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GGKoul:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 09, 2005, 07:40:03 pm ---I have a USB 2.0 (laptop style drive, needs no external power) portable hard drive and it is great (I also have a much larger desktop style portable as well, that one needs and AC adaptor), but if you don't already own the equipment it would just be cheaper to get a used 30 or 40 GB hard drive and add that into the computer, really it isn't like you need to move the roms around that much.

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I already have my old drives in my mame pc.  A 20/30 & 60. 

Mooshoo111:

I use a firewire disk for everything, but firewire is faster than usb so...

krick:


--- Quote from: GGKoul on March 09, 2005, 07:43:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: Trimoor on March 09, 2005, 04:46:11 pm ---I highly recommend a network.
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amerish:

I had a problem with my cab and hd space.  My Compaq only had a 40 gig and a cd rw.  The rom sets I had were on DVD. I wanted to keep my MAME Cab un-networked so I purchased a 200 gig hd and an external case.  I hooked it up with a USB cable.  Worked like a charm.  Loaded the dvds via my laptop (w / dvd) to the external then hooked it up to my CAB. No real lag time to speak of when data is accessed from the external.

On a side note, I have about 60 gig used on the external.  I have also allocated 40 gig on the external drive to ghost my compaq 40 gig hd.  I did not want to go through the nightmare of reinstalling the OS (XP Pro) on the compaq and then reinstall my Rad vid card.  For compaq owners or people thinking of compaq's for their cab, the video and sound are together. When the video was disabled the sound also stopped. Should have used an nvid card.  The Rad card I chose has to be the only video card in the machine. Took a while and some tweeking to get everything working just right.  I have learned the hard way from the past that Bill $$$'s operating systems have a tendency to crash.

I mention the ghosting because a few people were inquiring about backing up their cab.  An external HD is a good choice for doing that.

Hope this helps.

cholin:

As I said before, I would rather just use the network.  Install some (probably pirated) remote access software so you *CAN* work comfortably from your desktop instead of whipping out a HD or a keyboard/whatever.  Im sure it would be easier for you too because it saves you time and money.  Wire the 200gb one for good then do the transfers over your network.  Even if you were to use the USB HD, you have to reach into the back of your cab, remove the HD, bring it to your comp, upload, bring back, reconnect, find out you forgot a file...etc :)

Answer though:  Remote access software over a network.  I've been using "Anyplace Control" over LAN to control the downstairs computer, and it works wonderful, even when the server (downstairs computer) is running at 350 mhz.  Give it a go, you may save more time than you think ;)

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