Posted by Tom A. on 10, 2001 at 10:38 PM:
In Reply to: What Frontend/OS do you use for MAME? posted by Brad on 10, 2001 at 9:32 AM:
: 1. Which operating system do you use
Pure DOS (Win98SE bootgui=0).
: 2. Which frontend do you use?
AdvancedMenu with AdvancedMAME.
: 3. If pure DOS, do you have a custom autoexec.bat and config.sys for best performance, and can you share it?
I was playing with all kinds of memory tweaks to get as much free conventional memory and this config worked great with my main computer and Riva TNT2 Ultra video card but when I built my new MAME only computer with Voodoo3 video card the system would lock up as soon as I pressed escape on any game I played. The game would exit and at the DOS prompt the PC was locked. Now I don't use any memory managers (yes I still use CSWDPMI) and so far (limited testing) I can play all games I have tried including the larger Neo Geo games such as Metal Slug X and Last Blade 2.
: 4. What are the specs of your PC?
Just built it: PIII 800MHz, 128MB PC133RAM, 30GB HD, Voodoo3 video card, SBAwe64 Gold. This will be powering a full-sized ArcadePC. I say will be because the monitor was apparently damaged in shipping and I have yet to receive the replacement monitor. I should get it within a week or so.
Once I get comfortable with the ArcadePC I will be building my own control panel with a 3" trackball and a Fultra Spinner (my 3rd one from Chris, he makes a good product!)
-Tom A.