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Cabinet running a single rom?
Gaston77:
hmm. mame is dos based so that should be ok. you will need to program a bit to make sure it starts up immediately (not much though). If you change the boot directory to A:\, it wont automatically start up with the CD running. You need to boot to A:\ where an unzipped version of mame is. You need to setup mame the way you want to (controls for example). You also need to shell your pc so that it runs mame with pcman (i.e. A:\mame.exe -mspcman)
Shouldnt be that hard...
anybody correct me if Im wrong.
I dont have any experience with Vantage or Amoad, but what you want is not that hard.
thebrownshow:
If you just want a cabinet that plays Pac-man, why not skip the PC and do something like this:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=36591.0
juan_caliente:
I will have to take a look at that but I really wanted it to feel authentic, you know like when a rom starts up how the "machine" runs through all of the checks. Just looks very original.
Grasshopper:
If your motherboard supports the facility then why not boot up from a USB pendrive? It would be faster than booting from a floppy and totally silent.
juan_caliente:
Actually I don't even know if my mb supports usb, it is an old k6-2 400, can't argue with free, and it should play pacman just fine. I have an extra 17gig hd but it seemed like a waste for just one rom. Mabey I will do pacmame and install all the variants for her?
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