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icecube45:

Hello! I'm almost done with my first build and have a spare wifi card lying around, would there be any advantage to installing it into the machine?

UFO:

I've sometimes thought about the possibility of having ROM's 'cloud' based.

Edit: Network access is invaluable for me though...

McHale:

Mine is definitely wireless.  I download all my MAME-related updates directly to the machine. 

icecube45:


--- Quote from: McHale on August 25, 2013, 06:23:07 pm ---Mine is definitely wireless.  I download all my MAME-related updates directly to the machine. 

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--- Quote from: UFO on August 25, 2013, 06:03:36 pm ---I've sometimes thought about the possibility of having ROM's 'cloud' based.

Edit: Network access is invaluable for me though...

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These seem more than enough reasons to install the card on it!
The only other reason was if somehow I could get the top scores of selected games to be uploaded to a website.
Anyone know of how I could possibly do that?


BobA:

Only disadvantages are Virus's and Malware. A bad infection could blow away all your work in setting up the software for the cab.  A complete backup would be a must.  Also if you have wifi access you need to keep virus/malware software running which uses CPU time and memory that will slow down the speed of your emulation.

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