Hi all. I just recently got a Pandora off of ebay, and I'm trying to get some emulators to work. I'm trying to get mame4all or Panmame to work but both start up then crash. I read in forums that you need to install certain hotfixes to get them to work. Thing is mine already came installed with the recent superzaxxon, not original zaxxon. On a wiki it warns not to install hotfixes if you have superzaxxon, or else the system will malfunction. I have mame ex but the games run way to slow, even the older ones. Is there anything I can do to get mame4all or panmame to work on superzaxxon, or do I need the original zaxxon with the correct hotfix?
Getting Mame4all to work
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First, you can take a look at mcobit's panmame:
http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=panmame-advmenu-7927
Then, indeed for some games, mame4all is still the best.
I may be wrong, but i think if you start your OP holding the R button, and if you run the old kernel (2.6.x), mame4all works.
http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=panmame-advmenu-7927
Then, indeed for some games, mame4all is still the best.
I may be wrong, but i think if you start your OP holding the R button, and if you run the old kernel (2.6.x), mame4all works.
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Mame4all didn't work under earlier betas of SuperZaxxon, but works (or at least, runs) under beta5a and the current Final one. Maybe check that you aren 't running an earlier beta?
Both Mame4all and PanMame should start in SuperZaxxon Final with the default (new) 3.2 kernel - but, at least for me anyway, there can be some odd behaviour* in both, so they are probably still best run by booting into the old kernel.
*In my case - not all my Roms showing up in either if I've booted with the 3.2 kernel
Both Mame4all and PanMame should start in SuperZaxxon Final with the default (new) 3.2 kernel - but, at least for me anyway, there can be some odd behaviour* in both, so they are probably still best run by booting into the old kernel.
*In my case - not all my Roms showing up in either if I've booted with the 3.2 kernel
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Indeed, i checked that, mame4all works under the new OS.
Cool I was able to get Mame4all to work under the old kernal 
. I'm having trouble getting the latest superzaxxon to work though. I have extracted the file and put it in the main directory of my sd card, but nothing shows up when I boot the system. Any ideas?
. I'm having trouble getting the latest superzaxxon to work though. I have extracted the file and put it in the main directory of my sd card, but nothing shows up when I boot the system. Any ideas?
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^ Try holding the right shoulder button whilst powering up the Pandora. This should get you a boot-menu that will let you reflash it with the newest OS release.
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What is "the main directory" ?Cool I was able to get Mame4all to work under the old kernal
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The .pnd have to be in SD /pandora/menu/
In order to upgrade the firmware, you have to put the files directly at the root of the SD card, and while powering on, keep R button pushed. Then select "boot from SD1".
In order to upgrade the firmware, you have to put the files directly at the root of the SD card, and while powering on, keep R button pushed. Then select "boot from SD1".
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Lol
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Because i'm doing your job ? ;^)
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Well, i'm more a sudo modprobe ehci-hcd specialist, but i can manage both.
