> > > Hello.
> > > Having a issue with trying to scan a old version of mame (36b1 or 37b16)
> > clrmpro
> > > just keeps on spitting up a error
> > > incomplete dat file or bad-exe output.
> > > Manually running - listinfo spits out heaps of data.
> > > any ideas.. (using old mame option doesn't help)
> > >
> >
> >
> > You have to alter -listxml to -listinfo in engine.cfg. Or add a new entry
> there
> > for 'OLDMAME' ;)
> >
> > Roman Scherzer
> > ClrMamePro
> >
> it doesn't seem to make any difference what i use!! -listinfo was the first
> thing i tried after reading the docs.. Sorry but that doesn't help.
>


You're right. Looks like MAME's -listinfo crashes when called from cmpro directly. But then simply redirect the -listinfo output from the exe and use it as a datfile. ".dat" extension is necessary):

mame.exe -listinfo >c:\36b1.dat

I will do further investigations later at home.

Roman Scherzer
ClrMamePro