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csa3d:


--- Quote from: yalborap on February 05, 2008, 01:06:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 05, 2008, 01:04:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: fixedpigs on February 05, 2008, 12:59:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 12:39:06 pm ---Think of it this way... If he'd restored it back to Galaxian 100% how would this effect me?  Is my quality of life suddenly improved?  Does an angel get their wings?  Does the hole in the ozone layer shrink?  see, I'm not effected by the outcome of his Galaxian project.. therefore I'm not going to get emotional about it.

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that's exactly the kind of asinine selfish thinking that is the root of these problems...

it's all about the 'me' factor...

how does anything that doesn't affect me directly matter...?

'oh what...there's no more siberian tigers left...all extinct are they...?
oh well...who cares...they don't have anything to do with me...!'


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Unlike tiger DNA, this earth is still producing trees, which is what you'd harvest to make wood, at which point you could recreate the stupid box that the SOLD ELECTRONICS could be fashioned back inside of.

I'm down with the above corpse analogy.  No electronics were harmed in the making of my project.

-csa

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What about the artwork? I only had a chance to skim through the original thread, but everything was untouched or swapped with reproduction stuff, yes?

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Since I'm still on trial here..

The bezel glass, and CGA monitor, and ROMSTAR control panel which came with the cab sit in my garadge under plastic, unharmed.  Feel free to make an offer for them if you want them.
100% full sized Repro artwork from MameMarquees arrived last night, that's for next weekend.
original Coin Door fully restored
original marquee still in place, polished along with repainting of retainer
original black texture t-molding purchased, yet to be installed
replica midway badge from ThisOldGame.com installed
Exterior white paint (back and top) repainted
INterior black parts repainted
Interior painted to remove must/mold issue
Romstar control panel in the garage if anyone wants that..
motherboard now belong to byoac member Peale for his galaxian which was missing one supposedly.

So yeah.. things I did which you can boil me in water for:
- I painted the inside of the machine to remove mold and must (how dare me.. this thing is going in a household.. why be sanitary)
- I parted it out a "complete" mess of a cab, because I only wanted the corpse
- I removed the internal monitor braces from the original cab because they didn't lend themselves well to the rotating monitor
- I modified the back wooden admin door, so it swings like a normal door
- I sealed up the 6x9 speaker hole in lue of a better modern speaker solution

Yes I could have built a box, NO, at the time I did not have the skills, tools or knowledge to do so.

No, I don't care either, I don't like antiques, and believe there is quite a market for after-market car parts.

Round 3, ding!
-csa




yalborap:


--- Quote from: csa3d on February 05, 2008, 01:23:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: yalborap on February 05, 2008, 01:06:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 05, 2008, 01:04:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: fixedpigs on February 05, 2008, 12:59:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 12:39:06 pm ---Think of it this way... If he'd restored it back to Galaxian 100% how would this effect me?  Is my quality of life suddenly improved?  Does an angel get their wings?  Does the hole in the ozone layer shrink?  see, I'm not effected by the outcome of his Galaxian project.. therefore I'm not going to get emotional about it.

--- End quote ---

that's exactly the kind of asinine selfish thinking that is the root of these problems...

it's all about the 'me' factor...

how does anything that doesn't affect me directly matter...?

'oh what...there's no more siberian tigers left...all extinct are they...?
oh well...who cares...they don't have anything to do with me...!'


--- End quote ---

Unlike tiger DNA, this earth is still producing trees, which is what you'd harvest to make wood, at which point you could recreate the stupid box that the SOLD ELECTRONICS could be fashioned back inside of.

I'm down with the above corpse analogy.  No electronics were harmed in the making of my project.

-csa

--- End quote ---

What about the artwork? I only had a chance to skim through the original thread, but everything was untouched or swapped with reproduction stuff, yes?

--- End quote ---

Since I'm still on trial here..

The bezel glass, and CGA monitor, and ROMSTAR control panel which came with the cab sit in my garadge under plastic, unharmed.  Feel free to make an offer for them if you want them.
100% full sized Repro artwork from MameMarquees arrived last night, that's for next weekend.
original Coin Door fully restored
original marquee still in place, polished along with repainting of retainer
original black texture t-molding purchased, yet to be installed
replica midway badge from ThisOldGame.com installed
Exterior white paint (back and top) repainted
INterior black parts repainted
Interior painted to remove must/mold issue
Romstar control panel in the garage if anyone wants that..
motherboard now belong to byoac member Peale for his galaxian which was missing one supposedly.

So yeah.. things I did which you can boil me in water for:
- I painted the inside of the machine to remove mold and must (how dare me.. this thing is going in a household.. why be sanitary)
- I parted it out a "complete" mess of a cab, because I only wanted the corpse
- I removed the internal monitor braces from the original cab because they didn't lend themselves well to the rotating monitor
- I modified the back wooden admin door, so it swings like a normal door
- I sealed up the 6x9 speaker hole in lue of a better modern speaker solution

Yes I could have built a box, NO, at the time I did not have the skills, tools or knowledge to do so.

No, I don't care either, I don't like antiques, and believe there is quite a market for after-market car parts.

Round 3, ding!
-csa




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Dude, I'm on your side on this! I'm not trying to put you on trial here, I was just curious.

...Do you want a hug?

Hoopz:


--- Quote from: csa3d on February 05, 2008, 01:23:20 pm ---Since I'm still on trial here..

The bezel glass, and CGA monitor, and ROMSTAR control panel which came with the cab sit in my garadge under plastic, unharmed.  Feel free to make an offer for them if you want them.
100% full sized Repro artwork from MameMarquees arrived last night, that's for next weekend.
original Coin Door fully restored
original marquee still in place, polished along with repainting of retainer
original black texture t-molding purchased, yet to be installed
replica midway badge from ThisOldGame.com installed
Exterior white paint (back and top) repainted
INterior black parts repainted
Interior painted to remove must/mold issue
Romstar control panel in the garage if anyone wants that..
motherboard now belong to byoac member Peale for his galaxian which was missing one supposedly.

--- End quote ---
Peale getting the motherboard helps out a member of the community and keeps another machine in operating condition.  That's a good thing and should appease some people around here.  It doesn't sound like anything done so far as altered the cabinet to a condition that can't be fixed relatively easily.

I didn't read the original thread so I don't know any other details.  From what this post says, I don't see this being a huge issue.  Though why create another thread defending what's been done, doesn't make that much sense.

shardian:

What I want to know is why has this case been dragged out so much when the final product will be a VERY well done Galaxian cabinet that will be a great modern tribute to the original machine. Why nail this one when that one guy is still turning a mint Smash TV into a pink puffball??

csa3d:

I would prefer to keep the original thread on topic about questions or comments pertaining to the BUILD, so that the project thread does not turn into an ethics thread.  There's nothing more annoying when trying to find information on this board, then to have the search option return results to a thread which has gone so far off topic, you loose interest in finding the answer you originally were searching for.

Or.. you can go with "I'm scared of what other board members may think and wanted to draw attention away from what I was really doing."  Ask Fozzy, he's got the real answer.

-csa

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