> > > I don't think I'm the only man on earth that is using old hardware to play MAME > > > games. I know you're aware that a lot of people with cabs and/or old PCs will be > > cut > > > out if Direct Input 7 support will be dropped. > > > > Cabs built with quality modern components (e.g. Ultimarc interfaces) work fine with > > stock MAME. People need to stop thinking in terms of building cabs out of cheap > > Craigslist PCs and shitty old parallel port interfaces. > > > > People with old PCs have been getting cut for a while now, it's just a matter of > > which specific change gets them to buy a real computer or stay at 0.170 until a > virus > > wipes out all the remaining XP systems. > > Yes, I know perfectly that is more important now make MAME available on Google APP > store to be used on Android smartphones than continue to support old hardware and the > old users base. Sad to read these words from you. XP is still supported by the 90% of > free software released today. Here in Italy some banks and the Postal Service still > use it, they simply tried to make it safer from external attacks. > > On a side note, XEXEX.CPP, MOO.CPP and MYSTWARR.CPP are still waiting the Konami God > to be improved. Weren't you that God in the past? Oh yes, you were.
With all due respect. DO NOT USE THESE BANKS. If they are still using XP is shows they are clueless, out of touch, and don't understand much about technology. There is no reason on earth a bank should be using XP. None. Frankly the very idea is scary.