>>I don't view this as a rom-begging forum, though.  Rather, it's a way to 
>> further xmame development as most xmame people (unlike Windows people) are not 
>> here just for game-playing but rather are here to learn about or work on and 
>> improve various implementations of xmame.  And it's tough to verify that a 
>> particular driver or xmame routine is in good working order without the 
>> appropriate romset to test against.  You, as a mamedev, should be in a better 
>> position than most to appreciate and understand this.

> No rom-begging in this forum please, but because it helps xmame development (and 
> I think it really DOES!), we should accept a bit of that...

I can see why it's wearing on us. I admit when I saw the first message I 
said "erg, not another one" - but when I looked at the sender, I'm like "ok, 
someone wants to further xmame" or hell, even "do some testing" is a valid 
excuse..

Maybe we should basically do this:

rom'packs' can be announced from time to time and removed when deemed 
suitable as Pete recommended, but I think a good thing to do when people 
request roms in the fashion of "Where can I get roms for teh xmame?" is to 
reply with "www.google.com". Otherwise, people will just have to go grab the 
pack from toybox or whatever. If they don't know where it is because they 
lost the email, they can get private mailed about it, and if they don't know 
where it is because they're a rom-beggar, they can go use google. This keeps 
all the talk of begging and etc. to a minimum and lets us talk about more 
important things, like telling the next guy how to turn on DGA in the Makefile.

Just an idea.

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