http://mamedev.org/?p=373

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We're pleased to announce our new publicly-facing MAME/MESS SVN server located at: svn://dspnet.fr/mame/trunk

When contributing code, please base your changes on the latest code found on the SVN server.

We will continue to create patches and releases as before, but our hope is that this will provide better communication with end users and potential contributors.

The old svns are no longer up to date.

If you were using the MESS SVN, you will need to blow away your entire downloaded folder and start over. External artwork will not be carried over so you'll have to save it somewhere.

Alternatively, external artwork is available at AntoPisa's site, and on my site.

edit: for some reason the link won't display properly on this board.