Revision as of 22:02, 15 May 2011

Progress

Began repacking .144 set with MAME#CLRMAMEPRO
Finished repack
Removed PC from cabinet
Removed old drives
Installed newer drives
Fresh load of Windows XP SP3
Fully updated OS
Beginning migration of .144 pack core files to primary drive using MAME#SyncToy

PC

Parts

CPU: AMD2800+ Barton
RAM: 1.5GB RAM
Video: ATI x800
Drives: 3x assorted drives + DVD
Network: wireless DLINK usb + onboard NIC

Programs

CLRMAMEPRO

For awhile clrmamepro was an enigma and this weekend after reading/watching a few tutorials, I finally gave it a go this weekend with some apparent success.

Built a profile
Pointed it at mame.exe 0.142
scanned .0137
rebuilt .0137 backups folder
rebuilt .0137 main folder
rescanned/rebuilt
added .dat files from update file packs
added update file pack paths
scanned update file pack paths
rebuilt backups folder
rebuilt update file pack folders
rescanned all
rebuilt all

SyncToy

Using MS's SyncToy to sync the files from my main computer to the MAME PC. There are some many individual files and I'm uncertain when I'll need to stop transferring so I am using a program to keep the directories synchronized until I have everything over on the MAME PC.

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 =Progress=
+* Began repacking .144 set with [[MAME#CLRMAMEPRO]]
+* Finished repack
 * Removed PC from cabinet
 * Removed old drives
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 * Fully updated OS
 * Beginning migration of .144 pack core files to primary drive using [[MAME#SyncToy]]
 =PC=

MAME: Difference between revisions

From Mike Beane's Blog