info@atarigames.com wrote in news:1112765606.137292.264690
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
You may have noticed......I don't buy into the 'share' everything
mentality, sorry. I'll share, when someone else shares in the costs.
In 10 years of collecting, I have never had anyone donate a single
penny to preserve any of this stuff.
This is some BS. Aside from 1Hooked trying to get people to pay for his Tron, how many people on the board expect money from people just for having their hobby? What does he actually do for the community to expect money? He brings games to CAX, like so many other collectors that
DON'T RECIEVE MONEY! He doesn't share, which brings up the next little snaffu.
Didn't some people gather up like $20,000 for this idiot? then he backed out? 
Actually, the thing was, he made an off-hand comment saying he'd sell the millitary Battlezone and MM2 for 10K a piece. Not understanding the mame community was his messup. Within a month, there was 20 grand promised from lots of donators for the purchase of these games to be dumped.
I'd gladly give up some money, if he'd share. But he doesn't.
I know Chad will come back with, his stuff, his decision. That's fine, but don't expect a damn dime from me.
EDIT:
Found the website for the truth on the matter:
http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/Staff/Michael_O_malley/web/CAPURAM.HTMI also laid into him pretty hard for his "pay me to do my hobby" attitude.