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How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« on: February 08, 2006, 09:28:03 pm »
Just asking hypothetically.  If I were a millionaire and owned every arcade cabinet ever made.  How much memory would all of the roms stored in one place take up.

Is it really possible that it's in the order of magnitude of a TB as in a terrabyte? as in 1000 gigabytes?
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2006, 09:34:23 pm »
You're not a millionaire so don't worry.
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2006, 09:48:12 pm »
140 gigs with xp pro
will hold all.
zink
rain
mame
 consoles
n64
atari ( all 2600,5200,7800, jag,lynx)
nes
snes
sms
gen.
game boys
neo geo

with about 8 gig left over
I have them on 2*  70 gig HD
I have close to 4 gigs left on each
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2006, 11:43:12 pm »
Wow....he ^^^ must be a millionaire!
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2006, 03:46:59 pm »
Quote from: daywane on February 08, 2006, 09:48:12 pm
140 gigs with xp pro
will hold all.
zink
rain
mame
 consoles
n64
atari ( all 2600,5200,7800, jag,lynx)
nes
snes
sms
gen.
game boys
neo geo

with about 8 gig left over
I have them on 2*  70 gig HD
I have close to 4 gigs left on each

I've always wondered, would they load faster if you stored them uncompressed? How much would that take up?
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2006, 05:03:06 pm »
i think just the mame roms are 13 gigs
and the chd files around 30 gigs
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2006, 05:55:17 pm »
Yeah, but what about once you become a millionaire?  Do they get bigger?  :P
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2006, 06:30:49 pm »
Quote from: squire on February 09, 2006, 05:03:06 pm
i think just the mame roms are 13 gigs
and the chd files around 30 gigs


for what version?
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2006, 07:33:06 pm »
Quote from: ahofle on February 09, 2006, 05:55:17 pm
Yeah, but what about once you become a millionaire?  Do they get bigger?  :P

That's what the emails keep telling me.
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2006, 09:05:48 pm »
Quote from: whatzcrackn on February 09, 2006, 06:30:49 pm
Quote from: squire on February 09, 2006, 05:03:06 pm
i think just the mame roms are 13 gigs
and the chd files around 30 gigs


for what version?

103?
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2006, 09:36:25 pm »
I'm pretty sure that the psone and dreamcast files are in excess of 400 gigs each.  Yeah, the mame roms uncompressed would be fairly large.
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned all
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2006, 12:21:57 am »
Quote from: boykster on February 09, 2006, 09:05:48 pm
Quote from: whatzcrackn on February 09, 2006, 06:30:49 pm
Quote from: squire on February 09, 2006, 05:03:06 pm
i think just the mame roms are 13 gigs
and the chd files around 30 gigs


for what version?

103?


yes 103 and that compressed(ofcoarse)
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2006, 08:55:13 am »
Quote from: brophog on February 09, 2006, 07:33:06 pm
Quote from: ahofle on February 09, 2006, 05:55:17 pm
Yeah, but what about once you become a millionaire?  Do they get bigger?  :P

That's what the emails keep telling me.

ROFL

 ??? I don't understand the question.

Does my laptop get heavier when I install more software on it?
 ???
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2006, 09:48:33 am »
Quote from: mccoy178 on February 09, 2006, 09:36:25 pm
I'm pretty sure that the psone and dreamcast files are in excess of 400 gigs each.  Yeah, the mame roms uncompressed would be fairly large.
Gigs?  Or megs?
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2006, 10:01:58 am »
400 gigs for the ISO's of each system total.
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Re: How much space would every mame rom take up "If I was a millionare and owned
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2006, 10:11:17 am »
Quote from: mccoy178 on February 10, 2006, 10:01:58 am
400 gigs for the ISO's of each system total.
Ah.  I was reading it as "each file", not "each system".  Big difference!  :)

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