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Apollo:

--- Quote from: tommy on February 17, 2005, 11:58:20 pm ---Jamma cabs and switching pcbs are for people who dont want to mame or dont know how to mame  i guess you could even say there for beginners in arcading , i have pcbs and switch as i go , ive heard people on hear say preserve original cabs and art , but it seems nobody thinks of preserving or saving the real game boards

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There are many, many people dedicated to preserving original game boards and whole forums and sites dedicated to just that.
tommy:

--- Quote from: Apollo on February 18, 2005, 01:02:09 am ---
--- Quote from: tommy on February 17, 2005, 11:58:20 pm ---Jamma cabs and switching pcbs are for people who dont want to mame or dont know how to mame
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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: tommy on February 17, 2005, 11:58:20 pm ---Jamma cabs and switching pcbs are for people who dont want to mame or dont know how to mame  i guess you could even say there for beginners in arcading , i have pcbs and switch as i go , ive heard people on hear say preserve original cabs and art , but it seems nobody thinks of preserving or saving the real game boards

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um.... what?   ??? ???

PCBs are not for beginners... its an entirely different type of person/mindset to collect PCBs... they are totally different than a MAME machine in many people's eyes.  There are also a TON of people who preserve the original boards, not just the cabs... and that includes people here.

And why would swapping boards be for people who "can't mame" ?  You can buy a JPAC an throw a computer with an arcadeVGA in it and its pretty much EXACTLY like swapping a board... there ya go... you've MAMEd ;)
Goz:

--- Quote from: tommy on February 17, 2005, 11:58:20 pm ---Jamma cabs and switching pcbs are for people who dont want to mame or dont know how to mame  i guess you could even say there for beginners in arcading , i have pcbs and switch as i go , ive heard people on hear say preserve original cabs and art , but it seems nobody thinks of preserving or saving the real game boards

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Couldn't be further from the truth. As mentioned by another, Your statement for the most part is backwards. MAMER's are the beginning and as they evolve they will migrate to preservation. As an example, My first cab was a MAME/JAMMA (hardware work done in 20 mins).My second cab MAME from scratch including cabinet building. My third cab was a custom built cocktail cab (MAME), My fourth cab is a multi jamma gun game Police Trainer and Point Blank2 (using real PCB's and a 2 device JAMMA switch. My Fifth (currently working on) is a MAME / Multi JAMMA / NAOMI GDROM system w/ Clays MULTI JAMMA (up to 8 PCB's). If you were to poll most of the members of this board and KLOV forums that have been arround for a substantial period of time I believe this holds true as a generalized statement "Enthusiast start with MAME and progress towards PCB's and legit cab collecting / restoration"

-Goz
Stingray:

--- Quote from: Gozur on February 18, 2005, 09:29:11 am --- If you were to poll most of the members of this board and KLOV forums that have been arround for a substantial period of time I believe this holds true as a generalized statement "Enthusiast start with MAME and progress towards PCB's and legit cab collecting / restoration"


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I agree with this completely. It's certainly the way it worked in my case.

-S
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