Whats the longest consecutive time you have had your Amiga running?

[rkauer]

 When I make the very 1st format in a 43Gb IDE drive. I want to make sure the drive was ok.

 So I make the hdtoolbox check the data on the drive. 10 days, nonstop!

[hamtronix]

Framiga wrote:

Ferry wrote:
3 years now, and running.

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

betatesting an OS without rebooting for 3 years? are you joking?

I would count warm booting as consecutive because it doesnt actually kill all the power.

[Framiga]

ah ok, mine is "up" since 1992 then! ;-)

[zyphoid]

ok I'll weigh in my then 500 2days?
sx32 1wk installing win95
1200T maybe 3days, drive chirps, so I wont risk it beyond that!

[Retro_71]

That pretty much the point these days our miggy's are just to valueable to risk them breaking down.
I wouldn't really want to leave any of my amiga running for weeks on end (even days on end).
But then again maybe i'm just to scared....  :-D

[kolla]

My first A1200 has been running Linux/m68k more or less nonstop for more than 10 years now, and it has reached uptimes of 500+ days at least twice. Read all about it on my ..uhm.. "blog":

http://amiga.nvg.org/news.php

:-D

[RRunner]

I ran a CNet BBS for 5 years "back in the day" on my A2000 (which is still working just fine now thank you very much). It ran pretty much solid for that time except when the power went out on occasion. For about 7 years it was probably on solid as long as there was power. Then it sat in my basement for about 10 years sitting in a corner collecting dust. I fired it up last year and have been using it as a gaming machine for the kids (and myself). Works great still! I left it on for a week once just lately. it didn't complain.  :lol:

[AMC258]

@Kolla:

I don't doubt it!  If I didn't routinely run crash-prone software under such a crashable OS I would never reboot.

That gets me thinking.  Why should an Amiga be more runtime-failure prone than something like a Sparcstation?  I have Sparcstations that ran for over 10 years, only being rebooted when an OS upgrade came out.  I have a Sparc 20 running right now that's been running since the day it shipped, save a day or two here or there.  And it's as stable as stable gets.

[McVenco]

Not one of my Amigas has been running for more than around 20 hours.

I used to have my machines in my bedroom, and I hate the sound of fans or harddrives when I'm trying to sleep (no matter how silent, I still hear them). I also only ran a part-time BBS back in the days so I turned it off everytime I went to sleep.

Besides, Amigas boot so fast you don't need to leave them on to avoid minutes and minutes of starting up your machine (*cough*windows*cough*), plus it's a waste of energy (which is bad for both the environment and my wallet).

[Piru]

@McVenco

Besides, Amigas boot so fast you don't need to leave them on to avoid minutes and minutes of starting up your machine (*cough*windows*cough*), plus it's a waste of energy (which is bad for both the environment and my wallet).

*cough* S3 standby *cough*

[McVenco]

*cough* S3 standby *cough*

That still uses power (and I don't remember my wintel machine have that possibility). Also, a lot of things like PSUs (like those for f.i. cellphones and computerspeakers) still use power when they are not in use, which I find a complete waste.

All things in my hobbyroom (computers, printers, monitors, consoles, tv, guitaramps) are connected to three main switches . When nothing is in use, all power goes off to save on electricity.

Besides, what's the point in leaving a computer on when you're not using it for several hours (not using meaning not using - so no downloading/running a server or anything)?


And no, I'm some environmental tree-hugging hippie. I just don't like wasting money. :-)

[tokyoracer]

I always leave my horrid Windows computer on stand-by as it's such an annoyance when you have to wait for the hard disk to stop going nuts.

[krize]

Always turn off all machines when i go to sleep. i never use stand by
features on pc`s or laptops either. Off is off thanks