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  1. At least you now have a properly-authorised court document to ponder over. He's been fined one million dollars, ordered to hand over all logs etc, and to never trade in copyrighted material again - or face contempt of court charges.

     

    Further anyone using his BT system, or having his source code, is subject to the same court restraints.

     

     

    Court judgement --> http://www.joegratz.net/files/lokisettlement.pdf

     

     

    No word on that missing $40k though. I guess it makes up part of the $1m.

  2. Oops sorry I thought this thread was dead.

     

    My games machine is my usual win95, however it got an upgrade yesterday. The bus speed went from 66 to 100 mhz, which changes the processor speed from 333 to 500 mhz. The old slow 192mb of ram was replaced with a single 256mb 133mhz stick. The video card is the same Trident card with I think 4mb on it.

     

    Due to a resultant NTKERN error, I removed the USB support that never worked anyway.

     

    In mame, neogeo games increased from 3-4fps to 15-20fps, which makes them quite playable now.

     

    Zinc only had a slight difference, running at 3fps instead of 1fps. Still, if I wait long enough, Rival Schools attract mode has a very very nice 3d picture. It's just slow.

     

    If a P4 isn't enough, then there is no point persuing the matter further. It will have to wait until I can get a modern computer - and I'm in no rush at this time.

  3. It would probably be a good idea to go to the DSEmu forum area here, and you'll see there is a long way to go before it plays any games yet. If you want to assist in testing, post your results and technical suggestions there.

     

     

    *edit* someone's moved it - good.

  4. Fill1.bin has a problem. It loads up, then it pauses itself.

    Pressing F4 changes it to Run for a microsecond and it goes back to pause. The log:

     

    [20050223.08:44:27]

    [20050223.08:44:27] Opening log: C:\Download\nds\dsemu-0.0.1e\log.txt

    [20050223.08:44:27] LOG: Starting session.

    [20050223.08:44:27] WND: Initialised.

    [20050223.08:44:27] WND: Menu option: File/Open.

    [20050223.08:44:27] ARM7: ROM file: C:\Download\nds\dsemu-0.0.1e\fill1.bin

    [20050223.08:44:27] MMU: Memoryspace allocation complete.

    [20050223.08:44:27] ARM7: Initialised.

    [20050223.08:44:27] GPU: VRAM allocated.

    [20050223.08:44:27] GPU: Initialised.

    [20050223.08:44:27] FAIL: OpenGL: Texture image creation.

    [20050223.08:44:27] GPU: Using GDI.

    [20050223.08:44:27] MMU: ROM size: 112 bytes.

    [20050223.08:44:27] MMU: Reset.

    [20050223.08:44:27] ARM7: Reset.

    [20050223.08:44:28] Main: Emulator initialised.

    [20050223.08:44:28] WND: Menu option: Debug/Run.

    [20050223.08:44:28] WND: Menu option: Debug/Pause.

    [20050223.08:44:32] WND: Menu option: Debug/Run.

    [20050223.08:44:32] WND: Menu option: Debug/Pause.

    [20050223.08:44:34] WND: Shutdown.

    [20050223.08:44:34] Main: Emulator shutting down.

    [20050223.08:44:34] GPU: Shutdown after 1 frames.

    [20050223.08:44:34] MMU: Shutdown.

    [20050223.08:44:34] ARM7: Shutdown.

    [20050223.08:44:34] LOG: Ending session.

  5. Here is a rather lengthy dialog between a mamedev and mr foley (from Aaron's site)

     

    I received contact in a pleed for help from the MAME Team in this matter... I threw a few messages back and forth, tried to post on the main site but I've never been able to use that forum, so hope its well received here this information on the matter of Ultracade.

     

    I now turn this over to Aaron and bow out of it.

     

     

     

     

    To: support@ultracade.com

    Subject: MAME

     

    Hello.

     

    I have been keeping something of an eye on the recent events between MAME and Ultracade.

     

    My personal take on emulation is that it is a tool to preserve electronic entertainment equipment and gaming aside be damned.

     

    I have spent several decades repairing mainly home electronics but do occasionally work on uprights.

     

    I also have worked with the MAME community since it began and what I saw Ultracade do was very inappropriate.

     

    I wholly understand your position to protect your company from those lying, thieving, bastards such as E-Bay...

     

    forgive my language, but last year I had a large amount of property stolen that ended up auctioned on E-Bay, even though they were informed before hand to be on the lookout; and then once they allowed the sales of known stolen property, attempted to withhold information about those involved.

     

     

    So, you ask for suggestions... how's this?

     

    Rather then hurting yourself by bringing down a publicity wrath of all those involved in MAME,

     

    rather then trying to outright steal the MAME name (even though the intent was good),

     

    rather then trying to reinvent the wheel of law that already exists to protect both MAME and your own business,

     

    ENFORCE those laws and file suit against E-Bay for the sales of such equipment containing software and "roms" that can not be legally marketed?

     

    MAME Team itself is mainly hobby based and has very little financial support to go after the multitudes who treat MAME as a game platform to be profited by... this does not mean those actions are endorsed or legal (in many cases).

     

    While your recent actions no doubt earned you some enemies in the MAME community, I'm sure if you took proper legal actions, keep your target focused, stop burning your bridges with those who likely support you, that this entire PR incident could be turned around.

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

     

    FROM: David R. Foley UltraCade

     

    You may pass this along to the MAME community and team members. If the trademark is granted, we would gladly assign it to the original team members so long as we prevent others from using it commercially.

     

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

     

    " TRADEMARK - a word, phrase or slogan used to identify and distinguish the

    source of the goods or services "

     

    As M.A.M.E. is a conglomeration of work by hundreds of people and can not be

    sold, it also can not be classified as a "goods" or as a "service".

    Further, as many variants of MAME exist by several developers and for many

    systems, even if the core MAME file could be trademarked, it would not serve

    to fulfill your desires as those abusing MAME would simply turn to any

    number of alternatives available.

     

    This information will be passed to Aaron Giles for review.

    However, keep in mind, that MAME was designed this way to ensure no one

    person or entity could ever gain legal control over the project.

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    FROM: David R. Foley UltraCade

     

    I'd love to communicate with Nickola or Aaron directly, or their attorneys,

    and assign them the trademark, or help them get it registered and prevent it

    from commercial use.

     

    David R. Foley

    UltraCade Technologies

    CEO

    1281 Wayne Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, USA

    www.ultracade.com

    408.436.8885 415.723.7225 FAX

     

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

     

    As before, I will pass your message along.

     

     

    Please understand I am just a small cog in the MAME system and I am not directly a part of MAME Team.

     

    I only do this as a company owner myself whom understands your position and as someone who within MAME that has not been so angered as to open this dialog.

     

    Expect to hear from Aaron or one of his legal representatives... but know this, as one of the foremost persons leading the flow of MAME development, your actions in this matter have seriously injured any rapport you could have had with the singularly most influential person in the MAME community at this time.

     

    And before you ask... Smitty, Haze and Salmoria are the next probable bigwigs of the project... who presently are following with Giles' rage of this incident :afro:

     

    Just on a personal note, I think you really should have contacted someone within the MAME community first as most of them tend to agree and do not like to see MAME sold or threatened... while you fall into the first part in agreement, your ill planned method to resolve the issue placed you the later part, a threat.

     

    I truly hope something can be resolved.

     

    I also feel, given MAME is protected from being legally sold or ROMs (most) distributed, you will not be able to get much legal support from the MAME angle and that it is the criminals who need to be targeted.

     

    I would personally love to see E-Bay get all they deserve... even though I know they are just a selling place for illegal goods and its those selling (the MAME cabinets, MAME software, and "selling" the ROMs).

     

    I personally helped in the effort to bring down the Tombstone site that sold MAME ROMs.. oh, I'm sorry, that is, they sold the DVD's, which just happened to contain the MAME ROMs... right.

     

     

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    FROM: David R. Foley UltraCade

     

    No one from the MAME team has ever responded to my several emails over the past year.

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    I am preparing a direct post to A.G. now.

    Can you supply me with the email address you used?

     

    If it is true that you expressed this concern and your messages were ignored or "lost", it could help to sway your case.

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    FROM: David R. Foley UltraCade

     

    I used the authors email addresses as listed in the MAME.TXT file.

     

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    From: David R. Foley [mailto:david.foley@ultracade.com]

    To: 'MC6489@mclink.it'; 'mab22@po.cwru.edu'; 'agiles@mame.net'; 'chris.moore@writeme.com'; 'bradman@pobox.com'; 'ascott@utkux.utcc.utk.edu'; 'vaszs01@banet.net'; 'l.elia@tin.it'

    Subject: Please contact me so that we can properly assign the TM to you

     

    As you know, we have been in the process of preventing several commercial enterprises from selling machines and promoting the sale through the offering of illegal ROMs.

     

    Like it or not, the way US trademark law works is the first to file, will almost always get the mark, unless someone else files and shows commercial use of the mark prior. We filed for the mark in order to prevent any of our competition from filing. We would ultimately like to see Nicola and/or the original team file and own the mark, and follow the spirit laid out in the MAME.TXT document. We will gladly pay for the filing and assignment to you and your group, and/or remove our filing upon confirmation that you have filed, preventing anyone else from filing.

     

    Please contact me at your earliest opportunity to discuss.

     

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    David R. Foley UltraCade Technologies

     

    CEO 1281 Wayne Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131

     

    www.ultracade.com 408.436.8885 415.723.7225 FAX

     

    This email was sent several times throughout the year of 2004 and at least 3 times since during 2005.

     

    Posted by: SomeOneTryingToHelp at February 21, 2005 07:11 PM

  6. In case you don't know, there are companies out there that provide a rating service, usually for big companies. Instead of the company's webmaster having to decide what sites to ban, they simply buy a list from a rating service, and it gets updated automatically, once a month.

     

    My first ever forum (a rom site) allows swearing, and has no filter. And..the rating service placed it in an "Adult" category, causing it to be blocked at my workplace.... and probably many others world-wide. 1emu is permitted... at the moment. Would you like it to suddenly get blocked? Would you find that inconvenient? I think so.

  7. OK the switch to GDI works:

     

    [20050222.06:33:55] FAIL: OpenGL: Texture image creation.

    [20050222.06:33:55] GPU: Using GDI.

     

    Armwrestler gave some bad results:

     

    ARM LDM/STM does nothing

    THUMB ALU gives BAD CNVZ Rd for ADD,ASR,LSL,LSR,ROR

    THUMB LDM/STM gives no results

     

    As Federelli said, closing a rom causes a crash

     

    Dragging a file onto the exe works now.

     

    Double-clicking on a gba rom still has the path error.

     

    [20050222.06:41:29] ARM7: ROM file: C:\Download\nds\dsemu-0.0.1e\C:\Download\nds\dsemu-0.0.1e\lgtron.gba

     

    If you are putting the exe path at the beginning, don't: just take what windows gives you.

  8. I just downloaded the latest version, and unfortunately nothing works. Contents of log.txt

     

    [20050221.10:00:42]

    [20050221.10:00:42] Opening log file: C:\Download\nds\dsemu-0.0.1e\log.txt

    [20050221.10:00:42] LOG: Starting session.

    [20050221.10:00:42] WND: Initialised.

    [20050221.10:00:45] WND: Menu option: File/Open.

    [20050221.10:00:50] ARM7: ROM file: C:\Download\nds\dsemu-0.0.1d\copperbars.bin

    [20050221.10:00:50] MMU: Memoryspace allocation complete.

    [20050221.10:00:50] ARM7: Initialised.

    [20050221.10:00:50] GPU: VRAM allocated.

    [20050221.10:00:50] GPU: Initialised.

    [20050221.10:00:50] OpenGL: Pixel format found.

    [20050221.10:00:50] OpenGL: Pixel format selected.

    [20050221.10:00:50] OpenGL: Rendering context created.

    [20050221.10:00:50] OpenGL: Rendering context selected.

    [20050221.10:00:50] FAIL: OpenGL: Texture image creation.

    [20050221.10:00:50] Main: Emulator shutting down.

    [20050221.10:00:50] GPU: Shutdown after 0 frames.

    [20050221.10:00:50] MMU: Shutdown.

    [20050221.10:00:50] ARM7: Shutdown.

    [20050221.10:00:50] FAIL: OpenGL: Texture image selection.

  9. I had a play with the cfg files, and now the other computer (the one with win95 + trident card) has good graphics.

    But it's sooooooo slow, much slower than mame. Any way to speed it up, as I understand that Zinc should be faster than Mame.

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