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From: stefanj@gte.net                                   12-Dec-99 13:54:06
  To: All                                               13-Dec-99 03:31:20
Subj: Joystick Device Driver Contest.....New Entries!!

From: stefanj@gte.net (Jason Stefanovich)

I have received a new entry from J Da Silva,
An enhanced version of the popular gameport.sys.



MAMERun Joystick Device Driver Contest.

What is it?

Write your own joystick device driver for OS/2 and you could win $290
plus valuable prizes and earn the respect and gratitude of OS/2
gamers around the world! With the many new games available and the
advance of game controllers there arises a need for a better 
joystick device driver than IBM's advanced joystick device driver. 
Support for new controller features, such as 8+ buttons or USB, will
greatly enhance the OS/2 gaming experience for gamers as well as 
developers.

For rules and other information check out:

  http://home1.gte.net/stefanj/contest.htm 

I am looking for additional sponsors for this contest. If you would
like to contribute please go to: 

  http://home1.gte.net/stefanj/sponsor.htm 

Any questions can be sent to me at Stefanj@gte.net

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From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com                               10-Dec-99 19:30:25
  To: All                                               13-Dec-99 03:31:20
Subj: MAME for OS/2 version .36 beta 11 is available

From: Marty <mamodeo@stny.rr.com>

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

It allows you to play up to 1900 classic (and some not-so-classic) arcade
games
from the 70's through the 90's from the comfort of your OS/2 desktop.

The OS/2 version has been updated to the latest version of the MAME core (.36
beta 11).  If you are upgrading from beta 6 or higher, it will automatically
update your Quick List and scan for newly supported games the first time you
start it up so you don't have to manually rescan everything from scratch and
erase your Favorites list.

The following items have changed since version .36 beta 10:

* Updated to MAME core version .36 beta 10 
* Fixed a bug requiring an extra keystroke when the MAME core asks you to
  type "OK" to acknowledge a message

A suggestion was made to show the joystick button status to the Input Options
dialog box.  I haven't had the time to do this yet, but it will be implemented
by the next release.

Another suggestion was made to run LxLite on the executables, which I have
done.  The executables shrank from 10MB to 4MB, although the ZIP file is about
the same size to download.

As always, you can download the latest release 486 and Pentium optimized
versions from http://emuos2.vintagegaming.com.

Enjoy!

- Marty

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