[olug] MAME project for a school.

[jay swackhamer]

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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