> > Just wondering. I know that PinMAME and Visual Pinball sources can be download from > > SVN tools. > > PinMAME sources are based on such an old version of MAME (last document core from > MAME was 0.76, according to their documents), you cannot simply place their source in > MAME and expect it to work. As far as Visual Pinball goes, I can say with near 100% > certainty that MAME will not link to an external program such as this. > > I would reckon that once Pinball is embraced as a viable emulation target by more > than a DEV or 2, we'll start to see more activity and work will begin anew - while > using PinMAME as a base. While much of the information in PinMAME might be accurate > to actual machine specs, all that information will need to be re- > visited/validated/asserted as it's entered to MAME. Also, since PinMAME was more > geared to making games play regardless of method used, I would assume there is a > great deal of work needed to truly understand things that might have been 'hacked' > before.
That's great and all, but I get the feeling that he was asking so he could use the SVN tools to get MAME source updates quickly.
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