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icecube45:

--- Quote from: BobA on August 25, 2013, 07:04:46 pm ---Only disadvantages are Virus's and Malware. A bad infection could blow away all your work in setting up the software for the cab.  A complete backup would be a must.  Also if you have wifi access you need to keep virus/malware software running which uses CPU time and memory that will slow down the speed of your emulation.

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True...
Still thinking of online scoreboards though!

PL1:
Several reasons to not install the wireless card:

1. Anti-virus, windows updates, etc. use processor cycles and can pop up in the middle of game play.

2. Once you get a dedicated cab working, you really only need to update when a gotta-have-it feature is added or a favorite game is now functional/greatly improved.

It's not hard to include an easy-access USB port or two for updates via thumb drive.


Scott

icecube45:

--- Quote from: PL1 on August 25, 2013, 07:08:27 pm ---Several reasons to not install the wireless card:

1. Anti-virus, windows updates, etc. use processor cycles and can pop up in the middle of game play.

2. Once you get a dedicated cab working, you really only need to update when a gotta-have-it feature is added or a favorite game is now functional/greatly improved.

It's not hard to include an easy-access USB port or two for updates via thumb drive.


Scott

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Yeah, Although many of those could be turned off, its still a problem.
Still, online scoreboards! As this cabinet will be used by my neighbors and friends a ton.

DeLuSioNal29:

--- Quote from: McHale on August 25, 2013, 06:23:07 pm ---Mine is definitely wireless.  I download all my MAME-related updates directly to the machine.

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I used to think this way, but then STEAM came along an ruined everything.

DeLuSioNaL29

PL1:
Not sure how much usage it will actually get, but an online scoreboard might be interesting.

It might not be worth putting the effort to automate it or the problems with putting cab online, though.

Maybe you could have a dedicated admin button to take screencaps -- use a thumb drive to dump them to Facebook and manually update the scoreboard.

It also avoids the whole "pics or it didn't happen" excuse.   ;D


Scott

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