Stupid Questions need smart answers

[garnerb350]

Oh man do I feel dumb...but I need some input to keep me on track....Seems like everyday is getting more and more confusing when it come to completing this arcade. Please somebody set me straight...
Bender and me were bs-ing and I felt like a total idiot....

MAME with the GUI....is it MAME32 or UI or 64?

I'm so lost now....

Dont know why I having this brain fart....

I do know that I have MAME 129....it has the GUI...its not command line...

In the past I had 114 and I thought that it was named MAME32...but didnt they change it to something else....


I'm trying to learn how to compile...and since they now have ver 130...I figured now would be a good time to start learning....but how can i if my dumbtail cant even remember how to tie my shoes right half the time...!!!!

I think my wife must have sliped me something...I should be smarter than this!!! 

[u_rebelscum]

MameUI is now the official name for what was called mame32.

To add to that, there are two versions of MameUI released, now.  A 32 bit version and 64 bit version.  So there is MameUI32 and MameUI64.

And FWIW, normal mame has been 32 bit for over eight years.  It's about effing time that mameUI is used now instead of the old name that implied that official mame was not 32 bit.  (The commandline version official mame also currently has 32 bit and 64 bit releases.)

[daywane]

my versions of Mame are low ##
but the same should still apply
right click on the EXE file of MAME.EXE
properties
version
that should tell you what you have
what version of Mame do you wish?
I can help you find it
Mame 32 or Mame 64
Mame UI32 or Mame ui64
The ui part is new to me also

Joymonkey has a websight for Mame's
I have not been their in ages but I would bet he is up to date.
I will find a link . be right back.
http://www.joymonkey.com/
hope this was of help

[garnerb350]

its practilly my fault....Ive been SO busy trying to grasp everything when it comes to emulation...I think I created a monster....People where I am at are seeing me doing this "hobby" and they are wanting to learn more... at the same time I am forgetting the "basics"

Also I am trying to comprehend and figure out Hyperspin...been so busy with it the past weeks....I'm forgetting MAME...

And now...After I finish, I have 9 more emulators and rom sets that I have to try and figure out also....


Ok...now correct me on this....UI 32 is for older computers to XP....and I guess UI64 is for Vista onward...or did I suffer a stroke and I am now realising it?

If I am wrong on that assumption...then what is the difference between the two?

[daywane]

Ok...now correct me on this....UI 32 is for older computers to XP....and I guess UI64 is for Vista onward...or did I suffer a stroke and I am now realising it?

sound good to me.
except there is a vista for 32
and a vista for 64
one thing, its up to if you have a 32 bit CPU or a 64 bit CPU

notice how PC componits multiply by 2
64 meg
128 meg
256 meg
512 meg
same is with 32 bit  and 64 bit
Thats how I see it

[u_rebelscum]

64 bit mameUI only if you have a 64 bit OS (vista64, xp64, etc), which requires a 64 bit CPU of course.  (All mainline CPUs are 64 bit capable now.)

So if you have the basic vista, which is 32 bit, you have to use ui 32, too.  Also, you can run UI 32 on a 64 bit OS if you want, even though UI 64 will give you ! 20% speed increase.

To sum up, UI 32 for all modern OSs, UI 64 only for 64 bit OSs.