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Any way to speed up MAME on old PC?
nitrogen_widget:
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--- 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
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Yeah I got mine for $20 at a garage sale and it is a P4. AMD K6....brings back memories...
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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.
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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.
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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?
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The ICON 2014 event in Fairfield, Weekend of Aug 2 is main activity.
Hope you are coming down?!