Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of howto/Mame


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Timestamp:
Jan 10, 2021, 4:00:37 PM (4 years ago)
Author:
mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)
Comment:

Updated per latest port: mame is now invoked via 'mame', rather than 'mame64'

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    1212== Configuring MAME
    13 Once the port successfully installed, what you're going to have is an executable called `mame64`. Now, to be able to run the ROMs, we need to build the right filesystem tree in a directory. What I generally do is to create a directory in the root of my home, called, very originally, `mame`.
     13Once the port successfully installed, what you're going to have is an executable called `mame`. Now, to be able to run the ROMs, we need to build the right filesystem tree in a directory. What I generally do is to create a directory in the root of my home, called, very originally, `mame`.
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    25 and you run the `mame64` executable inside of it. MAME will run full screen and it will create a folder inside of `~/mame`  called `cfg`. That is the folder where MAME stores the configuration files. In the MAME initial dashboard you won't see much for the moment...
     25and you run the `mame` executable inside of it. MAME will run full screen and it will create a folder inside of `~/mame`  called `cfg`. That is the folder where MAME stores the configuration files. In the MAME initial dashboard you won't see much for the moment...
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