diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/socrates.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/socrates.cpp
index bff0533caf3..c80f2708d11 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/socrates.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/socrates.cpp
@@ -1373,70 +1373,24 @@ static MACHINE_CONFIG_START( socrates )
 	MCFG_SOFTWARE_LIST_ADD("cart_list", "socrates")
 MACHINE_CONFIG_END
 
-static MACHINE_CONFIG_START( socrates_pal )
-	/* basic machine hardware */
-	MCFG_CPU_ADD("maincpu", Z80, XTAL_26_601712MHz/6)  /* Toshiba TMPZ84C00AP @ 4.433 MHz? /6 or 7 or 8? TODO: verify divider!*/
+static MACHINE_CONFIG_DERIVED( socrates_pal, socrates )
+	MCFG_CPU_REPLACE("maincpu", Z80, XTAL_26_601712MHz/8)
 	MCFG_CPU_PROGRAM_MAP(z80_mem)
 	MCFG_CPU_IO_MAP(z80_io)
 	MCFG_QUANTUM_TIME(attotime::from_hz(50))
 	MCFG_CPU_VBLANK_INT_DRIVER("screen", socrates_state,  assert_irq)
-	//MCFG_MACHINE_START_OVERRIDE(socrates_state,socrates)
 
-	MCFG_DEVICE_ADD("rombank1", ADDRESS_MAP_BANK, 0)
-	MCFG_DEVICE_PROGRAM_MAP(socrates_rombank_map)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_ENDIANNESS(ENDIANNESS_LITTLE)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_DATABUS_WIDTH(8)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_STRIDE(0x4000)
-
-	MCFG_DEVICE_ADD("rambank1", ADDRESS_MAP_BANK, 0)
-	MCFG_DEVICE_PROGRAM_MAP(socrates_rambank_map)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_ENDIANNESS(ENDIANNESS_LITTLE)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_DATABUS_WIDTH(8)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_STRIDE(0x4000)
-
-	MCFG_DEVICE_ADD("rambank2", ADDRESS_MAP_BANK, 0)
-	MCFG_DEVICE_PROGRAM_MAP(socrates_rambank_map)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_ENDIANNESS(ENDIANNESS_LITTLE)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_DATABUS_WIDTH(8)
-	MCFG_ADDRESS_MAP_BANK_STRIDE(0x4000)
-
-	/* video hardware */
-	MCFG_SCREEN_ADD("screen", RASTER)
+	MCFG_SCREEN_MODIFY("screen")
 	MCFG_SCREEN_REFRESH_RATE(50)
-	MCFG_SCREEN_VBLANK_TIME(ATTOSECONDS_IN_USEC(2500)) /* not accurate */
+	MCFG_SCREEN_VBLANK_TIME(ATTOSECONDS_IN_USEC(2500)) // not accurate 
 	MCFG_SCREEN_SIZE(264, 238) // technically the screen size is 256x228 but super painter abuses what I suspect is a hardware bug to display repeated pixels of the very last pixel beyond this horizontal space, well into hblank
 	MCFG_SCREEN_VISIBLE_AREA(0, 263, 0, 229) // the last few rows are usually cut off by the screen bottom but are indeed displayed if you mess with v-hold
 	MCFG_SCREEN_UPDATE_DRIVER(socrates_state, screen_update_socrates)
-	MCFG_SCREEN_PALETTE("palette")
 
-	MCFG_PALETTE_ADD("palette", 256)
-	MCFG_PALETTE_INIT_OWNER(socrates_state, socrates)
-
-	/* sound hardware */
-	MCFG_SPEAKER_STANDARD_MONO("mono")
-	MCFG_SOUND_ADD("soc_snd", SOCRATES_SOUND, XTAL_26_601712MHz/(512+256)) // TODO: verify divider for pal mode
+	MCFG_SOUND_REPLACE("soc_snd", SOCRATES_SOUND, XTAL_26_601712MHz/(512+256)) // this is correct, as strange as it sounds.
 	MCFG_SOUND_ROUTE(ALL_OUTPUTS, "mono", 0.25)
-
-	MCFG_GENERIC_CARTSLOT_ADD("cartslot", generic_plain_slot, "socrates_cart")
-
-	/* Software lists */
-	MCFG_SOFTWARE_LIST_ADD("cart_list", "socrates")
 MACHINE_CONFIG_END
 
-/* This doesn't work for some reason.
-static MACHINE_CONFIG_DERIVED( socrates_pal, socrates )
-    MCFG_CPU_REPLACE("maincpu", Z80, XTAL_26_601712MHz/8)
-    MCFG_SCREEN_REPLACE("screen", RASTER)
-    MCFG_SCREEN_REFRESH_RATE(50)
-    MCFG_SCREEN_VBLANK_TIME(ATTOSECONDS_IN_USEC(2500))
-    MCFG_SCREEN_SIZE(264, 256) // technically the screen size is 256x228 but super painter abuses what I suspect is a hardware bug to display repeated pixels of the very last pixel beyond this horizontal space, well into hblank
-    MCFG_SCREEN_VISIBLE_AREA(0, 263, 0, 256) // the last few rows are usually cut off by the screen bottom but are indeed displayed if you mess with v-hold
-    MCFG_SCREEN_UPDATE_DRIVER(socrates_state, screen_update_socrates)
-    MCFG_SOUND_REPLACE("soc_snd", SOCRATES_SOUND, XTAL_26_601712MHz/(512+256)) // this is correct, as strange as it sounds.
-    MCFG_SOUND_ROUTE(ALL_OUTPUTS, "mono", 0.25)
-MACHINE_CONFIG_END
-*/
-
 static MACHINE_CONFIG_START( iqunlimz )
 	/* basic machine hardware */
 	MCFG_CPU_ADD("maincpu", Z80, XTAL_4MHz) /* not accurate */