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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.
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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.

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If that's the case, I would use DOS instead of Windows... far less disk activity.

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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.
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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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