a disaster

[Xamiche]

I'd give them at least a week. Water can seep into places you wouldn't imagine. 24 hours is definitely not enough time.

Also, cardboard boxes are terrible as storage devices. Not only can water get through them, so can moths and any other kind of bug which can cause unseen damage to your Amigas and accessories.



This is the sort of thing you want. Air tight. Throw some silica moisture absorbing packets in there and you're all set.

[Xamiche]

amigaksi wrote:
What conclusion are we trying to draw here-- that even if you bathe the Amiga, it will still work as long as you dry it out for a week+ ?

I had a floppy drive that was really dirty and most disks failed on it.  I bathed it in water and tried after letting it dry for a month and it still does not work.  It was better when it was dirty.  Now it reads ZERO disks.  Seems like I killed something just by the bathing process.

Huh?  :-?

The conclusion is, if your Amigas get soaked in water it's probably better to dry them out over the course of a week, than only for 24 hours. There's no guarantee that they will work after that week, but you increase the odds of them working.

I'm not sure why you'd be surprised at your floppy drive not working after soaking it in water, but I'm guessing you're trying to make an analogy. No one is saying that a water soaked Amiga will work after a week of drying. They're saying 24 hours is not enough time, and one may increase the survival chances of said Amigas if they wait longer for them to dry.