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    Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone

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      Folly @mitu
      last edited by

      @mitu

      Thanks.

      Looking at your link we will need even more than 8gb swap.
      Because I tried on RPI4 32 bit OS with 8Gb ram + 8GB swap which failed.

      Will try again later.

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        dmmarti @Folly
        last edited by dmmarti

        I've been testing some more MESS based systems and I've updated the online Google sheet.

        One of the new systems I've been testing are the older Macintosh Classic games.

        Using the following system from the script generator:

        maclc-flop

        I found several *.dsk games for the old Macintosh computers and so far I've been having some success.

        The MacOS boots up -- then autoloads the game *.dsk file. From there, just follow the onscreen prompts (make sure you have mouse enabled).

        Been having some fun playing Centipede and Star Wars on this system. I have never used an older Macintosh computer and it's been fun finding some games for it.

        I'm still testing the various different Mac systems to see which games require which system. For instance the game Thexder. The *.dsk I found doesn't work with maclc-flop so I need to test the other Macintosh variants to see which one supports the game.

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          Folly @dmmarti
          last edited by Folly

          @dmmarti

          Great to hear you have some fun with the old mac's.
          Can you post some pictures ?
          That would be nice.

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            Folly @DTEAM
            last edited by Folly

            @dteam @mitu

            I compiled mame0233 succesfully in 6 hours on the rpi4 with 8Gb with 32bit buster.
            I increased the swap to rpSwap on 51200 in the mame module-script.
            I booted the RPI4 with a big USB3.0 harddrive :

            • to have enough room for the swap
            • to have no wear and tear on sd cards
            • for speed
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              DTEAM @Folly
              last edited by DTEAM

              @folly
              No success for me. I have a rpi4 with 4Gb and I had 9.25 Gb (free space) on my SD Card. I'll wait for the pre-compiled binary option.

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                DTEAM @Folly
                last edited by DTEAM

                @folly
                Other systems to try : benesse pocket challenge MAME name: POCKCHAL

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                Tiger Gizmondo : MAME name GIZMONDO
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                Zeebo (Brasil) : MAME name: ZEEBO
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                  Folly @DTEAM
                  last edited by Folly

                  @dteam

                  Haha

                  Yes great, we should do that !

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                    Folly @DTEAM
                    last edited by

                    @dteam

                    Perhaps I can upload the mame binary to zippyshare.
                    Interested ?

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                      DTEAM @Folly
                      last edited by DTEAM

                      @folly

                      Perhaps I can upload the mame binary to zippyshare.

                      Interested ?

                      Yes

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                        Folly @DTEAM
                        last edited by Folly

                        @dteam

                        The whole directory /opt/retropie/emulators/mame :
                        mame0233_RPI4_Buster_32bit
                        (File Life: 30 days after no activity.)

                        Edit :
                        No need to download anymore.
                        Retropie has updated the mame binary to 0233.

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                          DTEAM @Folly
                          last edited by DTEAM

                          @folly
                          Option (line 11) doesn't work for me. Is it the same for you.
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                            Folly @DTEAM
                            last edited by Folly

                            @dteam

                            Do you use add-mamedev-systems-test6_temp.sh ?

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                              DTEAM @DTEAM
                              last edited by

                              @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                              @folly
                              Other systems to try :

                              Those systems doesn't work for me.

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                                DTEAM @Folly
                                last edited by DTEAM

                                @folly
                                I got your last version from your link above : add-mamedev-systems.sh
                                I have used line 10 instead of line 11. Line 11 doesn't work for me when it's time to load systems by letters.

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                                  Folly @DTEAM
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @dteam

                                  Which link ?, be sure you use temp.
                                  Did you remove other versions ?

                                  No problem for me, I can select line 11.
                                  Just installed those.

                                  I picked it fresh from github, so it should work.

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                                    DTEAM @Folly
                                    last edited by

                                    @folly
                                    I’ll do another test

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                                      Folly @DTEAM
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      @dteam

                                      I created an issue on github for mame.
                                      https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/8274
                                      Hopefully they can fix it.

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                                        Folly @DTEAM
                                        last edited by

                                        @dteam

                                        Any luck yet ?

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                                          DTEAM @Folly
                                          last edited by

                                          @folly
                                          Retropie added a precompiled MAME 0.233. So now it’s fine from binary

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                                            Folly @DTEAM
                                            last edited by Folly

                                            @dteam

                                            Ok, I will check.
                                            (edit: yes, indeed retropie updated it to 0233 !)

                                            But the temp front-end module-script doesn't depend on mame because of the drc issue.
                                            So this was an other issue I presume.

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