>Lastly, running MAME on an XP machine with 4GB RAM is just asking for headaches.
That is why still having to stay with using .171 version while still using my long out-of-date Sony Vaio system from 2003 that runs XP at a sloth's pace of 2.20Ghz
If playing Pong or Breakout, the computer screams just like late comedian multi talent Sam Kinison used to do back in the days. A neighbor from next door heard computer yelping since office window was open and asked if anyone inside there is dying inside the house and I jokingly said..."I believe my computer is.."