Subj : AmigaNet nodelist archive
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Stephen Walsh
Date : Wed Jan 22 2025 13:15:58


Hello Wilfred!

21 Jan 25 09:28, you wrote to me:

 SW>> Is the battery removed?

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

Yeah best to get them replaced, and the battery acid looked at.

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

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

Yeah, it's a 50/50 chance with old drives. I've been able to image old drives
in the past...
A couple just in time before they then died. #-\

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

No old backup's... I left the amiga screen just as C= died! Only got back into
it about 10 years ago now..

A lot of water under the bridge, and lost data.... I now do backup's a lot more
 often (Both pc/amiga).





Stephen


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