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Restoring vs. Maming a cabinet - The complete rule book
patrickl:
Hoopz:
I think its a cop out to say don't Mame a classic cab. It's probably more accurate to say "don't damage it so that it can't be restored at some point".
There was a post a few years ago in EE with the flapjack who took a classic cabinet and posted an awful control panel that only fit because the cabinet itself had to be cut and bastardized. I think it was being sold on on Ebay but don't recall now. It was awful because of the changes that were made. If someone is doing going to that degree, I agree that it's a problem.
When someone takes the time to part it out, makes cosmetic or physical changes that can be undone easily, and otherwise protects the integrity of the cabinet, I think it's his (her) right to do this.
brandon:
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what God does to HIS kittens is HIS business :)
RayB:
--- Quote from: HooPZ on February 05, 2008, 02:03:45 pm ---I think its a cop out to say don't Mame a classic cab. It's probably more accurate to say "don't damage it so that it can't be restored at some point".
There was a post a few years ago in EE with the flapjack who took a classic cabinet and posted an awful control panel that only fit because the cabinet itself had to be cut and bastardized. I think it was being sold on on Ebay but don't recall now. It was awful because of the changes that were made. If someone is doing going to that degree, I agree that it's a problem.
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Methinks you're thinking about the working Dig Dug that had the control panel ripped out, a big ass "landing strip" of a control panel tacked on, original monitor replaced with a PC monitor or TV, and then to add to the drama, he had cut out the front area and built in some shelves to store his game consoles on. All done in a rather hackish way too.
PS: This used to be a Major Havoc:
Sir Auros:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 05, 2008, 09:47:14 am ---Well, I am tired of defending the MAME community over at KLOV.
It seems that the arcade collecting community is right...
---fudgesicle--- it...it's your cab...do what you want...doesn't mean I'm not going to call you a --cream-filled twinkie-- for doing so. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, for some strange reason I highly doubt it's a Humming Bird.
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Solution: Stay at KLOV with the arcade collectors instead of sticking around here calling newbies --bags of cream-filled twinkies--.
csa3d - I'm 100% on your side here if only because I'm tired of asshats like FrizzleFried hijacking project threads over this argument.
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