ChuckT wrote:
How long did your old computers last before they died?
I think I had my Commodore 64 for 17 years and it worked and I was setting it up and when I turned it off and turned it back on, it blew.
I think my Amiga 1084 monitor lasted about ten years before I got a new one.
My Amiga drive came out of alignment after that.
Hum - well - AFAIK all my old computers are still alive.
I have an old CBM 620 with monitor, 7-needle CBM printer and CBM 3040 5 1/4" double floppy drive (which died - LED just flashing).
Furthermore I have two Amiga 500 with Viper 520 accelerators. I started to replace the 3.0 ROMs on the Vipers with 3.1 ROMs, but didn't finish that due to lack of time.
But the 500s should still work - and the Vipers (once finished) should work as well.
Then there is my towered A1200 with 030/40 accelerator card, which is still in working condition as well.
Finally there is my towered Amiga 4000 PPC, which is my main maschine and runs flawlessly most of the time (sometimes I have to clean the contacts between CSPPC and MoBo).
Not to mention several (3) installations of AmigaForever on my x86-PCs...
So - aside from the dead CBM 3040 Dual Floppy Drive, all my old HW is basically still up and running...
