> I created the DAT file from the misfit mame executable.
> Instead of showing the 400-odd roms that I would expect to see, it shows 4705
> roms - the number of roms in mame78.

it shouldn't be like that. are you sure you're using the misfit mame binary to create the dat? my suggestion is to delete the current one and start from scratch.

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