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POLL: Which OS is on your arcade gaming rig?
ringram:
dos 6.22, arcadeOS
celeron 350Mhz overclocked to 450Mhz, 196Mb of ram
mostly playing the older classics. Works fine.
loadman:
winxp sp2- No Strip down, but fe is running as the shell
512k ram
amd proc 2ghz
geforce4 video
wireless network card (that is so handy with a Cocktail cab on wheels)
It runs way better than what I need it for, which is games pre 1995
gonzo90017:
WinXP stripped down with nlite
256mb ram (runs great with 128 but neogeo games load slow sow I upgraded to 256)
400MHZ Celeron
80gb hd
3dfx pci video card
Runs almost all games full speed with no frameskip. Just need to now what emus to use:
Raine - all + cps1, cps2
Winkawaks - NeoGeo
Everything thats left:
Mame37b16
Pmame59
Fastmame 71
Fastmame84
Zeppo:
I use Tiny XP.
It's a stripped down version of XP.
It boots and runs quick.
Here's a link to a review:
http://www.secguru.com/link/tinyxp_run_xp_from_400mb_hdd_and_under_40mb_ram
Guaranos:
I use FreeDOS on a Duron 600 with a 10gb hard drive and 128mb of RAM. It runs AdvanceMAME 0.78 and AdvanceMenu from around that same era. It runs everything up to around the SF2/Neo Geo level without a hitch. It takes about 10-12 seconds from the push of the power button to playable. It's four years old, and I have no plans to upgrade/change it in any way.
In the past, I have usually built cabinets for friends using FreeDOS. I built one with XP due to special requirements (needed USB for an analog controller), and it seemed stable enough, but I wouldn't do it again unless I had the same special requirements.
I love OS X, but I wouldn't waste a Mac on a MAME machine unless I was making something tiny and wanted to use a Mac Mini.
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