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From: neil@amiga.UUCP (Neil Katin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: leaving my amiga on
Message-ID: <635@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 00:20:03 EST
Article-I.D.: amiga.635
Posted: Mon Feb  3 00:20:03 1986
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References: <1156@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
Reply-To: neil@rocky.UUCP (Neil Katin)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc., 983 University Ave #D, Los Gatos CA 95030
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Summary: it's ok to leave the amiga on

In article <1156@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> mwm%ucbopal@BERKELEY.EDU writes:
>From: Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer <mwm%ucbopal@BERKELEY.EDU>
>
>Given the time it takes to get an Amiga up from power-off, I'm tempted to
>leave it on all the time. This should be good for the electronic parts of
>the box (power-on surge being the worst part of normal wear), and not good
>for the monitor (so I turn it off).
>
>However, I'm pretty sure that the drivers continually checking for disks in
>the floppy drives is *not* good for them. The clunk-clunk of the check is
>pretty annoying, too. I'm tempted to put disks in the drive, and leave them
>there. However, I don't know how this will be for either the drive or the
>disk. I know doing that with 8" drives does awful things to them both.
>
>Someone want to tell me what leaving disks in a power-ed on Amiga for long
>periods (say, 24-48 hours without use, worst case) will do to the disk and
>the drive? Anything wrong with the basic idea of leaving the Amiga on with
>the monitor off?
>
>	Thanx,
>	<mike
>	mwm@ucbvax

The amiga was designed for constant "power-on" usage.  This means that the
power supply is capable of continous operation, and that the box will
not overhead if it is always on.

Leaving a disk in the drive will stop the "clicking" of the disk.
The heads will not step if there is a diskette in them.  This will
extend the life of your drives (but the drives are good for several
years even if there is no diskette in them and they step every 2.5
seconds).

    Neil Katin
    Commodore-Amiga Inc.