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DOS MAME Retired9/23/2013

Today I'm officially retiring my DOS MAME pages.

As of writing, MAME is at version 0.150 - Imake that 44 releases away from the lastDOS source released over 7 years ago. It'stime!

My DOS MAME support pages started wayback in 2001, where my initial driver was tocreate a PC based arcade cabinet, with fastboot and no clues it was a PC under tohood, and in turn publish the findings to helpothers with similar goals.

Since then there have been many manyadvances to MAME, MAME frontends, Operating Systems and PC hardwarewhich IMO have rendered my DOS MAME efforts kinda obsolete....and havebeen for a long time now.

With SSD hard drives, faster CPUs and RAM, and 64-bit operating systems likeWindows 7 and Linux there is now much more choice, with better and fasteralternatives to running up MAME either on a desktop PC or in a dedicatedarcade cabinet conversion like mine.

Having said all of that, DOS MAME is still alive and active with the likes ofAdvanceMAME et-al, and it's still a great platform for a fast booting arcadecabinet. I simply prefer the flexibility of being able to run MAME, ZSES andregular PC games all from a single frontend like MALA.

So moving forward, I'm still around, and I'm still tweaking and modding, and I'llbe concentrating on developing my MAME movie script.....albeit very s lowly

LOL.

All of the above will be posted here as always.

Best wishes, dosmame

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DOS MAME Retired9/23/2013

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Windows 7 Config (WIP) Seta static IP address with NOgateway or DNS toprevent ... Read More

x64MAME - All Change12/7/2012

I've been having somereliability issues withWindows XP x64 - lock outs& ... Read More

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x64MAME - Windows 7 Config12/7/2012

Windows 7 Config (WIP)

Set a static IP address with NO gateway orDNS to prevent internet access

START-uac - set to bottom option screen resolution 1024x768 monitor refresh rate 60hz firewall off

services security center disabled windows updatesdisabled

set to max performance disable system restore set sounds to none set volume to 100% turn off remote assistance set background to black turn power management off disable program compatibility assistant -

gpeditDisable_Program_Compatibility_Assistant.re

uninstall tablet pc components windows gadget platform

disable last access time - fsutil behavior setdisablelastaccess 1

install video card drivers wifi drivers tightvnc

setup windows to log on automatically netplwiz uncheck 'users must enter a

username.....' add the login credentials reboot

SSD Disk C

c:\arcade\..

dump all files EXCEPT ROMS and PC games here

run MALA from here too

SATA DISK D

all roms and PC games live here

SATA DISK EBackup of C & D

Windows Tweaks

Prerequisites

Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Installtake-ownership.reg Install Resource Hacker

http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ Cursor Transparent Cursor

Take ownership of windows resource files - Right-click on the file and 'Take Ownership'

C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winlogon.exe.mui C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd\basebrd.dll

Copy the windows resource files to your desktop

C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winlogon.exe.mui C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd\basebrd.dll

Remove Windows Branding

'Run as Administrator' - C:\Program Files (x86)\ResourceHacker\ResHacker.exe

open basebrd.dll on your desktop delete each bitmap resource (click on the bitmap folder on the left, open

each item, right click on the numbered file and choose delete). save the file to your desktop

Remove 'Welcome Screen' text

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/126315-welcome-log-text-message-change.html


open winlogon.exe.mui on your desktop string from the left menu and delete the text from items 63 and 64. save the file to your desktop


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Remove the Welcome Screen spinning circle


open imageres.dll on your desktop in the bitmaps section on the left menu and delete each one save the file to your desktop

Copy the hacked Windows Resource files to their original location

C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winlogon.exe.mui C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd\basebrd.dll

Cursors

copy transparentCursor.cur to c:\windows\cursors install transparentcursor.reg set the mouse cursor in control panel to XXTRANSPARENT

Change the Windows Logon Screen

Install and run http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_7_logon_background_changer/

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5382-log-screen-change.html

Change the boot animation

Install and run the Windows 7 Boot Updaterhttp://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/

change the settings to 'No messages' set a single image or a number of images as an animation

Set shell

Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

'Shell' "c:\arcade\mala\mala.exe"

Disable Windows 7 auto recovery menu

cmd as administrator bcdedit /set {current} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures reboot - not power off!!

If you have a power kill switch, you'll need to set the hard drives policy for'Quick Removal' to avoid disk corruption. There will be a performance hit as itdisabled write caching.

device manager right click hard drive policies removal policy - quick removal

x64MAME - All Change12/7/2012

I've been having some reliability issues with Windows XP x64 - lock outs &slowness, so I've gone ahead an migrated my Final Fight Cabinet to Windows 7x64 which I've been holding off because I was unable to completely hide the OSwhilst booting. But now it's done.

Also I've upgraded the video card to an Nvidia 8800 GTS which should providebetter PC game support, as I run Crazy Taxi 3, Raiden III and Virtual Tennis2009.

In addition I'm using an SSD for the boot device to help improve boot and menuperformance.

MALA and all game images and snaps now reside on the SSD.

ROMs and PC games are on the SATA disk - mainly because it's only a 60GBSSD.


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Final Fight - Creating Attract Movies6/16/2011

Here is a shell script I've written to generate AVI files for your favorite game

Just copy everything below into a text file and save as MAME2AVI.BAT

Run MAME2AVI

The script will search and create and missing attract movies

Read the instructions

@echo off::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::: MAME ATTRACT CREATOR SCRIPT :::::: :::::: DOSMAME V1.0 June 2011 :::::: :::::: HTTP://DOSMAME.MAMEWORLD.NET :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::: MAME2AVI.BAT :::

::: :::::: PREREQUISITES: :::::: MENCODER :::::: http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php :::::: PUT MENCODER AND THIS SCRIPT IN THE :::::: 'tools' DIRECTORY SPECIFIED IN THE USER :::::: OPTIONS BELOW :::


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::: :::::: A WORKING WINDOWS COMMAND-LINE VERSION :::::: OF MAME :::::: :::::: :::::: :::::: THIS SCRIPT WILL; :::::: .SKIP AVI CREATION IF THE MOVIE ALREADY :::::: EXISTS IN %mame_dir%\avi\ :::::: .SKIP ROMS NOT AVAILABLE IN %mame_dir%\roms:::::: :::::: :::::: :::::: BEFORE RUNNING, SETUP YOUR USER OPTIONS! :::

::: :::::: MAKE A BACKUP! :::::: :::::: USAGE IS ENTIRLY AT YOUR OWN RISK :::::: xDOSMAMEx :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DEBUG OPTIONS:::

set debug=0set debug_rom=8ballact:: SET DEBUG TO 1 AND SET A ROM NAME IF YOU NEED TO DEBUG:: A ROM AND SKIP THROUGH EACH STEP OF THE SCRIPT

:::::: END OF DEBUG OPTIONS:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SET USER OPTIONS BELOW:::

set parents_only=1:: SET THIS TO 1 IF YOU ONLY WANT PARENT GAMES, OR 0(ZERO) FOR ALL

set game_duration=50:: THIS IS THE AMMOUNT OF TIME THE MOVIE WILL RUN INSECONDS

set trim=25:: THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN SECONDS TO TAKE OFF THEBEGINNING OF THE MOVIE

set mame_dir=d:\mame:: THIS IS THE DIRECTORY OF MAME.EXE

set mame_exe=groovymame64.exe:: THIS IS THE MAME EXECUTABLE

set tools=d:\roms2avi:: THIS IS THE FOLDER WHERE THIS SCRIPT AND MEMCODER LIVES

:::::: END OF USER OPTIONS:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: MAIN SCRIPT - DON'T TOUCH THIS BELOW:::

if %debug% == 1 @echo on

cd %mame_dir%if %parents_only% == 1 for /f "tokens=2" %%a in('%mame_dir%\%mame_exe% -listclones') do call :doIt %%aif %parents_only% == 0 for /f "tokens=1" %%a in('%mame_dir%\%mame_exe% -listfull') do call :doIt %%a

:doItset rom=%1if exist %mame_dir%\avi\%rom%.avi goto aviExistif not exist %mame_dir%\roms\%rom%.zip goto romNotExistif not exist avi mkdir avi

echo.echo Running game %rom%echo.if %debug% == 1 if %rom% == %debug_rom% pausestart /min /wait %mame_dir%\%mame_exe% %rom% -aviwrite%rom%.avi -str %game_duration% -nouse_backdrops-nouse_bezels -windowif %debug% == 1 if %rom% == %debug_rom% pause

:createVideo

echo.echo Creating video for %rom%echo.

if %debug% == 1 if %rom% == %debug_rom% pauseif not exist snap\%rom%.avi goto noAviFound%tools%\mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy snap\%rom%.avi -ss


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%trim% -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcoptsacodec=mp3,1bitrate=128,vcodec=mpeg4,vbitrate=800,vhq,vm4v-o avi\%rom%.aviif %debug% == 1 if %rom% == %debug_rom% pausegoto aviComplete

:noAviFoundecho.echo Error: no snap\%rom%.avi output found - check romsecho Error: no snap\%rom%.avi output found - check roms >>movie-log.txt

:aviCompleteecho.

echo Process complete for %rom%if %debug% == 1 if %rom% == %debug_rom% pause

echo Cleaning up %rom%echo.del snap\%rom%.avi

:aviExistecho.echo %rom%.avi exists - skipping %rom%goto :end

:romNotExistecho.echo %rom% rom not foundgoto :end

:end:::::: END OF MAIN SCRIPT:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

x64 MAME Cabinet - BIOS editing andsystem branding6/8/2011

WARNING: Flashing yourmotherboard BIOS has the potentialto kill your motherboard by means ofa bad/corrupt flash or power outagemid flash.

If in doubt, don't do it

The BIOSNow I have the ArcadeVGA and a stable POST and boot screen on my WellsGardner K7000 arcade monitor, so now it's time to 'brand' my MAME PC

In order to flash the ASUS P5W BIOS, I need to create a DOS boot USB stick.

This is acomplished by using unetbootin-win http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

From unetboow-win, select - Create a FREEDOS boot disk, choose your USBstick and you're done.

Now we need to create 2 images;1 - the BIOS boot logo which should be BMP 640 x 480 x 256 colours2 - the BIOS setup logo which should be BMP 640 x 80 x 16 colours

I used photofiltreto create the image and infranviewto convert to 16 and 265colour BMPs

From the ATI flash tools, run OEMLOGO.exe

Load the original motherboard ATI BIOS and replace 'OEM logo'


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Next select 'Small Logo' and replace with your image

To finish, select 'SAVE ROM AS' and place it on your USB key

To flash the motherboard AMI BIOS, insert the USB boot key and boot with NOdrivers

Backup existing ROM

afu236u.exe /obackup.rom

Flash new ROM

afu236u.exe /iff-ami.rom

Reboot

Voila; nice branded BIOS images (video to follow

Windows XP Boot Screen

Next we want to brand the Windows boot screen with our own image

To do this I used instant shellerto change the boot logo and hide the mousecursor and boot to the frontend

You will need a 640 x 480 x 16 colour image; here is the one I created;


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x64 MAME Cabinet - Updated Pics5/12/2011

Nothing news worthy here, just some updated pics of the internals showing thePC (q6700 @ 3.2GHz + 4GB RAM + ATI HD4350), SATA system disk andbackup IDE disk, PC PSU, arcade monitor (WG K7000), J-Pac, vintagefreecycled Realistic AV to power the speakers, coin box and mouse


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x64 MAME Cabinet - Overclocking1/30/2011

Experiment using +20% over clocking in the ASUS BIOS in 'JumperFreeConfiguration' and running cabmame64

Highlighted games run a almost full speed or better now

The system seems to be stable at +20%....sweet :-D


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ROM No OC ASUS OC@ +20%

Diff

blitz 135% 157% +16%

1941 1280% 1629% +27%

alpinerd 60% 70% +17%

airco22b 83% 96% +16%

blitz 135% 159% +17%

blitz99 158% 184% +16%Cybrcycc 121% 141% +17%

Gauntleg 190% 218% +14%

Gradius4 253% 343% +35%

Propcycl 85% 99% +16%

Radikalb 104% 130% +25%

Raveracw 95% 108% +14%

Ridgerac 106% 124% +16%

Scud 85% 104% +23%

Sidebs2 110% 137% +25%

Starblad 103% 126% +23%

Starsldr 44% 53% +22%

Stunrun 473% 578% +22%

Surfplnt 90% 113% +26%

BENCHMARK.BAT

::::MAME Benchmark Script v1.0::DOSMAME Jan 2011::

@echo off

::USER VALUES HEREset bench_log=bench_results.csvset bench_time=90set mameversion=cabmame64.exeset games=(blitz 1941 alpinerd airco22b blitz blitz99 cybrcycc dolphingauntleg gradius4 hyprdriv propcycl radikalb raveracw ridgerac scudsidebs2 starblad starsldr stunrun surfplnt)::END OF USER VALUES

::MAIN SCRIPTecho This will delete your last %bench_log%echo CTRL + C to quitecho.pausedel %bench_log% /qecho ROM,Result >> %bench_log%for %%a in %games% do call :doit %mameversion% %%a %bench_time%%bench_log%goto end

:doitecho Benchmarking %2 please wait %3 secondsfor /f "tokens=2 delims=:(" %%b in ('%1 %2 -bench %3') do echo %2,%%b>> %4

:end::END OF MAIN SCRIPT

x64 MAME Cabinet - Benchmarks1/5/2011

Here are some benchmark figures for a standard MAME 0.141 64 bitexecutable next to some different compilations

Specs;Motherboard - ASUS P5W, Intel 975X +Intel ICH7R 1333/1066/800MHz

CPU - Intel Q6700 Quad Core @ 2.66 GHz, L2 Cache 8 MBVideo Card - Saphire ATI HD4350 512Mb PCI-eCatalyst 10.11 Radeon driversWindows XP 64 Bit

BENCHMARK.BAT

::::MAME Benchmark Script v1.0::DOSMAME Jan 2011::

@echo off

::USER VALUES HEREset bench_log=bench_results.csvset bench_time=90set mameversion=mame64.exeset games=(blitz 1941 alpinerd airco22b blitz blitz99 Cybrcycc DolphinGauntleg Gradius4 Hyperdriv Propcycl Radikalb Raveracw Ridgerac ScudSidebs2 Starblad Starsldr Stunrun Surfplnt)::END OF USER VALUES

::MAIN SCRIPTecho This will delete your last %bench_log%echo CTRL + C to quitecho.pause


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del %bench_log% /qecho ROM,Result >> %bench_log%for %%a in %games% do call :doit %mameversion% %%a %bench_time%%bench_log%goto end

:doitecho Benchmarking %2 please wait %3 secondsfor /f "tokens=2 delims=:(" %%b in ('%1 %2 -bench %3') do echo %2,%%b>> %4

:end::END OF MAIN SCRIPT

Results

ROM Standard 64bitEXE

Compile 1ARCHOS=-msse3

Diff STD vsCompile 1

Compile 2ARCHOS=-march=pentium-m

-msse3

Diff STD vsCompile 2

Diff Compile 1vs Compile 2

blitz 135.12% 135.83% 100.53% 136.21% 100.81% 100.28%

1941 1279.61% 1374.81% 107.44% 1374.54% 107.42% 99.98%

alpinerd 59.86% 60.31% 100.75% 61.04% 101.97% 101.21%

airco22b 82.54% 83.71% 101.42% 83.86% 101.60% 100.18%

blitz 135.47% 136.76% 100.95% 136.78% 100.97% 100.01%

blitz99 158.07% 159.47% 100.89% 158.46% 100.25% 99.37%

Cybrcycc 120.90% 124.31% 102.82% 124.71% 103.15% 100.32%

Gauntleg 190.46% 191.61% 100.60% 192.63% 101.14% 100.53%

Gradius4 253.03% 286.91% 113.39% 285.68% 112.90% 99.57%

Propcycl 84.92% 87.63% 103.19% 87.81% 103.40% 100.21%Radikalb 104.39% 111.42% 106.73% 111.69% 106.99% 100.24%

Raveracw 95.08% 92.54% 97.33% 92.98% 97.79% 100.48%

Ridgerac 106.41% 106.62% 100.20% 107.17% 100.71% 100.52%

Scud 84.83% 87.09% 102.66% 87.13% 102.71% 100.05%

Sidebs2 109.60% 105.66% 96.41% 106.11% 96.82% 100.43%

Starblad 102.78% 105.52% 102.67% 105.44% 102.59% 99.92%

Starsldr 43.73% 44.44% 101.62% 44.60% 101.99% 100.36%

Stunrun 473.23% 481.55% 101.76% 481.22% 101.69% 99.93%

Surfplnt 89.76% 94.89% 105.72% 95.25% 106.12% 100.38%

There are some very minor gains to be had over the standard 64 bit compilation

As you can see from the graph, there's not much to be gained between thesafer ARCAHOS=-msse3 and the more risky ARCHOS=-march=pentium-m-msse3

x64 MAME Cabinet - Arcade MonitorReturns1/4/2011 | Comments: 2

Well it had to happen eventually, the Wells Gardner K7000 is back in place. Asmuch as I liked the f lexibility of the SVGA monitor, it just doesn't produce thesame results as a low res monitor.

Now I just had to fix the tearing in horizontal scrollers......[now fixed]


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Final Fight - J-Pac Mappings12/23/2010

Probably not much interest to anyone other than me...but here it is :-)

Final Fight - BIOS edit and MameWAHMovies12/17/2010

With the cabinet 99% finished, it was time to add the finishing touches


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I've hacked my ASUS P5W AMI BIOS with a boot logo

And installed AVI files in MameWAH

Here's a clip of the whole thing in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBeUvOPwvPo

Final Fight - new monitor12/8/2010

Well I went ahead and swapped the CGA monitor for an SVGA monitor

The new monitor is a 19 inch Samsung Syncmaster 950B

I stripped the monitor out of it's plastic casing to reveal the tube and ciruitboards


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Clearly I'm not going to be able to swap the tube into the k7000 mounting frame

The tube is 3cm too long too, so I had to fit some spacers between the bracketsand the cabinet to bring the screen forward


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PARTS SIDE SOLDER SIDE

Black 18ga Ground 1 A Ground Black 18ga

Black 18ga Ground 2 B Ground Black 18ga

Red 18ga +5 volts 3 C +5 volts Red 18ga

Red 18ga +5 volts 4 D +5 volts Red 18ga

Blue 18ga - 5 volts 5 E - 5 volts Blue 18ga

Orange 18ga +12 volts 6 F +12 volts Orange 18ga

NA Key 7 H Key NA

Yellow Coin Counter 1 8 J Coin Counter 2 Yellow/S

Gray Coin Lockout 9 K Coin Lockout Gray/S

Violet Speaker + 10 L Speaker - Violet/S

Blue/S Not Used 11 M Not Used Orange

Red Red Video 12 N Green Video Green

Blue Blue Video 13 P Composite Sync White

Black Video Ground 14 R Service Switch Orange/S

Red/S Test 15 S Tilt White/S

Brown P1 Coin 16 T P2 Coin Brown/S

Have to fashion a shelf too

x64 MAME Cabinet - Radeon 9250 256MbR92P-LD311/24/2010

Here is my new addition to the cabinet project. A PowerColor ATI Radeon 9250256MB 128bit DVI+CRT+TV PCI (R92P-LD3).

Not exactly bleeding edge, actually compared to the capabilities of thepreviously installed ATI HD4350 PCI-e card, it's a real slouch for playing 3Dgames. BUT it's perfect for 2D MAME and will output perfectly to my 15Khzarcade monitor with a slight BIOS modification.

The new graphics card may well spell the end for the x64 Windows build due toa lack of x64 drivers, and a new build of crunchbang linux 10a2 x86_64 :-D

Random Posts - JAMMA connector

pinouts11/24/2010 | Comments: 1

The Real Bob RobertsNew JAMMA Pinout & Colors


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Gray P1 Start 17 U P2 Start Gray/S

Blue P1 UP 18 V P2 Up Blue/S

Green P1 Down 19 W P2 Down Green/S

Yellow P1 Left 20 X P2 Left Yellow/S

Red P1 Right 21 Y P2 Right Red/S

Orange P1 Button 1 22 Z P2 Button 1 Orange/S

Violet P1 Button 2 23 a P2 Button 2 Violet/S

White P1 Button 3 24 b P2 Button 3 White/S

Green/S P1 Button 4 25 c P2 Button 4 Black/S

Brown P1 Button 5 26 d P2 Button 5 Brown/S

Black Ground 27 e Ground Black

Black Ground 28 f Ground Black

Outside Color=Bundle | /S=StripedYel=Power|Gray=Coin Door|Violet=Speaker|Green=VideoPink=Player 1 | Aqua=Player 2

x64 MAME Cabinet - Windows XP x64testing11/24/2010

Since I've got alicense for XP

x64 & myhardware hasdrivers for XPx64, then XP x64it is :-)

The objective forthis build is;

Has to have theperception offeeling lightweight- Fast boot- No wireless forsecurity reasonssince I'll bedisabling thefirewall and not installing any AV- No printing- No themes- No Windows audio sounds

- Share files so I can update it (using SSH)- Remote desktop for troubleshooting- Soft15KHz- MAME - of course- 64bit developement tools to compile MAME- MameWah frontend- Ethernet with static IP & NO default gateway- No internet- No anti-virus- No windows updates

After a default install and sorting out all the drivers

Add/remove programs, remove- Accessories- Internet Explorer- MSN Explorer- Outlook Express- Windows Media Player- Windows Messenger

Power manager

- turn off screen saver- disable power management

System properties- adjust for best performance- turn off system restore

Startup and recovery- time to display list of operating systems 0- time to display recovery options 0

System failure- uncheck write and event to the system log- uncheck send an administrative alert

Remote- uncheck allow remote assistance invitations to be sent from this computer- check allow users to connect remotely to this computer- add user

Services - Disable the following Windows services;- Themes- Event Log- Error Reporting Service- Fast User Switching- Help and Support- Indexing Service- Automatic Updates- Security Center


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- Windows Firewall- Print Spooler

x64 MAME Cabinet - block diagram11/24/2010

Here's a schematic of the cabinet

x64 MAME Cabinet - 32 bit test complete11/24/2010

32bit on a 64bit blog...what's this all about then?

Well, I've been having a fewtechnical issues with my setup,namely getting Windows XP x64up on my Wells Garner 19K7602(K7000) @ 15khz display usingsoft15khz.

The problem was thatintermittently I would get adesktop, or a blank screen. So I'verolled back to 32bit as we knowthis configuration works.

However, after a good few hourstroubleshooting on Windows XP32bit, I was experiencing exactly the same issues.

My ATI Radeon HD 4350 card has 3 outputs

1 x Standard 15 pin VGA

1 x DVI

1 x HDMI

I was testing the rig using the 15 pin VGA output, since that is what isconnected to my J-Pac

Seems the video was being initialized on the 15 pin VGA output, then when theWindows drivers started, the output switched to DVI

Problem fixed, now using the DVI output with a converter.

All I need to do now is rebuild with Windows XP x64 :-)


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x64 MAME Cabinet - Linux or Windows11/24/2010

Whilst I'm trying to figure out my options for sourcing a cabinet, I've beenplaying around with Linux and Windows to see which I would prefer to runeventually.

To recap; my core hardware specs are;

Q6700 Quad Core CPU

NVIDIA 9500 PCI-E

2 x XBCD joystick cables (xbox1 to USB) with 2 xbox1 arcade sticks

OS Setup 1: Crunchbang X86_64

Crunchbang is a nice, minimalist distro based on

Debian and Openbox. It just works right out of thebox, with a very easy installation routine.

OS Setup 2: Arch Core x64

Yeah, I like this distro. It's a bit more work to getinstalled as it comes with not a lot installed.....but I likethat.

OS Setup 3: Windows 7 x64

Out of the 4 operating systems, Windows 7 is themost familiar - I was going to say easiest to install,but that's no longer the case these days.

OS Setup 4: Windows XP x64

Windows XP x64 has the least driver support of the4, although Windows Server 2003 x64 drivers willwork.

Conclusion

Boot times reportedly a little better with Windows


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Hardware support is excellent with Linux and Windows 7, not so much for XPx64

I can compile my own version of MAME on both

Windows is expensive

Linux is free and in my mind gets the kudos

The choice between them is very close at the moment. I'm edging towardsWindows XP, mainly because I know I can run soft15khz when I eventuallyhook it up to an arcade monitor. I also know my hardware has drivers for XPx64.

I'm always going to edge towards Linux and I would prefer to run Linux, but onlyif I can configure it to run at the correctresolution.x64_MAME_Cabinet_-_Linux_or_Windows

Adult ROM mover script11/24/2010

Ok, so you don't want your k ids to see snapshots ofAdult / Mature content, let alone play them.

Check out the script in the MAME Tips, Tricks &Scriptssection

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