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DOS dmame and ArcadeOS startup delay question
Rudi:
I just finished most of the software configuration of what will become a bartop machine. It is a P2 400mhz, with 512M RAM and 6G of disk. It is running DOS 7.0 and the latest dmame and ArcadeOS.
The question I've got is how long should it take for a game to start? On this machine it is taking between 20 to 30 seconds from when I select it in ArcadeOS to when I see the startup (test) screens for the game. Is this normal? If not, which configuration should be changed?
Thank you in advance.
Rudi
Pi:
First of all, I wouldn't use the last DMAME for such a low-spec machine. Unless there is some game recently added to MAME that you're interested in, I would go quite several versions back, maybe 0.56 or 0.70. Also, in your mame.ini, or dmame.cfg, or whatever the file is now, check that skip_validitychecks is set to 1.
Rudi:
Thanks. That did it. The start time is reduced to less than 10 seconds. That's acceptable. The games I'm running are all vintage 80's games and are running great.
Rudi
Orclord:
--- Quote from: Pi on June 13, 2006, 08:50:46 am ---First of all, I wouldn't use the last DMAME for such a low-spec machine. Unless there is some game recently added to MAME that you're interested in, I would go quite several versions back, maybe 0.56 or 0.70. Also, in your mame.ini, or dmame.cfg, or whatever the file is now, check that skip_validitychecks is set to 1.
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Ohhh Hark at it............ :blah:
;D
Pi:
You have an attitude problem. Never mix chorizo with MAME, mate ;)
Do you have any Fosters left? Share some with me, buddy.
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