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Cabinet questions
android:
I'd say go for it. Don't waste your time on moral dilemmas. The cabs are gutted and will eventually end up as landfill anyway. God knows it takes more than an empty cabinet to restore a classic. The true sin is hacking a perfectly functional classic. So save yourself the trouble while saving a tree and a classic cab. Just MAME-it!
-- Android
hyiu:
yeah... when its free... let's go get a piece before its all gone....
when people here are talking about restoring an old cab... usually, they're talking about more of those "popular old cabs with a theme..."
you know... ms pacman... defender.... tron... and so on....
if they're giving it away... most likely.... they'll be giving you a generic black cab.... for that.... (although I can't say for all)... I think most people will have no pblm modding it to a mame and fix it to your need....
also.... if he has more than 1 that can give away.... try to check out the wood (especially the bottom...) and get one with minimum or no water damage.... that will make your life easier when fixing it up....
good luck... and post some pics....
and once you got your free cab.... (if there're other free ones for pickup...) post his info here and it'll be all gone the next day.... haaa haaa haaa..... ;) :-* ;D
shmokes:
Ethics are overrated.
MattMaan:
I agree ethics are often overrated, but I've been collecting old consoles off and on for a few years now, and I know how much it sucks to discover someone's trashed something beautiful... besides, I dont wanna do something in my ignorance that'll cause me to look back, 10 years from now, and scream "WHYYYY?"
I doubt there's anything to worry about anyhow, though. I've been talking to him more, and it sounds like most of the cabs he gives away aren't nearly as nice as he makes'em sound... perfectly good cabs, but nothing to drool over.
-Matt