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CCM

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Hard drive size?
« on: October 15, 2003, 12:18:43 pm »
Anyone know the minimum HD size needed to accomodate the full .75 rom set.  I'm running Windows 98 SE and that's about it.
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2003, 12:29:35 pm »
not including the chd files i would say about 20 gigs. Probably closer to 40 when you include your operating system, chd files and assorted other programs
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2003, 12:31:18 pm »
I don't think it's quite that much..  Maybe around 10-11GB
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2003, 12:49:40 pm »
Quote from: Shieldwolf on October 15, 2003, 12:29:35 pm
not including the chd files i would say about 20 gigs. Probably closer to 40 when you include your operating system, chd files and assorted other programs


you're saying the the non-chd roms take up 20 gigs?  that seems high.  
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2003, 02:01:06 pm »
I can definitely tell you that the ROMs themselves take up about 7.1 gigs.  The CHDs add another seven-ish on top.
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2003, 07:58:57 pm »
I'm running 98SE and with the exception of the .chd files I fit all roms and artwork etc. on a 10Gb HDD.  A 20Gb would probably be the answer.
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2003, 08:45:20 pm »
If your hard drive is too small, sometimes you can get pills to fix it.
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2003, 09:19:44 pm »
The current rom set for Mame (version .75) takes up 15.5GB.
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2003, 12:14:28 am »
Does that include the variants of the Beatmania and all their CHDs ?

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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2003, 09:13:50 am »
BobA: Yes.

JustMichael: sounds like you haven't used ZipMax on your ROMsets.  Get it from the ClrMAME site.
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Re:Hard drive size?
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2003, 09:51:54 am »
Quote from: Peale on October 17, 2003, 09:13:50 am
JustMichael: sounds like you haven't used ZipMax on your ROMsets.  Get it from the ClrMAME site.

how much space does ZipMax save you?
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