Yep, it was junk. 4 old PC's. Pulled the Hard drives so I can image them later. And actually someone did pick them up. 4 times a year we have big pickup day. There are trucks circling the neighborhood all week. I thought the TV's would be the first to go, but it was the PC's. I think one of the scrap metal guys liked how heavy the cases were.
As for the books, I would have gladly sold them on to someone else, but not much interest these days. I'd rather rip them and put them on my nook than give them away as they mean something to me. After I cut the pages out they aren't good for much, so they get recycled. The ones I don't have to rip will be in next weeks garage sale. Their next stop after that will be DAV and if they don't want them, then to the recycling.
There probably won't be anything arcade related in the garage sale, with the possible exception of a wacky gator that is already in the garage.
I haven't had much luck selling empty mame cabs lately. So sadly there probably will be some cabs hit the curb. I've junked a lot of cabs over the last 15 years and it doesn't usually bother me but most of the ones I have left are in better shape or more unusual. E.G. I've been dragging the only known Super Tank cab around for over 15 years trying to get 50 bucks for it w/o any luck. I give empty cabs a way, but with the plexi's and control panels I usually charge something as I can ebay them. If you're in Kansas City and need a Mame cab let me know, I have all types.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the broken ones that are complete, I hate to strip them anymore as they are getting a little harder to find. Maybe I'll get some time to work on them.
I know some of you guys don't see cabs that often, but around here in the 90's you could buy mostly working cabs all day for $5 to $20. I didn't even bother to do monitor repairs back then, I'd just buy one with a rug pattern and one that played blind and combine them. I remember one particularly good auction where I spent $20 and came home with 4 truckloads of games, including that super tank, and a tron and a galaxian/driving force. Ah, the good old days 
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