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KnoppiXMAME 1.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the mame-in-a-box dept.

Ant writes "KnoppixMAME is a bootable arcade machine emulator with hardware detection and autoconfiguration. It works automatically on all modern and not-so-modern hardware, including gameports and joysticks. It is powered by Knoppix Debian GNU/Linux, X-MAME, and gxmame." Update: 06/19 23:18 GMT by S : Although there are earlier versions in the release directory, looks like V1.0 hasn't made it onto the FTP just yet. Meanwhile, Jim points out the AdvanceCD image, which is "..also a bootable ISO image of a minimal Linux distribution containing MAME, but weighing in at 16 MB rather than 200 MB so there is more room for ROMs."

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  1. always wondered how to suck the roms off.... by Kaitiff · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not being nasty, I just always wondered how to pull the roms off the old nintendo and sega cartridges. God only knows I have a buttload of them laying around. What about Sega CDs too? I assume since I 'own' the cartridges it's legal for me to 'make copies' if I don't distribute them, correct?

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  2. nice, how about one for Apache? by imag0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was thinking a while back how cool it would be for a bootable Apache on cd... Boot the target box up, loads and runs Apache.

    You can change the /htdocs to an nfs mount elsewhere on the network or have it on a local drive (in case for dynamic sites, like using a Wiki, that need to write stuff to disk), configuration changes can be saved and loaded from a floppy as well.

    Would make a nice secure apache install and easy to setup as well.

    All I got. Run with it. Thanks Knoppix guys!

  3. Re:Anti-whore Article Text in case of slashdotting by mcgroarty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd lurve to see it support DVD media so you can actually put a reasonable collection of ROMs on the disc. Does anyone know if this is doable with the current version?

  4. Re:Where's the source code? by fireboy1919 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Source code would be nice. Knoppix seems to be doing a good job in hardware autoconfiguration, and like most other good projects, Gentoo is stealing it (in fact, there are three different hardware detection libraries available in Gentoo right now). :)

    Seriously, when one project manages to get something Right, shouldn't everybody benefit from it? I'm quite sure that any improvements they've made in either MAME or hardware detection can benefit the entire OS community - or at least the part of it that has a flexible enough distribution to absorb it.

    With every new Linux innovation I'm always thinking, "GREAT! Gimmie source! I want that it my distro!"

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  5. Linux MAME vs DOS Mame vs Windows MAME by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there anyone who publishes a good general speed comparison between these? There are some games that I'd like to play, but they're just too slow to be bearable with my hardware. I'm wondering if the Linux version is, generally, any faster?