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robertsig:

--- Quote from: jukingeo on February 26, 2011, 01:33:21 pm ---As of now with Ubuntu Studio Lucid, I AM having a sound issue with SDLMame.  I get a series of crackles and pops with the audio, of which I do not have with any other sound (or game) program I am using.   

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A lot of people have sound problems with Ubuntu and their derivatives.  Try PCLinuxOS and see if that helps.  It may not be the final distro you want to use for a slimmed down Mame PC, but is very well built and good for testing the "junk" out of Ubuntu.

MPH:

--- Quote from: Havok on January 31, 2011, 10:35:05 am ---As far as migrating to a new system and backing up your setup, you should look into Acronis Backup & Recovery Workstation with the Universal Restore add-on. It takes a snapshot of your system, and you can restore quickly, usually within 15 minutes (depending on data size) even to different hardware. I've been using it for a while and it works great!

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I second using Acronis' Home backup software with the 'restore to dissimilar hardware' feature. Huge time saver.
jukingeo:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 26, 2011, 05:27:36 pm ---I think you should look at what applications you are going to use with your ITX.  That said, the older ITX boards especially the fan-less ones are not that great with modern Operating Systems.  You could get by with Windows 2000 Professional if you are wanting a NT platform, but you will need to install 1gb or more.  But you seem not to like to fiddle about with Linux, so Puppy Arcade would be out of the question.  I boot that on a thumb drive, all 16gb of it.
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Actually the ITX board I was looking into was a newer "Atom" CPU based board.  I don't mind fiddling with Linux if there are minor issues to deal with.  I really don't want to spend hours on end to take care of a (lets say) an audio issue.  I did try Puppy Arcade, but it didn't work right on my system.  Also I didn't care for the front end.  You know me by now, I want something that is more "arcade-ish".


--- Quote ---The problems with Tiny XP is the malware associated with it. eXperience's build had some code inside from those who hosted it that called home, then you have the WGA issues that do not go away. Tiny XP does not play nice with ITX kit as most of the inf files are gone to reduce space.
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Well, if it requires more fiddling than with Linux, I'll pass.


--- Quote ---Your DOS problem isn't really a problem as you can boot USB flash from Dos from a non capable Bios.  It is quite easy, but again the original suggestion still applies:  what applications have you found and what is the target OS.  You need to do that first, then worry about the rest later.

Besides you are still missing an important contender, which you and I are familiar with, and does the job very well.  You just have to crack her open and build your cab around it.  ;D

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DOS?  I don't recall mentioning anything about DOS...but many moons ago I did have an Arcade OS DOS system that used an S-Video TV.  Cool system.

Geo
Dexter:
Another vote for tinyxp. Quick bootup and hammers along. PLus the small footprint means you can use a smaller hard drive. I built one cab with tiny XP and a decent set of mame games on a 10GB hard drive from an old xbox!
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