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| Kaytrim:
And you can get a 8GB CF card for under $100 on eBay. |
| vrf:
By the way, the CF card idea has been used in at least one cab already. First time I saw it was in this miniature cab: http://www.yvan256.net/projects/micromame/ (This project partially inspired my cab.) Seems like a CF drive would work especially well on a low-power system that just ran older games. |
| ChadTower:
I would see it being mostly for space reasons... the disadvantages otherwise are too big to use it over a regular hard drive. |
| vrf:
--- Quote from: Kaytrim on April 05, 2007, 09:35:05 am ---Here is one that is even cheaper. Made for a desktop PC. :cheers: Scroll down to the products list. http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp --- End quote --- I think, actually, that you're looking at the notebook to desktop (2.5" to 3.5") connector that costs only 10 bucks. You still have to buy the whole CF to 2.5" adapter for $25. I think. |
| Kaytrim:
There has been a few other projects that have used this type of drive. Bartop and Cocktail cabinets come to mind. IIRC they used DOS and MAME .69 or some older version. Here it is... http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59941.msg592450#msg592450 |
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