« on: August 14, 2012, 04:51:02 PM »
I picked up a PET and a dual floppy drive unit for it a couple of months ago. The PET worked perfectly and the floppy drive needed a quick head cleaning. I'm sure they'll still be working in another 10 years.
The biggest threat to the life of an Amiga (battery aside) is the user poking around in places he doesn't need to be. 
Those drives may be belt driven. The belts will eventually wear out or get brittle, but little else will break down.
I still have an old Timex Sinclair computer from 1979 that works. That's the oldest machine I currently have.
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A2000 GVP 40MHz \'030, 21Mb RAM SD/FF, 2 floppies, internal CD-ROM drive, micromys v3 w/laser mouse
A1000 Microbotics Starboard II w/2Mb 1080, & external floppy (AIRdrive)
C-128 w/1571, 1750, & Final Cartridge III+
