[InactiveUser45]

In other news, the emulated Indy now has networking if you build from the latest GitHub sources. I haven't been able to figure how to properly set up the virtual adapter on Linux that MAME wants so I can't actually test whether it has internet access.

That's great news !

Although I don't know how to set up the required bits on Linux to make MAME networking work, I have found a few places that describe how to do it on Microsoft Windows. It basically boils down to installing OpenVPN and TAP, creating TAP devices with a .bat file, and then telling MAME in the machine specific .cfg file to use it. And creating a 'bridge' between the TAP devices and your real network interface.

PS: I tried to supply the links to the relevant forums posts, but somehow it seems that this forum doesn't like it when I post links. (presumably in order to prevent spammers from linking to malware hosting websites ?)

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PS2: I assume the same general procedure of 'create TAP devices, bridge them to your real network interface, tell MAME to use the TAP device' applies to Linux as well.

Since QEMU also can make use of TAP devices, perhaps pointers on how to do it for MAME can be found in articles/posts on how to setup the TAP/bridge on Linux for QEMU? Just a thought.