Has Amiga ever burned down anyone's house?

[orb85750]

Apple's lovely equipment did.  This happened just a few miles from my house:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/01/magsafe_house_fire/

[Franko]

No saying I did, not saying I didn't... just in case the Insurance company find this and want's their money back...  :sealed:

[Dazxy2001]

Used to worry about the smell coming from an A1200 power brick I owned but never seemed to warm up enough to cause concern about it igniting

[hardlink]

No saying I did, not saying I didn't... just in case the Insurance company find this and want's their money back...  :sealed:

After he ruined CBM & the future of the Amiga, I hear Medhi Ali removed public listings of his phone and address due to similar concerns ...


This just in

http://digg.com/news/technology/The_Man_Who_Brought_Down_Commodore_Computers_Medhi_Ali

[Heiroglyph]

http://stoneridgepartners.biz/principals.htm

prior experience includes serving as the President of Commodore International, where he accomplished a major operational turnaround. Mehdi served as a Vice President at General Motors Corporation

Wow, he's got a hell of a track record.

Does "turnaround" cover from profitable to bankrupt? lol

[ChuckT]

Yes.  There was one in the Philadelphia Tristate Area.  It was an Amiga 1000 with a bridgeboard on one side.  The owner came home just a minute or two after the fire started and it was an Amiga 1000 on fire.  People were calling his BBS from places like Florida so the drives were running constantly because at that time there weren't a lot of public domain programs at that time.

[Franko]

http://stoneridgepartners.biz/principals.htm



Wow, he's got a hell of a track record.

Does "turnaround" cover from profitable to bankrupt? lol

Medhi Ali is the true antichrist of the Amiga world, I'd love to nail that little bugger to a cross... :madashell:

(mind you he's a rich little antichrist though...

[Kesa]

I'm ashamed to admit it but yes i almost did burn my house down. When i was about 10 i had a temper problem. I had a habbit of punching things when i lost. After i lost a game (can't remember which) i punched the monitor on the screen and the monitor went flying off the back of the table. Sparks flew everywhere and set fire to the curtains which i wisely moved quickly out the way after i hand held the flame to put it out. I never lost my temper again. Lifes biggest lesson.

[Heiroglyph]

I never lost my temper again. Lifes biggest lesson.

I can tell you've mellowed out by your avatar

[tone007]

I'm ashamed to admit it but yes i almost did burn my house down. When i was about 10 i had a temper problem. I had a habbit of punching things when i lost. After i lost a game (can't remember which) i punched the monitor on the screen and the monitor went flying off the back of the table. Sparks flew everywhere and set fire to the curtains which i wisely moved quickly out the way after i hand held the flame to put it out. I never lost my temper again. Lifes biggest lesson.

Was this yesterday?

[Franko]

This one's for you Kesa... :lol:

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[Kesa]

This one's for you Kesa... :lol:

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It's funny that you mentioned it. I Actually had a mohawk when i was 16  :mickeymouse:

[Franko]

It's funny that you mentioned it. I Actually had a mohawk when i was 16  :mickeymouse:

I reckon that's why you now wear a mellon on your napper... :lol:

[tone007]

I zapped myself good with 110V poking around inside a dead 3000T power supply while it was plugged in.  Live heatsink indeed!

No fires though, just nearly bit my tongue off.

[Franko]

I zapped myself good with 110V poking around inside a dead 3000T power supply while it was plugged in.  Live heatsink indeed!

No fires though, just nearly bit my tongue off.

Ya big softie ye, we zap ourselves with 240 volts over here, twice the fun...