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sharpfork:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 20, 2013, 10:37:07 pm ---Well a quick check on google shopping shows that you can get a 64GB SSD for $14. That is cheaper than an 8 GB USB stick at Walgreens.

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I searched google and ebay and was not able to find a 64GB SSD for $14.  I want to convert one to IDE100 for a Coinops OG/original xBox so please provide sources for this price if they can be found. 

While we are going off on an SSD tangent under the "no moving parts" idea of the OP... I made a nice little 8gig IDE SSD out of a the 8GB version of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313224 + something like this http://dx.com/p/compactflash-cf-card-to-ide-hard-disk-adapter-card-ide-40-10309 .   I get about 40 MB/s read on it and it boots an xBox to emu game selection in ~10 seconds.
I have a SATA SSD in my MAME PC and it boots to windows 7 in about the same time.

TheShaner:
While I can appreciate the input on different means of creating a solid state cabinet, I think the point of this thread keeps getting missed by a few.  Yes I know we can achieve much better results by putting a pc in a cab, and can even get to the point that we are 95% solid state (you have to have an exhaust fan somewhere), we are talking about reinventing the jamma board here.  A single board blug and play MAME solution.

There is an obvious allure to the Jamma board.  Slap it into the cab, wire it up and the cab functions.  The problem is, the emulation is terrible, the games are limited, and you cannot modify the interface.  With that said, I am trying to find a better solution.  While most of us hobbyests wont use something like this, I have need for something like this for a friends cab I am building, I bet there are a lot of others that would go jamma that would benefit from this.   There will obviously need to be an iPac involved, but with the right board, and a well tweaked load, this could be a very viable solution to a 100 in 1 cab or so that just plays older games like the Jamma.

The BB comes in tomorrow or Tuesday.  I post when it does.

kahlid74:

--- Quote from: TheShaner on June 23, 2013, 12:28:32 pm ---While I can appreciate the input on different means of creating a solid state cabinet, I think the point of this thread keeps getting missed by a few.  Yes I know we can achieve much better results by putting a pc in a cab, and can even get to the point that we are 95% solid state (you have to have an exhaust fan somewhere), we are talking about reinventing the jamma board here.  A single board blug and play MAME solution.

There is an obvious allure to the Jamma board.  Slap it into the cab, wire it up and the cab functions.  The problem is, the emulation is terrible, the games are limited, and you cannot modify the interface.  With that said, I am trying to find a better solution.  While most of us hobbyests wont use something like this, I have need for something like this for a friends cab I am building, I bet there are a lot of others that would go jamma that would benefit from this.   There will obviously need to be an iPac involved, but with the right board, and a well tweaked load, this could be a very viable solution to a 100 in 1 cab or so that just plays older games like the Jamma.

The BB comes in tomorrow or Tuesday.  I post when it does.

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There are some nice mini intel/AMD ITX systems with no moving parts that would fill this void well.  Price would be a little higher than the RaspberryPi but would still work well IMO.

TheShaner:

--- Quote from: kahlid74 on June 24, 2013, 07:11:06 am ---There are some nice mini intel/AMD ITX systems with no moving parts that would fill this void well.  Price would be a little higher than the RaspberryPi but would still work well IMO.

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Funny you mention that, I am spec'ing out a media center right now with an ITX motherboard and case.  Gonna do something similar to the LifeHacker article that was out last August.  I have a rooted AppleTV delivering all of my content from an NAS drive, but it chokes on some of the larger content.  Plus with this setup, I will be able to launch some games and other programs from the box too.  Those ITX form factors are nice and small, easy to hide. 

Maximus:
Also for delivering locally stored content check out Plex.  It's the best media solution I've used and has apps on all the major platforms including Roku.

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