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| Chris:
--- Quote from: Peale on December 14, 2004, 02:07:58 pm ---I know it's been done, and it works well. --- End quote --- |
| cbmeeks:
--- Quote from: Chris on December 14, 2004, 02:10:46 pm --- --- Quote from: Peale on December 14, 2004, 02:07:58 pm ---I know it's been done, and it works well. From what I read, the problem comes with the number of times you can read/write the card. They wear out, aparently. --- End quote --- If that's the case, I would use DOS instead of Windows... far less disk activity. --- End quote --- Peale is correct. It's a lot but you would be surprised at how fast it could happen. I *think* it is 300,000 writes but if you ran Windows with a swap file, then that could happen pretty fast. If you put windows on it, I suggest disabling the swap file (even though it is not recommended and might crash your computer) and put a TON of ram in it. IMHO, CF is not really recommended for a cab. If it were a bar-top where space is critical then maybe...but honestly, how hard is it to find room for a harddrive in a giant cabinet? lol I don't think the speed of the CF would be a real issue since you wouldn't be loading/saving a lot....and if you had a bunch of ram, then MAME and the rom should be loaded once into memory....we're only talking a few megs at most per game...or less for the classics. Don't worry about the heat of the HD. You should have a small fan pulling out heat anyway. cb |
| Hoagie_one:
i was thinking about using the CF for a hard drive in my new project.....putting a computer for emulation inside of an old SNES case. Tight space. |
| Chris:
--- Quote from: cbmeeks on December 14, 2004, 02:32:32 pm --- --- Quote from: Chris on December 14, 2004, 02:10:46 pm --- --- Quote from: Peale on December 14, 2004, 02:07:58 pm ---I know it's been done, and it works well. --- End quote --- --- End quote --- --- End quote --- |
| cbmeeks:
Hoagie_one: well, then that might be worth it....lol Check this out: http://www.junkmachine.com/forum/kb.php?mode=article&k=11&page_num=1&start=0 Chris: Yeah, DOS would be the way to go...I just can't justify the expense of an extra card when a HD would provilde a better choice.... however, I admit...the CF is probably more stable and least likely to crash |
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