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POLL: Which OS is on your arcade gaming rig?
ElfShotTheFood:
Well, I haven't actually built my cab yet, but the plans are almost done, the parts have shipped from ggg and the computer hardware is just waiting to have the dust blown off of it.
OS is probably the easiest choice so far in this project.
Slackware linux of course. Why because it lets me do what I want the os to do. no need to strip anything, just don't install any extra stuff in the first place. I already have it installed on my laptop, server and mp3 boombox, so most of the other programs i will need are already made into slackware packages in a directory on the server.
also when you plug in a usb hid device it just starts working. if you plug it into a new port, it just works, you dont have to click "continue anyway" a bunch of times for a device that you have used before in the same machine.
msi nforce1 board with athlonXP 1800+
512 mb
whatever hdd is handy
Havok:
Windows XP
AMD Athlon 3300+
X300 PCI-e 256MB video
250GB Hard Drive
512MB RAM
rovingmind:
ibook 6oomhz dual usb running OS X 10.4, <- secondary
athlon 1.4 gig, 512meg ram, chaintech nvidia geforce 4, running XP, <- main
350mhz, 16meg generic graphics card, 1gig ram running Mandrake linux. <- going into a cocktail for classics.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: RandyT on May 21, 2007, 04:30:14 pm ---Please limit responses to configurations where the system in question is dedicated to an arcade-gaming setup. It will skew the poll numbers if you enter the information for your everyday system that you occasionally play a game on. That's not the information we're looking for here.
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I cheated and voted for WinXP anyway. I don't have a dedicated arcade-gaming setup, but I run WinXP and MAME on my primary computer, and it's what I would load on a dedicated cab, and is more than just an occasional game system.
--- Quote ---In addition, basic system specs (Processor, Speed and Memory) and what you perceive as its limitations when coupled with your OS of choice would also be helpful.
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AMD Barton XP 2800+
1.5 G Ram
Drawbacks - Mainly I can't use a USB keyboard and hot-swap the KeyWiz. WinXP will not detect the PS/2 Keyboard device unless it is connected at bootup. Win98 assumes you have a PS/2 keyboard installed, so no such problems.
gnateye:
mac os 8.6 super stable and runs macame .57 perfectly, runs faster than other os x rigs on my 300mhz beige desktops i salvaged.....
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