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Ok, I got onboard audio working in DOS, but my load times are still slow.

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AlanS17:
I'll do whatever it takes to get load time under 5 seconds. That's pretty much my target, though 2 seconds would be ideal. I'll try it all out tonight.

RayB:
Use the oldest version of MAME that you can. You should notice that .69 is about half as big as .97. I would imagine .55 is even smaller, and .36 much more so.

AlanS17:
Oh I'm sure bloating and sheer executable size have a lot ot do with it. I just don't have much of a choice. I have newer ROMs that won't work on older versions of MAME. I found this out last night. I didn't have time to try everything, though. That'll have to happen tonight.

AlanS17:
Ok, I've got AC97 sound working in DOS through AdvanceMAME and I'm down to just under 15 seconds load time. Still wanna get that better, though.

I'm using xmsdsk to create a ram drive (X:). Then i'm copying over the C:\ADVMAME directory over to X:\ADVMAME and referencing the rom directory back on the C:\ drive.

I've never used Advance MAME before, though. How do I disable the OK screen in AdvanceMAME? And how do I disable the quit confirmation?

AlanS17:
Ok, nevermind the exit confirmation. I got that one figured out. And if disabling the "OK" screen involves recompiling, I'm gonna worry about it. I'm too lazy for that.

I'm still working on that load time, though.

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