> > > > 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.
What you're saying is true, though I don't see too much difference in vulnerability. I download from Windows Update every week a bunch of security patches for Windows 7 now. Though we all know that nothing could stop a serious exploit done by "serious" people in the system. So.... I guess you already have the answer.
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No more support for DIRECTINPUT 7?
