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Title: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: Franco on January 11, 2006, 11:24:03 am

I have a spare 10GB 3.5" internal HDD. Would it be possible to connect it to a PC with an IDE -> USB cable + PSU (which I have) and then run MAME on another computer? If so would it leave any trace on the computer that I had run MAME?

Title: Re: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: Franco on January 11, 2006, 06:10:58 pm

Any ideas guys? I know I have not long posted the original question but the 10GB drive I have doesn't work and there are a few of a similar size going really cheap on ebay at the mo.

Basically can I play MAME of an external HDD on my works comp without them knowing I have?

I have tried AdvanceCD but it will not work with our monitors.

Thanks

Title: Re: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: miles2912 on January 11, 2006, 06:13:51 pm

Yes it will work fine.  The command line version of mame will not leave any traces.  The simple fact that you do not want work to know about it tells me that you shouldn't do it.  Not worth loosing a job over pac man.

Don

Title: Re: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: Franco on January 11, 2006, 06:19:42 pm

Thanks.

Its OK, my friend plays flash Pacman on it for about five hours aday so there isn't a problem there, plus 6 hours a day im unsupervised anyway, just trying to liven up those long machining cycles!

Title: Re: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: BASSOFeeSH on January 11, 2006, 08:00:00 pm

I would wonder if the fact that an external hard disk was attached would be noticed by anyone.

Title: Re: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: Harpal on January 12, 2006, 07:17:16 am

i very doubt that anyone will ever notice it, i use a 2.5 external HD in college which has mame on there, unless i bring in my copy of advance cd, anyway the hd are small enough and can be left any  where to hide once you have conected it..... ;)

Title: Re: Running MAME of external (internal) HDD
Post by: u_rebelscum on January 13, 2006, 01:41:46 pm

FWIW, you'll leave one minor trace to a few.

The first is the USB HDD driver.  For example, if booted into safe mode with the HDD unplugged, it will listed in the devices as installed but not used.  No sign it was mame, but it does show what HDD was plugged in.

The others are the recently run, last run, and maybe last opened variables in the register.  The most obvious place to see this is in winXP's start menu's 6 (default amout) most frequently recently run applications list.

Both can be cleaned if you're really worried, but I'd just right click - "Remove from this list" if mame ever made in into the start menu list.