TOSEC Release (2019-05-10)

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by hiho

My usual source never updated for this release -- but every MAME release gets posted the same day.

I guess you're talking about Pleasuredome torrents

[hiho]

Correct.



I would have thought at least the Amiga update would have turned up there if for no other reason than all the files are here.

[ADz]

Probably a silly question and I apologise if it's been covered but I assume I can simply overwite old files with ones from newer packs?

For example use 2016 as base and then copy over the updates in the update packs to add/replace files?

[Viceroy]

Originally Posted by ADz

Probably a silly question and I apologise if it's been covered but I assume I can simply overwite old files with ones from newer packs?

For example use 2016 as base and then copy over the updates in the update packs to add/replace files?

Not really as some files need to be renamed and you could be writing over them with newer files with same name, you nedd to get CLRMame Pro and the dat files from TOSEC and run the dats first

[ADz]

Originally Posted by Viceroy

Not really as some files need to be renamed and you could be writing over them with newer files with same name, you nedd to get CLRMame Pro and the dat files from TOSEC and run the dats first

I was referring to update packs ones on EAB server?

[Viceroy]

Originally Posted by ADz

I was referring to update packs ones on EAB server?

So was I!

[tero]

You will end up with double files, one of them with a wrong name. Same with files that were moved to another .dat. So just copying over is really not a good idea.

[gandamaluco]

Pleasuredome has this: TOSEC Main Branch Xmas Release! (2018-12-27)
I have it ( Commodore Amiga and Zx Spectrum only ) in my HD and still seeding via utorrent.
The May update I've downloaded from the EAB ftp.

[hiho]

Originally Posted by tero

You will end up with double files, one of them with a wrong name. Same with files that were moved to another .dat. So just copying over is really not a good idea.

This is the problem that Rom Vault was developed to solve.


http://www.romvault.com/

[Viceroy]

Originally Posted by hiho

This is the problem that Rom Vault was developed to solve.


http://www.romvault.com/

Exactly!
You cannot maintain TOSEC without Romvault of CLRmame Pro, personally I find CLRMame much easier to use!

[hiho]

Put me down as finding Rom Vault easier to use!


Whichever tool you use, a rom manager is a must for collectors.