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A ROM is a ROM is a ROM or is it?
ahofle:
--- Quote ---If a Rom was listed as competed on the first version of MAME than it would work with any modern emulator now right?
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No it could still be found later to have been incorrectly dumped (or #3 in Mr. Do's example). It's probably simplest to just accept that no ROM set is guaranteed to never need to be changed again.
Stingray:
--- Quote from: ahofle on October 09, 2006, 02:44:53 pm ---It's probably simplest to just accept that no ROM set is guaranteed to never need to be changed again.
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It's simplest to find a version you like and just stick with it. Pretty much everything I want has been working perfectly for years.
-S
rackoon:
Thanks guys, I kind of get it now. I think I miss used the word ROM when I should have said ZIP file. That just goes to show you that I don't know squat but I'm trying to learn the computer side of MAME because my cab is close to being finished. I just need about $400.00 more bucks (drop in the bucket) and a crap load of time. I do most of my work in the winter when it snows. :blah:
Tommy Boy:
I'm embarassed to say that I've been lurking around here for 5 years or more and don't know this: Who keeps the "official" set of MAME ROMs? Who is the "gold standard"? I'm pretty sure it isn't a member of MAMEdev, correct? I know that Guru does much of the dumping is he also the main archivist?
Dav:
There isn't necessarily a reference set. The hashes are the reference.
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