Main > Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail
WTB custom compile of MAME
leapinlew:
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--- Quote from: mccoy178 on April 07, 2006, 12:25:13 am ---Soapboy likes to comment in every b/s/t and usually just to pee on someones parade. :tool: He is right though, don't offer to buy anything to do with mame or roms here. That's rule #1. Thanks for hooking him up botman, that's the good stuff right there!
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Wasn't he just paying someone to do the coding work? Not like he was buying mame.
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That's the same kind of rationalization that people make when they say they''re paying for the DVDs and the burning process, but not the roms on the discs. He was looking to buy a compiled version of MAME. It all worked out in the end, but I agree with Soap et al, it was originally kind of dicey. He was offering money for somebody to send him a version of MAME. If you think that's kosher, then why not set up a website where you offer compiled versions of mame for $10 a pop. I doubt the MAME devs (or saint) would support that kind of endeavor.
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I see your point. But, if the roms were free/open source, and I wanted someone to go through the roms and select only the trackball games for me...
I guess thats how I looked at it. If I needed a custom compile of Mame, I would need someone to do the work for me, and I wouldn't expect them to do it for free. I'm glad it all worked out. I can see how this could get really muddy.
Hoagie_one:
its a gray area. there is nothing wrong with paying someone for their time and expertice
SOAPboy:
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--- Quote from: SOAPboy on April 07, 2006, 01:28:25 am ---No, i like to prevent people from getting raped on price, or doing something illegal..
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Hmmmm... still have that CapCom bowling cab, with MAME on it?
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Actually no, my mame machien is not longer up nor running.. The cabinet it 100% empty waiting to be hauled off by a friend..
mccoy178:
Hopefully they're taking you with it.
leapinlew:
I'm using the 1.04 command line version of mame - is there a switch to turn off all the warning/ok screens? I'm wondering since botman brings it up.