How many Amiga users are left?

[the_leander]

Ooops...

I arsed that on up a wee bit... I was Amiga92570 who I meant (changed it now) and not yourself, reckon I got a bit mixed up somewhere along the line as it was me and you who were talking about this subject then Amiga92570 joined in... humble apologies Mizar...

Well anyway I agree in part with what you say but can only stand by what I have said based upon my own experience and so therefore I am right and you are right but I still say I'm more righter than you are in this case...

Erm... is righter a wurd !!! (if not then it soon will be cos I'm writing it in my dictionary right now in me best red crayon...)  

I'd have to agree with your basic premise on this one Franko, for the reasons both you and someone else outlined above. Further whilst larger capacitors might be able to take a larger hit before frying over more modern surface mount components it doesn't take away from the point that turning systems on and off does over the long term do more damage than simply leaving them on as far as the electronics go.

I imagine this is part of the reason so many TV's and other appliances offer a standby as the default rather than simply off on these days.

[the_leander]

WOW... where you been hiding...

Long story short: Lost job and have been dealing with the fallout ever since.

So yeah, fun times. How's everyone else?

Yeah, even as far back as the early 80's I found this out with the old C64, most retailers at that time would tell you that almost all of the returns were down to the PSU's blowing, due to the simple fact of switching it on and off so many times...

It wasn't until folk started making or buying reset switches that enabled you to reset so called "reset proof" games that this problem regarding the C64 died out...

Pretty much meshes with what I've observed over the years too

[the_leander]

Wow scary times to be in this situation guys (the leander, SamuraiCrow, AmigaDave).

I was primarily working for myself and doing some subcontracting, but I recently took a three day a week job at a local casino to help fill out the lean periods between jobs.

The current.perpetual stagnate economy and the competition for available jobs combine to make a bad situation even worse.

I wish all you guys the best. I've followed each of your posts and believe each of you to be intelligent capable individuals.

Hopefully in each of your cases, things will turn around.

Ditto to the other lads, and thanks. Tbh as much as I enjoyed the work within my chosen industry I've come to the conclusion that there are simply too many naughty boys and girls running companies in it to hold out much hope of avoiding a repeat of my current situation. Time to force the implementation of my grand plan a little ahead of schedule.

[the_leander]

Hopefully that doesn't have anything to do with ruling the world, Alan.

I'm British, it's in my nature

Near as I can tell, thanks to the Global recession and throat cutting competition the only recourse is to seriously hustle.

Tell me about it. Although I think in some respects some of my problems could have been avoided if I'd done a little more research into who I ended up working for. Guess as with so many other things in life, it's about finding a happy medium.

I'm not relying on a plan anymore. I'm selling what I've got, wherever I can, too the best prospects (not necessarily the highest bidder).

Good man.