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An ethical question.
1980-20..:
Hi I'm new to this forum and the idea of building coin ops. I'm quite busy at the minute searching for technical info and stuff on various sites and Ive got a rough plan worked out for what i want to do, but my plan is based around using an old cabinet. So my question, is it ok to use an existing cab and converting it in to a mame based machine. The place where i plan to buy my cabinet from sells fully operational machines and also seems to break down faulty ones and sell off the parts. So i will be buyin a mid 90s sega cabinet that is completely empty all hardware and wiring removed and only the control panel coin door and glass remaining, the cabinet has been in use in a public location so has dents, scuffs, and other damage.
So is it ok to convert rather than restore this cab as its not particularly old rare or even a good game.
Thanks. :D
Malenko:
Tons of people convert old cabs, just dont destroy a working classic and you wont get much flak here.
My current MAME cab is my KI2, previous owner had the monitor wired in without an isolation transformer and that destroyed the monitor and boardset. Even though my current cab isnt old or a classic, I still made easily reversable changes if I ever choose to convert it back to KI2 (patch 4 tiny holes in the side and rewire for JAMMA).
feel free to start a thread in the projects section when you get started, a lot of us love following along
1980-20..:
Cheers for that :D and thanks for the heads up on the projects thread.
gazz292:
way i see it, if you get a classic or rare cab, try to restore it or sell it onto a collector.
i'm going to be converting a golden tee 98 cab, got a cab cheap with came faults and a little dinged up, a cab that thousands were built and only fetch about £100 in perfect condition and fully working, so i feel i am making the world a better place by removing a golden tee and turning it into something more exiting ::)
1980-20..:
Yeah thats how i was looking at it!. Thought i best check here first though.
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