Hopefully if someone from the MAME team gets in touch with them & show them what MAME is all about they might let the MAME team have access to the collection, or put you in touch with whoever buys what needs to be dumped. Or even the MAME team could strike some kind of deal where for loaning some stuff that needs to be dumped, the MAME team could help in fixing stuff as I would guess there's quite a few that needs repairing. If it turns out there's is quite a few that needs repairing the MAME team could repair any that is fixable, so then making the sellers more money & again the MAME team gets to dump what needs dumping. A WIN WIN for all involved but I would say they buy the parts or use some boards to be donors that can't be fixed, as we all know some parts are quite expensive. You never know the answer until you ask if something like that can be made into some kind of deal.
GOOD LUCK & LET'S HOPE THERE'S SOME GEMS IN THERE.
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