Author Topic: Old Laptop Barcade? (Read 1575 times)

Jest · « **on:** August 26, 2009, 07:17:01 pm »

Hi guys. I have a friend with a bunch of old laptops that I can have. When thinking about what to do I thought I might be able to use it as a mame computer. I took one home but haven't got a power adapter yet.

Would it be able to run MAME? It is an old IBM ThinkPad; a Pentium II, 96MB of RAM, and 4GB Hard drive. Win 98 is on it now, but I'd rather put a Linux distro on it for faster booting. There is no USB but there is a serial port.

Would it be possible to set it up as a MAME cabinet?

severdhed · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2009, 10:48:58 pm »

you could probably run an older version of mame on there, and be ok playing the classics. i wouldn't expect to be able to play MK3 or anything like that. is there a PS2 keybaord port on it? i know alot of older laptops had them..if not, finding a suitable control interface could be challenging.


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Author Topic: Old Laptop Barcade? (Read 1575 times)

Jest

Old Laptop Barcade?

severdhed

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