docs: add mame version faq entry

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The two views usually agree; when they differ, this project follows the
code, because that is what decides whether your emulator boots.
## Which MAME version do the arcade BIOS sets match?
Arcade BIOS sets are coupled to the romset version, so there is one
profile per MAME core generation: MAME 2000 (0.37b5), MAME 2003 (0.78),
MAME 2003-Plus, MAME 2009 (0.135u4), MAME 2010 (0.139), MAME 2015
(0.160), MAME 2016 (0.174), and current MAME (0.287), each read from that
version's own source tree, because the BIOS root sets differ between
versions. The pack ships the sets matching the core you run; a generic
unversioned arcade pack cannot do that.
## How do I know which BIOS I need?
Two approaches: