Re: my computer - mameworthy?

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Posted by Odie on 12, 2000 at 10:14 AM:

In Reply to: my computer - mameworthy? posted by jammadave on 12, 2000 at 8:20 AM:

1941 is a pretty intense vertical game. It runs really choppy on the P-200 I was origionally running with my cab.
I can't think of any other vert games that I had real problems with though.

Odie

: okay guys - i asked before about buying a computer from scratch for MAMEing horizontal games which would include newer faster stuff, so i appreciated you guys' advice.

: BUT right now i'm focusing on my Vertical game cab, and i want to know if my computer can do it. Bear in mind probably the most advanced games to go on this cab will be things like Dragon Spirit and 1942...

: AMD K-5 100mHz processor
: 32MB RAM
: IDE HD 808 MB
: Advance Logic ALS007 sound card
: Trident 9440 video card/driver
: currently running win95v4.0, but i'll probably strip it out and just run DOSMAME and arcadeOS.

: whaddya think? i know it's bad, but my computer budget for now is Zero (literally), and this one cannot be upgraded. (no card slots, nothing like that, it's too old)

: this is to be MAMEing with a vertical arcade monitor, and a control panel wired to a KE24 (thanks jh! btw, does the KE24 have a keyboard passthru?)

: cheers!
: dave

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okay, understood about the processor, but will the video card work with an arcade monitor? *nt* jammadave 7/13/2000 (0)
Have you looked at VANTAGE ? It is by Brian lewis and is designed for slower computers running vertical games. NT john mac 7/12/2000 (1)
- no, MAME is all i know, and i already know it has all the games i want... NT jammadave 7/13/2000 (0)

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: 1941 is a pretty intense vertical game. It runs really choppy on the P-200 I was origionally running with my cab. : I can't think of any other vert games that I had real problems with though. : Odie : : : okay guys - i asked before about buying a computer from scratch for MAMEing horizontal games which would include newer faster stuff, so i appreciated you guys' advice. : : BUT right now i'm focusing on my Vertical game cab, and i want to know if my computer can do it. Bear in mind probably the most advanced games to go on this cab will be things like Dragon Spirit and 1942... : : AMD K-5 100mHz processor : : 32MB RAM : : IDE HD 808 MB : : Advance Logic ALS007 sound card : : Trident 9440 video card/driver : : currently running win95v4.0, but i'll probably strip it out and just run DOSMAME and arcadeOS. : : whaddya think? i know it's bad, but my computer budget for now is Zero (literally), and this one cannot be upgraded. (no card slots, nothing like that, it's too old) : : this is to be MAMEing with a vertical arcade monitor, and a control panel wired to a KE24 (thanks jh! btw, does the KE24 have a keyboard passthru?) : : cheers! : : dave

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