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garnerb350:

This is a question I am trying to figure out...
I might be able to get a hold of some empty cabs in the nearby future...
I was thinking of making some dedicated cabs when i get em...

Now I have only built one mame cab (my first) and I have all the games, running off a frontend...blah,blah, blah....

Is there a way to run a mame game without a frontend?

Like  can I get a old junk computer and have it run mame with 1-3 games and have it where I can just turn it on...the games pops up and i can switch it off and thats it?

My main concern is that i want to get into the restoration side of cabs...

I got the fever!


bkenobi:

Certainly.  If you load DOS on the computer, just set up a command in the autoexec.bat file to call "mame.exe <rom>".  DONE!   :afro:

Ginsu Victim:

If you MAME it, that's not a restoration.

garnerb350:


--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on June 25, 2009, 02:58:17 pm ---If you MAME it, that's not a restoration.

--- End quote ---

I know Ginsu...I know...
but you got understand...i have a Cadillac mind with a Pinto wallet...:gobama

plus taking baby steps till i get to PCBs...

Ginsu Victim:

I feel the same way. If it at least appears to be the real thing until you can manage to get the real boards, I see nothing wrong with that.

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