> > > No SDL Mame in Puppy 10 is slow on Legacy PCs. I think Mr. Belmont agrees with me > > on > > > this. > > > > Then using the term 'let down' is the insulting part. I read it as an insinuation > > that everything about that setup would work great except for the 'let down' that is > > SDL mame. Perhaps a sentence about how SDL mame is known to run slowly on that > > particular configuration would have been both more informative and less inflaming. > > This is precisely what annoyed me. It sounded like everything about Puppy Arcade was > copacetic except that the MAME included should not have been SDLMAME. I'm pretty sure > I wouldn't want to run pSX or Desmume on a P3-500 either, just skimming the list of > what's included. > > (Incidentally, GroovyArcade is better for 15 kHz arcade monitors - it runs everything > in MAME at true native resolution. But of course it's also got that damned let-down > SDLMAME so again you have to use decent hardware).
One moment please Mr. Belmont. Have you dusted off a P3-500 and played a few Linux-ePSX games? You'd be surprised, but not impressed. I'm sure you will find a way to make SDLMame better for the next Puppy Arcade. Maybe a switch to make SDLMame run faster on legacy hardware?