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| nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on June 09, 2014, 06:47:07 pm --- --- Quote from: Malenko on June 09, 2014, 05:23:51 pm ---Im all about re-using old hardware as much as you can, but for literally a couple hundred dollars or less you can get a dell optiplex from craigslist and save yourself quite the headache --- End quote --- Yeah I got mine for $20 at a garage sale and it is a P4. AMD K6....brings back memories... --- End quote --- I have one of these. It was my dedicated geexbox...er box for video's yrs ago. Played DVD's fine with a geforce2 back in the Standard Definition days. It still posts. I looked into using it with Linux for my classics build however i need to dig up a USB card because it only uses an AT keyboard connector. :D |
| 1500points:
passed the PC on to the kid to dissect. Will work on finding another. With this particular project, I'm going to be putting a SW mame cab out in a pseudo-public place for a week or two long event. my good mame laptop would get stolen, so I want to put as little into the PC part of it as possible incase it does get snagged I won't be fuming. :) Thanks for all the info. |
| wp34:
--- Quote from: 1500points on June 11, 2014, 10:37:07 am ---passed the PC on to the kid to dissect. Will work on finding another. With this particular project, I'm going to be putting a SW mame cab out in a pseudo-public place for a week or two long event. my good mame laptop would get stolen, so I want to put as little into the PC part of it as possible incase it does get snagged I won't be fuming. :) Thanks for all the info. --- End quote --- Is this pseudo-public event in Iowa by any chance? |
| nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: 1500points on June 11, 2014, 10:37:07 am ---passed the PC on to the kid to dissect. Will work on finding another. With this particular project, I'm going to be putting a SW mame cab out in a pseudo-public place for a week or two long event. my good mame laptop would get stolen, so I want to put as little into the PC part of it as possible incase it does get snagged I won't be fuming. :) Thanks for all the info. --- End quote --- I've picked up a 3ghz dual core pentium D with motherboard for $25 4GB ram for $20 PSU for $10 all used from ebay. Those prices include shipping & were Buy it now. I also have a few p3 boards that seem to work well with Linux & advmame .106 with onboard graphics. Play most classics. They do struggle with sound on the newer golden Tee & some weird Journey game I never knew existed. |
| 1500points:
--- Quote from: wp34 on June 11, 2014, 12:38:20 pm --- Is this pseudo-public event in Iowa by any chance? --- End quote --- The ICON 2014 event in Fairfield, Weekend of Aug 2 is main activity. Hope you are coming down?! |
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