Re: How much lighter is a striped cabinet ?

You might want to take the metal "feet" off the bottom of the cabinet as
well...they scuff up expensive hardwood floors real nice!

Ed

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Kurt Mahan wrote:

> > One is a non working (just the gas pedal it looks like) Pole Position.
> > Trick is, it's on the third floor of a house. A very big, expensive house.
> > Luckily it has wide stairs.
>
> I got one of those! The string on mine came off -- the "obvious" way to
> wrap it didn't work, but the manual DOES describe it. :)
>
> > If I strip out the cab, does that significantly change the weight, such that
> > a few guys could carry it down stairs ? I'm figuring the monitor and power
> > supply are a significant part of the weight.
>
> Yep. Pull the monitor, coin door, CP and as I recall the big transformer
> in the base. It gets nice and light (well, its all relative, it IS an
> atari cabinet :).. When the cabinet is essentially reduced to wood its
> not bad.
>
> As for not turfing the walls etc. Depends on the 2 guys. If you're
> careful and think about the move then no problem. I'd recommend
> tarps on each landing. And DON'T slide it anywhere. (makes homeowners
> nervous)..
>
> Kurt
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 29 15:28:50 1999