Hi Kev, Thanks for all the info, I will try some of the tips and read the troubleshooting section next time I'm using the 9010A
From: "Kev" <KKlopp@erols.com>
Does anyone use the mame source code drivers memory map and hardware info to help with writing the scripts? No better resource that I know of. There are some gotchas in MAME but I haven't run into any problems yet.
ok great. I did a quick edit and changes to the original galaga.s script, to make it work on the standard Z80 pod, and the particular rom set I was using. Definitely some research and addition to all the tests will be required later especially to test out the sound and video hardware, the script only tests the cpu accessible memory space and pathways, and not the rest of the commonly faulty galaga problems on the bottom board or sound section :) Anyway here it is with the ROM's I used also. I have since discovered these roms are not quite the right ones for this orig. Namco Galaga board, they work fine except in attract mode the 'fighter captured' example the fighter is off to the left briefly when captured. Works perfectly in game play. I'd better type in my 'how to' notes before my memory goes away! Best regards, Marc "Galaga test script and reference roms.zip" (missing attachment)