Subj : Re: AmigaNet nodelist archive
To   : Stephen Walsh
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Jan 21 2025 09:28:55

Hi Stephen,

On 2025-01-21 12:37:42, you wrote to me:

 WV>> What I still like to do is check if the 30 your old disks in my Amiga
 WV>> 4000 still work, and if there are maybe some files on them that can
 WV>> be rescued to add to the archive. And then there are a lot of even
 WV>> older floppies... Condition unkown...

 SW> Is the battery removed?

Yes, I did that decades ago. But there might have been already a bit of
corrosion at the time of removal, if I remember correctly. I don't know if it
did any damage. The Amiga 4000 hasn't been turned on since then. And I probably
 shouldn't because of aged capacitors, that need to be replaced to not cause
any further damage before I turn it on...

 SW> The hd might need a jentle thud with your palm, if it dson't spin up
 SW> at first.

Good to know. But I had bad experiences with old HD's in the last couple of
weeks. All aged 10 years or older, and not been turned on for maybe 5 to 10
years. All would spin up just fine, but 3 out of 7 or 8 had read problems on
some files...

 WV>> And can you even read Amiga floppy's on a Linux system?

 SW> greaseweazle and a emulator if your A4000 is dead.

Good to know!

Do you maybe have archives or backups from the 90's? I see you are already
present in the oldest AmigaNet nodelist from 1995 that is in the archive! ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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