure nobody Bjorks their code up and represents them poorly... they dont even understand that the games themselves dont even play properly... and thats the greatest insult of all.



shponglefan:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 16, 2013, 11:45:51 am ---Haze is the King of Drama.
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Weren't you the guy flipping out over CRAPMAME?  Pot, kettle and all that.

Rick:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 16, 2013, 11:45:51 am ---Haze is the King of Drama.
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Some might call him passionate.


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 16, 2013, 11:45:51 am ---These, and many other similar things need serious work... and nobody seems to care to lift a finger to do it. Even though they are so bent on making sure nobody Bjorks their code up and represents them poorly... they don't even understand that the games themselves dont even play properly... and thats the greatest insult of all.
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You know what? Why don't you do something about it, then? I know enough about development to do very, very rudimentary things with a programming language. I can only imagine the amount of knowledge that the MAME Developers have, to even remotely come close to what they've managed to accomplish, and I'd pretty much guarantee you don't either.

I would never state anything anywhere close as disrespectful as you seem to ad nauseum. The greatest insult of all are people like you who think the MAME Developers owe them anything. If you want specific things fixed so bad, become a part of the team that makes them happen. I'm pretty sure that's why the programming is called "open source". You have just as much access as anyone to work the problems out. Have at 'er.

I'm not taking sides on the debate. Personally, I know that I don't know enough about the situation to provide a good opinion on the matter. I do know about human decency and respect, however, and I can certainly call an ---uvula--- an ---uvula--- when I see one.

paigeoliver:
Also, although I often disagree with haze about things, I do indeed think he should have a major say in what goes on with Mame since he pretty much wrote half of it.

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