[olug] MAME project for a school.

[Dan Linder]

Thanks for the notes - I haven't talked with the lead teacher on this, he
might already have a preferred install method.  But if it comes up and he's
open to a Linux distro, I'll check out the AdvanceCD project or take you
(Jay) up on the Gentoo image.

Thanks,
Dan

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:34 AM, jay swackhamer <reboottheuser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've got a Gentoo image that I just updated to run on i686 hardware that
> boots into advmenu for advmame and other emulators, currently setup just
> for Mame and Stella
>
> You would just need to prepare a disk with / /boot swap,  then untar and
> setup grub
>
> If you want it, I could put it on a DVD, or somewhere to download.
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
> > (Sorry for the delayed response...)
> >
> > So, what options do you suggest if we aren't using a RPi, rather we're
> > using a donated PC?  When I last looked into this, KnoppixMAME (
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/knoppixmame/) was the thing to use, but
> > that project has apparently gone by the wayside.  Cost is a major factor
> > ($0.00 budget to my knowledge), so even a 'cheap' RPi would be out of our
> > personal pocket and if it had to be replaced it would be another
> purchase.
> >
> > Is there a bootable Linux distribution that we could use (and quickly
> fall
> > back to in case the original system died or was 'compromised'), then they
> > could re-populate a "roms" directory with the appropriate games and be
> off?
> >
> > If not, this sounds like a small project to start up... :)
> >
> > Thanks in advance!  I'll put up pictures and notes when it gets
> completed.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Adam Haeder <adam at adamhaeder.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.emulationstation.org/
> > >
> > > I just recently installed this on a newer raspberry pi, and although I
> > > haven't played with it extensively, it was pretty simple. Once you get
> it
> > > up and running, you handle most of the configuration in the gui with a
> > usb
> > > gamepad (I used a wired xbox 360 gamepad, that the software
> autodetected
> > > and setup for me).
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > A teacher at my wifes school is gathering equipment to build a MAME
> > > system
> > > > for the students game room.  I thought I'd ask here since I know a
> lot
> > of
> > > > you have built them in the past.
> > > >
> > > > From my research into this a few years ago there were some
> DVD-bootable
> > > > Linux distributions that went straight into MAME, plus had the option
> > to
> > > > install that image to the local HDD for better boot and load
> > performance.
> > > > Plus if some student got into it, it would be easy to blow away and
> > > > rebuild.
> > > >
> > > > If we went with a low-maintenance (i.e. easy to restore/rebuild) MAME
> > > > distribution, which would you suggest?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Dan
> > > >
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