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Who manufactures the 60-1 multi JAMMA boards?

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Malenko:

--- Quote from: matsadona on June 11, 2012, 07:35:27 am ---I still believe it is double standards being on a MAME forum and say the 60-in-1’s are illegal (but your MAME PC’s are not).

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There is no double standard. We cannot give links to ROMs just like we cant give links to Xin1 Boards.

That is rule #5
5. Nothing illegal! Do I even need to explain this one? Need a ROM to repair an arcade board you own? Fine to talk about. Need a ROM to complete your MAME collection? Don't bother to post here. If someone posts such a request, please don't answer it -- no direct answers, no hints, no private messages.

Also, this is not a MAME forum (rule 9)
9. BYOAC strives to be a MAME-friendly site. There's a page discussing BYOAC and MAME's relationship that you should read, but the short nutshell is that BYOAC will strive to honor MAMEDev wishes regarding distribution of MAME and derivatives thereof.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: matsadona on June 11, 2012, 07:35:27 am ---I still believe it is double standards being on a MAME forum and say the 60-in-1’s are illegal (but your MAME PC’s are not).

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But once again, this is my personal opinion and I do know that there are others here with an opposite opinion :)

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First, I haven't seen many people claim that their MAME PC's are legal ... there are exceptions and there are reasons for those exceptions.

More importantly, It makes absolutely no difference what anybody other than saint thinks about the rules.

His BBQ. His rules.

You want to talk about stuff that is against the rules, either do it somewhere else (hell, there are boards specifically dedicated to what you are talking about!) or start your own board and make your own rules

I like some of the multiboards and can tell you the places to find the best deals on them, but saint has asked us not to, so I don't.

And, finally, as Malenko points out, there is no double-standard in the rules.

There may seem be a double-standard with individual members, but that is entirely different.

Mental:
The ArcadeSD board is 100% legal and vastly superior to the older 60in1 boards stolen and copied by the Chinese.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Mental on June 11, 2012, 09:42:57 am ---The ArcadeSD board is 100% legal and vastly superior to the older 60in1 boards stolen and copied by the Chinese.

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Only to be pedantic (and to clarify for folks who may read this and don't understand the difference), and I did the same for the ArcadeShop boards, the board itself is legal. Using it with unlicensed ROMs is not (so, it is a lot like MAME).

I don't currently own an ArcadeSD board, but it seems to be great and I like that Clay seems to be continually developing for it.

 :applaud:

matsadona:
Aha, thanks for the clarification.
My understanding was that the multi boards were bashed only because they infringed the MAME rules in some way.
In terms of distributing copyrighted ROM’s I fully understand.

Funny thing that my company is classifying the Rules section as “games” and then has put it in the blocking list. I.e. I can’t reach it, but this forum is available…

What about the following scenario:
If you have a dedicated arcade cabinet, with everything intact except a faulty PCB. If you replace it with a MAME PC/multi board (of any kind) should it then be considered illegal usage of the ROM or not? It is harder and harder to find spare parts, so this scenario is very much likely to happen.
Not trying to create any troll here, I am sincerely interested in this discussion since that might be the only way to preserve these games in the future.

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