Bootable MAME on USB drive?

On Dec 29, 4:06 am, "Northern Deity" <> wrote:
> Andreas Kohlbach wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
> > jonceramic wrote on 27. December 2008:
>
> > > Is AdvanceCD my best option for a bootable USB drive?
>
> > > Does anyone know of any different options?
>
> > Not exactly.
>
> > I once (and might have somewhere) a DOS boot floppy which would start
> > a menu where you can select between 3 games (Pac Man, Donkey Kong and
> > Space Invaders, but without sound, no samples), which then boots DOS
> > MAME 0.33 or something, and you can play.
>
> > For USB boot I'd go with Linux and XMAME. I guess there even exists a
> > ready to run image somewhere including XMAME. You just need to add
> > roms to the USB stick and are done. Not tried myself though.
>
> Why not just go DOS and ArcadeOS fast and a great frontend. (though
> soundcard drivers could be hard to source).- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, I'd like to go with a bootable flash drive because I don't want
to have to deal with networking, OS's, reburning CD's, drive swapping,
etc. I have some oldish Dell's that I'd like to be able to just drop
the flash drive on and play. And bundle up inside cabinets,
furniture, etc.

I'm hoping to be able to yank the flash drive, and change ROM's,
reconfigure, etc. on my main laptop quickly. Especially since i'm not
planning on necessarily putting keyboards on every system. (Although,
as a side note, I've been super happy with my Logitech PS3 wireless
keyboard for my hometheater system. Sure, there's no "windows"
button, but it's got an integrated trackpad, has buttons for right and
left click on the keyboard, and works great on the lap.)

Jon

Andreas Kohlbach wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

> jonceramic wrote on 27. December 2008:
> >
> > Is AdvanceCD my best option for a bootable USB drive?
> >
> > Does anyone know of any different options?
>
> Not exactly.
>
> I once (and might have somewhere) a DOS boot floppy which would start
> a menu where you can select between 3 games (Pac Man, Donkey Kong and
> Space Invaders, but without sound, no samples), which then boots DOS
> MAME 0.33 or something, and you can play.
>
> For USB boot I'd go with Linux and XMAME. I guess there even exists a
> ready to run image somewhere including XMAME. You just need to add
> roms to the USB stick and are done. Not tried myself though.

Why not just go DOS and ArcadeOS fast and a great frontend. (though
soundcard drivers could be hard to source).

"Northern Deity" <> wrote in a cheese induced coma news:4958a109$0$2821
$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com:

> Andreas Kohlbach wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>
> Why not just go DOS and ArcadeOS fast and a great frontend. (though
> soundcard drivers could be hard to source).
>

http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/snddosdr.htm

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SuperMappy wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

> "Northern Deity" <> wrote in a cheese induced coma
> news:4958a109$0$2821 $9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com:
>
> > Andreas Kohlbach wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>
> >
> > Why not just go DOS and ArcadeOS fast and a great frontend. (though
> > soundcard drivers could be hard to source).
> >
>
> http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/snddosdr.htm

If you have a pc from the 90's, vast majority have OB sound now though,
hence the issue I mention!

jonceramic wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

> On Dec 29, 4:06 am, "Northern Deity" <> wrote:
> > Andreas Kohlbach wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
> > > jonceramic wrote on 27. December 2008:
> >
> > > > Is AdvanceCD my best option for a bootable USB drive?
> >
> > > > Does anyone know of any different options?
> >
> > > Not exactly.
> >
> > > I once (and might have somewhere) a DOS boot floppy which would
> > > start a menu where you can select between 3 games (Pac Man,
> > > Donkey Kong and Space Invaders, but without sound, no samples),
> > > which then boots DOS MAME 0.33 or something, and you can play.
> >
> > > For USB boot I'd go with Linux and XMAME. I guess there even
> > > exists a ready to run image somewhere including XMAME. You just
> > > need to add roms to the USB stick and are done. Not tried myself
> > > though.
> >
> > Why not just go DOS and ArcadeOS fast and a great frontend. (though
> > soundcard drivers could be hard to source).- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Well, I'd like to go with a bootable flash drive because I don't want
> to have to deal with networking, OS's, reburning CD's, drive swapping,
> etc. I have some oldish Dell's that I'd like to be able to just drop
> the flash drive on and play. And bundle up inside cabinets,
> furniture, etc.
>
> I'm hoping to be able to yank the flash drive, and change ROM's,
> reconfigure, etc. on my main laptop quickly. Especially since i'm not
> planning on necessarily putting keyboards on every system. (Although,
> as a side note, I've been super happy with my Logitech PS3 wireless
> keyboard for my hometheater system. Sure, there's no "windows"
> button, but it's got an integrated trackpad, has buttons for right and
> left click on the keyboard, and works great on the lap.)
>
> Jon

You can boot to DOS from a flash pen, I have (well it was command promt
for flashing but about the same, and if you use DOS7 you have fat32
support etc).