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I would probably drive to your place. Like I said earlier I will be out of town this weekend and next. How far outside of Troy is it?
I haven't heard anything about the museum except what has been said here about it.
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tophatne1:
The arcade museum is happening. I spoke with him in a few emails and on the klov board.
To correct what I was saying before... he has 90 games and wants to have at least 100 when he opens so he's close. Most of the games he has need repairs though. I can't imagine the amoun tof time he's going to have to spend to get all the games functional!
Here's a picture of the place with all the games in storage.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii16/amsterdamny/kemper005.jpg
I would be into a meet up. The museum would be a great place but it looks like we'll have to wait a little while longer before he's open.
Unfortunately my place would not be good to meet up at even though it's somewhat central to all you guys. We just moved in not to long ago and we're not in a position to have a gathering here right now or in the near future.
We need to do it though sometime this summer at least.
wbassett:
I'm 23 miles from Troy, up near the VT boarder.
The museum guy... just a thought... he needs to fix these arcades right? We're into arcades... see where I'm going with this? Maybe some weekends now and then to help him restore them. If he's up for it then it would be a great learning experience and at least to me would be fun too. I an a network engineer now working mainly on Unix servers but I started out my career in electronics, so I know my way around circuit boards and soldering irons.
When I was younger, my first car ever was a Porsche 914. Not the most impressive of the family, but it was still a Porsche! I tricked it out with a slant nose kit and racing transmission and things like that. I hooked up with a German immigrant who was a certified Porsche mechanic and he did repairs out of his garage for a hobby. I was over there all the time helping him and learning a lot along the way. We built a pretty good friendship out of it too up until I moved. This sounds like it could be a similar situation and I bet he wouldn't mind the help either. I'm not talking every night or every weekend, just a weekend here and there we get together with him and help restore some of these machines.
Even if it's just putting T molding on or doing little things, they all take time off what he would have to do. Like I said the payoff would be getting exposure to a lot of varieties of classic arcade machines and I'm sure we'd learn a lot! Anyone game to see if he's receptive to this?
SirPeale:
How did I miss this thread...I'm in Brattleboro, VT, which is like 70 miles from Troy.
Of course, with gas as much as it is, I'm not going anywhere I don't *have* to these days. Cost me almost $70 to fill up today. :(
tophatne1:
--- Quote from: wbassett on May 24, 2008, 03:15:50 pm ---I'm 23 miles from Troy, up near the VT boarder.
The museum guy... just a thought... he needs to fix these arcades right? We're into arcades... see where I'm going with this? Maybe some weekends now and then to help him restore them. If he's up for it then it would be a great learning experience and at least to me would be fun too. I an a network engineer now working mainly on Unix servers but I started out my career in electronics, so I know my way around circuit boards and soldering irons.
When I was younger, my first car ever was a Porsche 914. Not the most impressive of the family, but it was still a Porsche! I tricked it out with a slant nose kit and racing transmission and things like that. I hooked up with a German immigrant who was a certified Porsche mechanic and he did repairs out of his garage for a hobby. I was over there all the time helping him and learning a lot along the way. We built a pretty good friendship out of it too up until I moved. This sounds like it could be a similar situation and I bet he wouldn't mind the help either. I'm not talking every night or every weekend, just a weekend here and there we get together with him and help restore some of these machines.
Even if it's just putting T molding on or doing little things, they all take time off what he would have to do. Like I said the payoff would be getting exposure to a lot of varieties of classic arcade machines and I'm sure we'd learn a lot! Anyone game to see if he's receptive to this?
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That's a pretty good idea. I'm not that great with electronics but I'm good at the cosmetic stuff. I could also do some CP work as well.
I don't see why he would say no to getting some help.
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