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lifespan of an arcade machine
Q*Bert_OP:
I have a MAME(tm) cab running and booting directly off a CD...The files aren't alterable...
Havok:
--- Quote from: Q*Bert_24/7 on April 11, 2006, 10:19:50 pm ---I have a MAME(tm) cab running and booting directly off a CD...The files aren't alterable...
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But you can't have chd games AND Daphne games AND a jukebox with a buch of mp3s!
I just did a Ghost image of my hard drive. If it dies, I put a new one in there, and within 20 minutes I am playing again...
Q*Bert_OP:
--- Quote from: Havok on April 12, 2006, 10:06:19 am ---
--- Quote from: Q*Bert_24/7 on April 11, 2006, 10:19:50 pm ---I have a MAME(tm) cab running and booting directly off a CD...The files aren't alterable...
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But you can't have chd games AND Daphne games AND a jukebox with a buch of mp3s!
I just did a Ghost image of my hard drive. If it dies, I put a new one in there, and within 20 minutes I am playing again...
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True, but I'm only running a handful of vertical classics on an old 633
motorfish:
Heat will be one of the biggest enemies of your MAME machine, especialy if you keep it running on "arrtact mode" for extended periods of time.
In four years, I have already melted nearly all of the capacitors on one motherboard due to insufficent coolong procedures.
ShinAce:
Very true....
I'm an electrical engineer so I'm a cooling nazi. Sometimes I think everyone considers ventilation.