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lokki:
If you are doing this for a CAB. Consider DOS. it is supported by MAME and there are a couple of good Front ends (ArcadeOS comes to mind).

Freedos works great

http://www.freedos.org/

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: rackoon on July 28, 2006, 05:29:48 pm ---They want $199.98 for home edition. Bill Gates is scum :troll:
I can get it for $90.00 on ebay.

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bill dont work there no more...

Boz:

--- Quote from: lokki on July 29, 2006, 10:17:19 pm ---If you are doing this for a CAB. Consider DOS. it is supported by MAME and there are a couple of good Front ends (ArcadeOS comes to mind).
Freedos works great
http://www.freedos.org/

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What are you smokin'?!?!?! DOS was a great OS up until that whole mouse thing came along. And yeah, Mame can run on DOS, but why bother. You have to load USB support if you can find the driver for the mobo you are using, and good luck finding audio drivers for any sound card made in, oh, say, the last 10 years. And then recommend some kind of DOS that isn't nearly as ubiquitous and understood as MSDOS (which is free BTW)? Hell you might also recommend that he upgrade to the latest 12-inch EGA computer monitor for his cabinet.

Listen Rackoon, Get DOS if you want. Use Linux if you have way too much free-time on your hands and you were looking to burn it up with *something*. But if you want it to JUST WORK, with concepts that you already know and use well, pick up a copy of Windows somewhere. You can find a copy cheap and this thread has more than enough suggestions for you to make an informed decision on what to do.

There's nothing, absolutely NOTHING, wrong with Windows 2000. Windows XP has slightly better USB device recognition, but that's only because it's newer and there are more devices now. Windows 2000 will leave you with a smaller memory footprint than XP too. PLUS, if you can't find a copy of Windows 2000 *wicked cheap*, I'd be surprised. There's no online activation of Windows 2000 so, theoretically, you could borrow your buddy's copy, install and be done with it. No money out of pocket!

I don't hate DOS or Linux and I don't give a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about brand loyalty. I use whatever operating system will allow me to get my job done the fastest and the most efficient with the least amount of screwing around.

Lokki, I didn't mean to piss in your punch, but it *drives me crazy* when obviously technical people recommend overly technical solutions for people who are obviously not highly technical. It's a waste of time and it only leads to ample amounts of frustration of the non-technical person.

RobotronNut:

--- Quote from: In2ishun on July 29, 2006, 11:27:34 pm ---There's no online activation of Windows 2000 so, theoretically, you could borrow your buddy's copy, install and be done with it. No money out of pocket!

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you have to be careful about service packs. microsoft introduced automatic software updates (and some level of license checking, i think) in one of the Win2K service packs. IIRC you're ok up thru at least SP2.

OTOH, if you don't keep up with service packs and updates, you may have some security vulnerabilities, unless you keep your mame machine off the net or behind a firewall.

Boz:

--- Quote from: RobotronNut on July 30, 2006, 01:07:43 am ---you have to be careful about service packs. microsoft introduced automatic software updates (and some level of license checking, i think) in one of the Win2K service packs. IIRC you're ok up thru at least SP2.

OTOH, if you don't keep up with service packs and updates, you may have some security vulnerabilities, unless you keep your mame machine off the net or behind a firewall.

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Yup, yup. All good recommendations. I second these motions. ;D

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