well, today while i was having lunch the vendor came by and took this machine away! but, thankfully he took out the motherboard and put it in a new hankin style cab. so i can still play galaga! and 1942 because THIS machine has TWO buttons. corrr...
it occurred to me afterwards that he might want to get rid of the old cab cheap. i might try and contact him soon before he chucks it. was reasonable condition, scratched glass, and it had a nintendo plate on it (taito style with the horizontal sticky out joy). with those lovely cast ali legs (",)
except for the legs, looks a bit like this:

what would be a reasonable amount for this do you think? oh, i think it had a jamma harness judging by the mobo he took out. if it was cheap or free i would stash it away until i have somewhere to play it and probably mame it with a few select vertical games...