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i'll check it out... i'm pretty sure the key mapping was fine... as like i said it works fine in the 0.120 package off the x-arcade website.... just not with 0.125 (or any other new releases)... thanks for the reply

i've got a bit of an issue with my tankstick, hopefully someone here can help me. in newer versions of mame (.123,124 and 125) i cannot get things working correctly. what happens is when i press up on the player 1 joystick its like it does 2 things at once. so like in a top down shooter game it will move the ship up and shoot at the same time... which is very very annoying... has anyone else had this? i've tried downloading a number of different config files and get no joy. the only time i've had it fully working in mame is with the prepackaged 0.120 version on the x-arcade website... it works perfectly... but i hear the controller config file changed from that version so it won't work in the newer ones?? any help would be appreciated!

yeah i'm a bit confused with all this too... usually i just grab whatever is the latest set for whatever system... but i do get confused with the no-intro and good sets

just curious... does gameex support the HiQ set or should i get the SQ?

i agree with the above posts... i think 0.62 was the last one before they changed the name to mameui ? http://mame32.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ time to upgrade buddy http://mameui.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ 0.125.1 is out

i'm definitely looking at grabbing a tankstick... going to see how it feels out of the box and maybe customise or it have it customised by someone if i'm not entirely happy with the feel of it don't know if i'd have the skill or patients to build one... so the tankstick looks like the perfect all in one solution for me

nice one... i like having a look at this sort of stuff EDIT: ummm i think they need to update that page... Xbox 360 and PS3 are listed as Upcoming) and the PS3 controller shown in the prototype that never came to be.. hehe

lol... i said that in my last post def don't use c$ and you should need to specify password or username... as long as they are the same on the server and the desktop it will work without

well for what you need i guess just go for anything 64bit if that is what you're after... SBS isn't 64bit (yet... the new version due out later this year is... but if you only need a file server.. this is major overkill) so yeah if you don't want a server grade OS... i would personally go for Vista 64... xp 64 is horrible and if you have other vista systems file transfer speeds are much nicer as the newer tcp/ip stack can transfer files quicker (vista to vista only... or server 2008... same thing) is server 2008 out of the price range? i would suggest linux... but i've never really had a good experience with RAID and linux... so unless you know that your raid card will work properly.. don't bother you do have a couple of options... if it isn't saving your mapping (which it should as long as you ticked the correct box) then you can create a simple batch file and have it run at startup (either by chucking it in your startup folder in the start menu or by going into the advanced user settings and setting it as your login script)... in case you don't know what to put in the batch file... this will do the trick... net use x: \\servername\sharename x: being whatever drive letter you want servername being the server name sharename being whatever your share is called hope this helps

i think it can handle raid... but it isn't recommended/advisable never heard anything about a 64bit file system? its just NTFS that is organised/controlled with software called the Drive Extender (DE) also the way it shows the drive to you is based on your first/main drive... so for example.. the main drive in my server is 400gb... 20gb is used for the OS... the rest is storage... when i access my shares... i only see what space is available on the rest of that main drive and when i transfer data over to it the DE sends the data to the free space on the other drives in the pool... hope that makes sence so although i have over 2tb available to me... i only ever see it as 3xxGB (can't remember the exact number) from my desktop and other pc's... you have to login via the connector software to see how much space your storage pool has

well by low to mid i was thinking 8600/9600 or something similar either that or i'll upgrade my main pc and use my current 2900xt in it... lol

the spec i was thinking for a dedicated box i'm building... core2duo 2160 or 4500 (don't know if the extra cache is worth it?) 2 or 4gb ram (does it need the 4gb?) 64bit vista video card with component output (something like a low to mid geforce or ati) what does everyone think of that?

you do realise that WHS isn't meant to be used with RAID... and it is 32bit only i currently have about 2.2tb in my WHS box... combination of sata and ide drives... not in any kind of raid... the way it works is that it creates a storage pool... so all your drives are seen as 1... its great... a lil slow at times... but great

woah woah woah... do NOT do DCPROMO on one of these box's... they run Windows Home Server... which is a very very heavily modified version of windows 2003 server/small business server... it is not a domain controller and it is not designed to be one... EVER... if you start doing stuff like that you WILL break it. it is designed to run in workgroup mode and as long as you install the home server connector software on your pc/mame box/whatever... it will make sure your username and password match up between the server and the pc (not active directory... just normal Peer2Peer networking)... i have a custom built WHS box and to get something like MAME/GameEx to pick up my roms you must map the drive letter like has been said... this will work fine. It is a little slow when updating the list for the first time, but loading games is pretty reasonable and you shouldn't have any problems. I have had issues with other emulators like zinc and model 2... but for mame and most others its no problems to have the roms stored on a server such as the HP server you have. i hope you read this in time and don't go stuffing your server by trying to make it a domain controller! in terms of keeping the mapped drive upon reboot... just make sure your username and passwords match the server and pc and select reconnect at login on the map network drive screen... simple if you have any question please feel free to PM me... i like to think of myself as bit of a WHS expert as i build and sell them as part of my work

ah i think i am thinking of a different case... you're talking about a small text LCD screen aren't you? i'm thinking of the cases with like a 5" full colour LCD in them 2 very different things!