> Well...it's been a while since I last tried my few chds
> in MAME. And of course, I realised that they don't work
> in the latest MAME builds (I'm not sure when exactly this
> "change" occured). My question is...is there a patch or
> something so I won't have to re-download them? I am a 56k
> poor user and it's a pain in the ass for me
> Any suggestions would be nice...
>
> Thank you in advance
>

You have to convert them to the new format using the supplied chdman.

Example:
chdman -update kinstold.chd kinst.chd

(rename and backup your chd file before doing this)