So this is LONG overdue, and I have to apologize to Rob for that. To give you some idea I just this evening started setting up my Atari System 2 test bench so I can finally ring out the stuff that I picked up from Rob along with a bunch of other system 2 boards I need to fix and this all went down between March and June??
Ill try to keep this short.... Back in 1Q16 I read through this thread and caught a glimpse of what Rob had been up to. In the linked to video he pulled apart an APB. Well, I have been wanting one for a while so I started hounding him to sell me the leftovers to dump into a cab I found in Philli. Many PMs over several months, he was nice enough to keep me up to date and also worked to find me other hard to find parts for the game. About 3 months after I finally made it down from NH to his place in southern VA. HE TOOK THE DAY OF WORK to make it more convenient for me!! He gave me a screaming deal on the APB (several of the parts alone would sell for more than what he passed the whole to me at) and several other parts. I actually was so overwhelmed that I realize now I should have probably brought more $$. Ill visit him again I hope.

Then, on top of all of this he made time to introduce me to one of his friends in the industry, used that connection to give me a tour of some awesome arcade spaces and was just generally a wonderful host. I really feel like I was so overwhelmed and tired (Lots of driving/walking for me over 5 days) that I was a bit scatterbrained and not as gracious as I should have been.
Anyway, all my babbling aside, Rob is a wonderful collector who is really putting in the effort for the hobby and I wouldn't hesitate to work with him for any reason. I certainly consider him a friend.
Bryan
Ill try to keep this short.... Back in 1Q16 I read through this thread and caught a glimpse of what Rob had been up to. In the linked to video he pulled apart an APB. Well, I have been wanting one for a while so I started hounding him to sell me the leftovers to dump into a cab I found in Philli. Many PMs over several months, he was nice enough to keep me up to date and also worked to find me other hard to find parts for the game. About 3 months after I finally made it down from NH to his place in southern VA. HE TOOK THE DAY OF WORK to make it more convenient for me!! He gave me a screaming deal on the APB (several of the parts alone would sell for more than what he passed the whole to me at) and several other parts. I actually was so overwhelmed that I realize now I should have probably brought more $$. Ill visit him again I hope.
Then, on top of all of this he made time to introduce me to one of his friends in the industry, used that connection to give me a tour of some awesome arcade spaces and was just generally a wonderful host. I really feel like I was so overwhelmed and tired (Lots of driving/walking for me over 5 days) that I was a bit scatterbrained and not as gracious as I should have been.
Anyway, all my babbling aside, Rob is a wonderful collector who is really putting in the effort for the hobby and I wouldn't hesitate to work with him for any reason. I certainly consider him a friend.
Bryan
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