> It's just that the old machine I have to use won't handle all the new changes in
> MAME. Based on countless posts and recommendations for what I'm trying to do
> (80's classics only), the best performance for my hardware will be the old pure
> DOS build.

not to burst your bubble, but if you are only going to play 80's classics, you'll not really find much difference. it could be the difference between running pacman at 170fps or at 180fps. and the new mame versions will have more 80's classics not found in the old 0.36. going back to such an old version is only for terminal hardware like a p100 or something like that.

in any case i would use basically the new version and if i find something which doesn't run so smooth, *then* i'd try 0.36 for that particular game, like let's say outrun.

just my 2 cents.

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