Someone mentioned the other day that Amiga and other old consoles and computers will slowly die. Do you think that our old amigas and computers will work in 5 years or 10 years?
I don't remember the exact details, but according to research I read about, the printed circuit boards are bound to degrade 30-40 years after they were manufactured.
Collectors of video game consoles, especially the earliest kind made in the 1970'ies (Pong, Tank, Space Invaders, etc.), are likely the first who will be affected by boards breaking down. Unlike the components soldered onto them, replacing the boards may be very difficult. The earliest single layer boards may not pose much of a challenge, but fast forward to 1985, the Amiga 1000 board may do.
Anyway, you might want to check out what video game console collectors have learned about the matter.
