Hey
@MetalliC, apologies for slighting your work. I don't want to sound unappreciative, but there are situations where your work is troublesome for certain users. Bear in mind that cab builders are forced to use older hardware. No way around it. It is the only way we can get 15khz CGA video resolution outputted onto CRT arcade monitors. So if I can amend what I stated previously, DEmul emulation for NAOMI is troublesome for cab builders that require 15khz CGA video ouput. I don't know if that statement makes my point of view any easier to digest, but so far, it is what I see from observation. It may just be that perhaps NAOMI emulation is just too ambitious for 15khz CGA cab builders. I hope you can appreciate that at least I am being honest.
Given I fall into that group, my 1st requirement is to have MAME running. My 2nd requirement is to get MAME running as cheaply as possible. After all, these PC's will be stuffed into a cab, the games launched from a front end, and the user will hardly notice that there is even a PC running the entire show. My 3rd requirement is a luxury: to get NAOMI emulation to work. Seems folks always ask if MvC2 or CvS2 is in my boxes. Most of the time, I tell them no. Given this, my floor is old hardware that is donated to me from friends, or I might find tossed away. My version of MAME works fine in this scenario. Then, I look for a ceiling where DEmul will run fine. New builds from there will start with that watermark. I am also handcuffed by which Radeon cards work with Calamity's CRT Emu drivers. I also look for a ceiling with those cards as well. There is a narrow band of older hardware that is available to me which I target. I try to keep the expenditure as low as possible. I am probably not alone in this venture either.
Those are the elements I am working with. My aim is cab building. Outside of that, NAOMI emulation isn't something I would use for myself as I own the original hardware, and the NAOMI is far and away my favorite arcade system. I get new laptops from work every 1.5 years. Never once tried running DEmul on them. But now, I might just give it a try so I can retract my statement further. But my cab builds always use older hardware.
