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Best setup for a dedicated Cocktail emulating Ms. Pac-Man

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StephenH:

It might be best to consider running in pure DOS (or Linux) and add it to your autoexec.bat or Linux Startup script, with the command line for running MAME or AdvanceMAME in the start.   You could easily boot from CD or Flash memory real easily, and not even need a hard disk (unless you wanted to save high scores or something) and have it boot directly to Ms. Pac Man.


Lilwolf:

btw, why would you want a CD based PC to run it?  Harddrives are dirt cheap at the sizes you probably would be fine with... And CD's will have dust issues in the long run.

Get a cheap harddrive (100-250mg drive will probably do).  Go with advanced mame if you want special video setups... or just windows to work well and don't let mame change the resolution and you will have good output. 

And if you want quiet, you could consider getting a sold state drive setup... but it will cost a bit more... and be a lot slower.



davieboynj:


--- Quote from: bigtimes on April 27, 2006, 05:49:18 pm ---Where would I find these things?

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http://www.dealsonic.com/sysdidetocof.html

If your disk space needs are limited, i would recommend against a hard drive.  If it's an old cheap HD chances are its only one good surge or bump from failing.  Solid state is really a nice way to go if you need < 1 GB.  Get a fast compact flash card if the price is right, you'll thank yourself later. 

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