[pyddr-discuss] Suggestion -- KnoppyDance

Lasse Birk Olesen lassebirkolesen at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 18 05:19:33 EDT 2003


Or perhaps try with Morphix, which already has a stripped down version 
availible.


>From: David Bellows <bfootdav at mindspring.com>
>Reply-To: pyddr-discuss at icculus.org
>To: pyddr-discuss at icculus.org
>Subject: Re: [pyddr-discuss] Suggestion -- KnoppyDance
>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:42:44 -0400
>
>You're right, and I didn't mean to imply that it had to be a member of the
>development team that should do it -- it was more a suggestion for anyone 
>who
>reads this list that it would be a cool project.  I'm going to try to do it
>myself but am having a very difficult time finding the information 
>necessary
>to pull it off.  So far I haven't gotten anywhere, in fact, but will keep
>trying.  If someone has pointers, ideas, etc. I will do what I can.  The
>KnoppiXMAME project stripped out non-essential packages, drastically 
>reducing
>the size of the iso (still like 196 megs) and then just added in XMAME and 
>a
>frontend (I believe) and left it to the user to add roms.  Adapting his
>project should be even easier than what he had to go through.  Will see 
>what
>I can do.  The nice thing is this newest version of pydance is very 
>playable
>and entirely appropriate at this point for this kind of project.
>
>David Bellows
>
>
>
>
>On Thursday 17 July 2003 10:29 am, Michael R Head wrote:
> >
> > The beautiful thing about what he suggests is that pretty anyone (with
> > general linux skills -- it shouldn't require much, if any, coding) can
> > do it. It doesn't (shouldn't?) be a member of the development team.
> >
> > Once it's done, you may tap into a larger user base and possibly be able
> > to find more bugs before 1.0.
> >
> > Perhaps the original poster could even do it.
> >
> > Just a thought...
> >
> > mike
> >
> > > >From: David Bellows <bfootdav at mindspring.com>
> > > >Reply-To: pyddr-discuss at icculus.org
> > > >To: pyddr-discuss at icculus.org
> > > >Subject: [pyddr-discuss] Suggestion -- KnoppyDance
> > > >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:05:10 -0400
> > > >
> > > >I don't know if anyone else has suggested this, but with the success 
>of
> > > >KnoppiXMAME perhaps a version for pydance would be in order?  In case
> > > >anyone
> > > >is not familiar with KnoppiXMAME, it is the Knoppix Linux 
>distribution
> > > >(built
> > > >on Debian) ,which runs off of a CD (no hard drive installation unless
> > > > you want it later), adapted for XMAME.  The KnoppiXMAME version 
>boots
> > > > directly into a front-end for XMAME (the arcade simulator) allowing 
>one
> > > > to play whatever arcade roms you've burned onto that CD.  Doing the
> > > > same thing with pydance would mean that you take your Knoppydance CD
> > > > (with your dance files burned on it also), mat, USB adapter and can
> > > > play on any (well, almost any) PC -- you just plug it all in, and 
>boot
> > > > with the CD in place.  I have no idea
> > > >how to go about adapting Knoppix (like the KnoppiXMAME guy did) for
> > > > pydance but this would be a cool project.
> > > >
> > > >David Bellows
> > >
>

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