Re: MAME-specific p2p web page or client?
Andreas Kohlbach
>
> I have been out of MAME scene for sometime... Two years ago or so I
> seem to recall a MAME ROM site which offered all MAME ROMs and CHDs
> through a p2p network.
>
> I don't quite recall the specifics, but I think the idea was that
> first you were supposed to run ClrMAME with exactly the same options
> as the web author (to make sure you have exactly identical ROM sets),
> after which you were able to (automatically?) download any missing
> ROMs with your p2p client from other users at the same time as others
> were downloading any of your already valid ROMs. The idea sounded
> brilliant, I never tried it in practice though.
>
> I don't quite remember what was the p2p client used. Possibly Emule
> (ed2k network), some Bittorrent client, or then it was a modified p2p
> client just for that purpose (MAME ROM downloads).
Any will do.
> Does this ring any bells to anyone, and is that project/web site still
> alive? I'd rather not download all my ROMs and CHDs again if most of
> them are still valid after a ClrMAME run... Any other easy way to hunt
> down the missing ROMs and CHDs, if you are not into using burning
> services or alt-binary groups?
http://www.pleasuredome.org.uk ?
> Also, are there any active MAME discussion forums on the web (besides
> this alt-group)? Thanks.
On the link above is also a Java chat. Or if you have a chat client (mIRC
for Windows may be, or Firefox with an add-on, or the Mozilla suit which
IIRC has a chat compound) you can go to irc://irc.foreverchat.net and
join channels like #pleasuredome. You need to register a nick if you use
an IRC client for that server.
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