Ever forget to turn your miggy off?

DDNI · 15 April 2011, 11:23

Currently my miggy up time is at 77hrs.

Totally unintentional, but it is so silent that I keep forgetting to flick her switch!

At least the power brick is always warm for when I need to work through some shitty excel sales data!

FOL · 15 April 2011, 11:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

Currently my miggy up time is at 77hrs.

Totally unintentional, but it is so silent that I keep forgetting to flick her switch!

At least the power brick is always warm for when I need to work through some shitty excel sales data!

I thought I turned mine off, but had'nt it was on for 2 weeks solid. No harm done,

.

Back in the day my uncle would pause games for weeks on end, if he didnt have time to play and didnt want to restart from the beginning of a game.

fitzsteve · 15 April 2011, 11:56

Not exactly, but at Retr0 Reply last year, even though I took the Power Cable out of the back of my A1200 Tower (With BPPC, etc) some bar steward plugged it back in and switched the machine on before we got to the venue Sunday morning.

I've no idea if it was on for 1hr or all night!

DDNI · 15 April 2011, 12:03

@FOL Weeks! WOW that's hardcore. Testament to the miggy and stability though.

@Steve, Never ever forgot to my A1200T BPPC [ Show youtube player ]

off, the noise of the fans and SCSI drive meant I had to before my ears began to bleed!!!

deicidal · 15 April 2011, 12:07

Yep my mate left his amiga on for ages while he complete monkey island until i told him you press f5 to get the save game screen up.

DDNI · 15 April 2011, 12:08

lol the joys of manual free piracy !

TCD · 15 April 2011, 12:35

@deicidal

I don't remember which game it was, but I left my old A500 running a whole weekend just for being too lazy to figure out how to save

gimbal · 15 April 2011, 13:02

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Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

@deicidal

I don't remember which game it was, but I left my old A500 running a whole weekend just for being too lazy to figure out how to save

Wrath of the Demon perhaps? You CAN save your game, I know that now. But HOW exactly? Meh

Not a fun game anyway.

TCD · 15 April 2011, 13:07

I think it was an adventure, but I really don't remember now. It certainly was a game which should have a save feature.

seuden · 15 April 2011, 13:08

I left my Uncles A1200 on for weeks while I was playing CM '93. There was a problem with saving to floppies it used to always corrupt the disk. I used to leave it on playing Dune II too as it would corrupt disk 4 iirc.

CritAnime · 15 April 2011, 19:30

I left my A600 on the other night in a drunken stupor. Woke up to the noise of the disk drive happily working away to it's self.

pintcat · 16 April 2011, 23:57

Back in the days I used to crunch large files (400-500kb

) with Double Action 1.0 on my A500. It took lots of hours to crunch one file and the machine was totally useless during that time so I left it on over night and sometimes the next day too.
Today, the same processes on a 060@50MHz would take just a few minutes.

Predseda · 16 April 2011, 23:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by deicidal

Yep my mate left his amiga on for ages while he complete monkey island until i told him you press f5 to get the save game screen up.

The same with me, but the game was Dune I.

Paul_s · 17 April 2011, 00:16

If I did I would have had left a disk in! The floppy ticking noise always made me remember to switch off!

Back in the day I remember staying up till all hours playing Cannon Fodder and what not.. that game owes me a life!

Djay · 17 April 2011, 04:05

falling asleep whilst waiting for The Settlers to build my line of buildings and waking up to find them all compete about 5 hours later

i once left it on, on purpose...

i tried flying from Earth to the Moon in an interplanetary shuttle.... in REAL time (guess what game)

man i got bored after awhile... wanted to play the game

4pLaY · 17 April 2011, 10:14

I didnt forget.. but the A1200 was on 24/7 for years running my BBS, sometimes it crashed and needed a reboot :-).

Graham Humphrey · 17 April 2011, 11:36

I used to leave it on if we went out if I was playing a game I couldn't save - I'd pause it, switch the TV off and come back to it usually hours later. Wonder how much that cost in electricity bills...

wizard66 · 17 April 2011, 11:50

My BBS in the Netherlands BBS The Wizard was online for about 8 years.
So my Amiga was always running 24/7 without downtime (almost).
My amiga never give any problems, rock solid.

LuMan · 21 April 2011, 16:32

HAHA! I just got a call from Sos (aka Mrs LuMan) who wanted to know what the odd ticking noise was in my playroom. I just had to tell her to go in and turn my A600 off!! Must've forgotten to do it after playing R-Type II last night

I guess that gives it about 18 hours of up-time

BrooksterMax · 21 April 2011, 17:07

I'd pause it for hours, turn the TV off but never leave it on overnight.

15 April 2011, 11:23	#1
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	Ever forget to turn your miggy off? Currently my miggy up time is at 77hrs. Totally unintentional, but it is so silent that I keep forgetting to flick her switch! At least the power brick is always warm for when I need to work through some shitty excel sales data!

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15 April 2011, 11:56	#3
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Not exactly, but at Retr0 Reply last year, even though I took the Power Cable out of the back of my A1200 Tower (With BPPC, etc) some bar steward plugged it back in and switched the machine on before we got to the venue Sunday morning. I've no idea if it was on for 1hr or all night!

15 April 2011, 12:03	#4
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	@FOL Weeks! WOW that's hardcore. Testament to the miggy and stability though. @Steve, Never ever forgot to my A1200T BPPC [ Show youtube player ] off, the noise of the fans and SCSI drive meant I had to before my ears began to bleed!!!

15 April 2011, 12:07	#5
deicidal Registered Insane Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ununited Kingdom Posts: 792	Yep my mate left his amiga on for ages while he complete monkey island until i told him you press f5 to get the save game screen up.

15 April 2011, 12:08	#6
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	lol the joys of manual free piracy !

15 April 2011, 12:35	#7
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	@deicidal I don't remember which game it was, but I left my old A500 running a whole weekend just for being too lazy to figure out how to save

15 April 2011, 13:07	#9
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	I think it was an adventure, but I really don't remember now. It certainly was a game which should have a save feature.

15 April 2011, 13:08	#10
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	I left my Uncles A1200 on for weeks while I was playing CM '93. There was a problem with saving to floppies it used to always corrupt the disk. I used to leave it on playing Dune II too as it would corrupt disk 4 iirc.

15 April 2011, 19:30	#11
CritAnime Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wakefield/UK Age: 41 Posts: 387	I left my A600 on the other night in a drunken stupor. Woke up to the noise of the disk drive happily working away to it's self.

16 April 2011, 23:57	#12
pintcat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Berlin/Germany Posts: 226	Back in the days I used to crunch large files (400-500kb ) with Double Action 1.0 on my A500. It took lots of hours to crunch one file and the machine was totally useless during that time so I left it on over night and sometimes the next day too. Today, the same processes on a 060@50MHz would take just a few minutes.

17 April 2011, 00:16	#14
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,333	If I did I would have had left a disk in! The floppy ticking noise always made me remember to switch off! Back in the day I remember staying up till all hours playing Cannon Fodder and what not.. that game owes me a life!

17 April 2011, 04:05	#15
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	falling asleep whilst waiting for The Settlers to build my line of buildings and waking up to find them all compete about 5 hours later i once left it on, on purpose... i tried flying from Earth to the Moon in an interplanetary shuttle.... in REAL time (guess what game) man i got bored after awhile... wanted to play the game

17 April 2011, 10:14	#16
4pLaY www.resistance.no Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 200	I didnt forget.. but the A1200 was on 24/7 for years running my BBS, sometimes it crashed and needed a reboot :-).

17 April 2011, 11:36	#17
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	I used to leave it on if we went out if I was playing a game I couldn't save - I'd pause it, switch the TV off and come back to it usually hours later. Wonder how much that cost in electricity bills...

17 April 2011, 11:50	#18
wizard66 FPGA Replay inside A590 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands Age: 57 Posts: 294	My BBS in the Netherlands BBS The Wizard was online for about 8 years. So my Amiga was always running 24/7 without downtime (almost). My amiga never give any problems, rock solid.

21 April 2011, 16:32	#19
LuMan Amigan - an' lovin' it!! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Nottingham, UK Age: 55 Posts: 557	HAHA! I just got a call from Sos (aka Mrs LuMan) who wanted to know what the odd ticking noise was in my playroom. I just had to tell her to go in and turn my A600 off!! Must've forgotten to do it after playing R-Type II last night I guess that gives it about 18 hours of up-time

21 April 2011, 17:07	#20
BrooksterMax Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norfolk UK Age: 43 Posts: 433	I'd pause it for hours, turn the TV off but never leave it on overnight.

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