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Cheapest legal build?
AlexC:
Just stick a TV in there and hack a 5 in 1 and be done with it :cheers:
Chris:
--- Quote from: Crowquill on April 27, 2007, 09:52:12 am ---
--- Quote from: RayB on April 27, 2007, 09:23:59 am ---Cheapest LEGAL set up is actual used boards (1 game per cabinet).
You mentioned Win98 and think about it, to be LEGAL you have to have a legit copy for each machine you install it on.
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But if you're like me you have a full retail version CD laying around whose license isn't being used on another computer. That's why I'm using 98 on my cocktail project.
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But a lot of these "lying around" copies are OEM versions that are only legal on the machine it was purchased with.
A FreeDOS cabinet would be cheaper because no Windows license to pay for, and if you're only running a small batch of ROMs there's really no reason to deal with Windows anyway.
--Chris
ChadTower:
Heh, yeah, 98 CDs are really really really cheap now. I have a stack of them I got from a former employer that was tossing them in the trash. It's probably worth buying one for each project that has 98 running it.
knave:
...Sigh...someones gotta dot...and suggest Linux...Don'cha want to compile your own kernel? LOL
I think a few cabs with the plug-and-play is the cheepest...and that is what you asked for. 1 TV, 1 hacked unit, and controls in the cheap cab. No PC, no licensing...finito.
Biscuit:
Thanks for everyone's responses and offers. I think I'm going to check out the Jaxx hack information on this site when the search comes back up. Next auction isn't until September, so I have some time to ruminate.
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