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Building a "Mini-itx" Computer... some questions

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javeryh:
Has anyone done this before to run mame on?  I am in the planning/purchasing phase for my mini-cab.  I am looking for a small computer to fit in the cab and I was directed to their website

Witchboard:
1.  You will not need to solder anything.
2.  Memory would depend on what OS you plan to install.
3.  You can get any IDE hard drive you want.
4.  You don't.  Attatch a CD/DVD drive.

crashwg:

--- Quote from: Witchboard on September 13, 2004, 04:46:24 pm ---4.  You don't.  Attatch a CD/DVD drive.

--- End quote ---

You don't need a optical drive for day to day operations of a mame computer, just for install.  If you already have a computer with a cd/dvd drive in it you can just borrow it for the install and replace it back in the donor when you're done.

Bgnome:
for a neat spacesaver, i have heard of people being able to boot off of compactflash cards and the like by using an IDE adapter and an OS with a low overhead, like DOS or linux..

markb:
I would set up the operating system using a CD drive then remove it if space is a big issue.

If the Mobo has a Lan socket then there is a potential to transfer any further software on to it using that.

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