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Preserve the Classics OR It's Just Particle Board
hulkster:
meh. i was just saying that i dont think its fair to get all up in someones face that just wants to create a mame cab. they may just want something ghetto, and free is free, even if its worth a lot more to someone else.
point is....if they want to play NOW, then they mame the classic cab. play now or play later.
bottom line though, do whatever. i dont really care that much (other than enough to post a few times in this thread). rest assured though if someone asks me if i want a free original pacman cab....you guys will be the first i ask for bids from ;D
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: hulkster on February 08, 2008, 01:27:29 pm ---meh. i was just saying that i dont think its fair to get all up in someones face that just wants to create a mame cab. they may just want something ghetto, and free is free, even if its worth a lot more to someone else.
point is....if they want to play NOW, then they mame the classic cab. play now or play later.
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Interesting, so it's OK to destroy a classic cabinet, but it isn't OK to complain about somebody destroying a classic cabinet ?
:dizzy:
Again.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: hulkster on February 08, 2008, 01:27:29 pm ---i dont really care that much
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Cut the whole thing down to the point.
Jdurg:
Honestly, I think the person who said that we should document the build of these classic cabs so that they can be 100% accurately built from scratch is a VERY good idea. Over time, fire, natural disasters, etc. will destroy these cabs regardless of how carefully we preserve them. The goal of MAME was to preserve the electronics of these cabinets by documenting how they work. I don't understand why we can't do the same for the non-electrical part of a cabinet? This way, if someone goes and mutilates a Frogger cab, someone who is upset by it can just go out there and re-build a cab from scratch. Not a problem anymore since the cab that was "destroyed" is now reborn.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Jdurg on February 08, 2008, 01:47:17 pm ---I don't understand why we can't do the same for the non-electrical part of a cabinet?
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We could. I don't know how to properly document cabinet construction, but if I did, I would probably do it while restoring a game. I have a Tank II taken apart right now that I could document.
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