> I just felt your comments were misplaced when it came to the LD stuff; there would be > almost no momentum towards doing things properly right now in MAME had we gone with > poor solutions in the past. You talk about rot, but I think more discs would have > been discarded and replaced with emulation solutions than we've already seen, > potentially throwing away even the opportunity to recapture them now.
> What I do know is that when it does finally come to MAME, thanks to the capture > methods we waited so patiently for, it's going to be the absolute best possible > experience we could have hoped for.
Yeah, I understand why you took it like you did and I probably shouldn't have used the word arrogance. I was just recalling all of those that had the adamant opinion that LD's were Analog as opposed to Digital and so could never be supported in MAME!
I also see your point that if captures were accepted it may have been counter productive and you are probably right. I was thinking more if they had been accepted then that would have encouraged people to try and improve on the captures. After thinking about it that's pretty naive and it most likely would have worked out the way you said.
Anyway, We both agree the process being used now is nothing short of a miracle! I have nothing put praise for everyone involved, the Domesday guys, Warren, Matt, Ryan and any I missed. I only wish I had a fraction of the intelligence that you and they have so that I could contribute more!