gmd@myhut.UUCP (George MacDonald) (04/23/89)
I bought my Amiga 1000 on Oct 5th 1985 in Miami. Hey that beats everyone
but Leo. Let's see I paid
$1295 A1000
$165 256k Additional memory
$500 2Mb Starboard
I just traded it in for my new 2500 and got $1000 off. I then turned
around and bought it back from the store for $300 and sold the A1000 +
starboard for $1000! So the way I figure it, it only cost me about $260
not bad for three years use!!!
I also read about the Amiga in Byte and made up my mind to buy it based
on the article. Funny how byte orphaned such a wonderful child!!!
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George MacDonald zinn!myhut!gmdscotty@ziggy.UUCP (Scott Drysdale) (04/25/89)
In article <0289.AA0289@myhut> gmd@myhut.UUCP (George MacDonald) writes: > >I bought my Amiga 1000 on Oct 5th 1985 in Miami. Hey that beats everyone >but Leo. Let's see I paid heh heh. september 23rd, computerland manhattan. A1000 & 256K RAM. >George MacDonald zinn!myhut!gmd --Scotty
trudel@caip.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D. Trudel) (04/26/89)
>heh heh. september 23rd, computerland manhattan. A1000 & 256K RAM. > --Scotty (Since he's too busy to post himself, I'll do it in his stead). Aside from the fact that my roomie (Eric Lavitsky) and I were both at the launch of the Amiga at Lincoln Center back in July '85, he drove to Commodore HQ in August of '85 to pick up his 1000, SO THERE!
aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery) (04/26/89)
In article <0289.AA0289@myhut> gmd@myhut.UUCP (George MacDonald) writes: >I bought my Amiga 1000 on Oct 5th 1985 in Miami. Hey that beats everyone >but Leo. Let's see I paid You must not be counting develper's machines. Many developers received their machines before you and I got ours. I reserved one of the first shipment of 10 Amigas sent to my local dealer on Aug 22, 1985. They arrived, and I picked mine up on Oct 4. I swear. I just checked. I'm not trying to steal anyone's thunder. :-) >I also read about the Amiga in Byte and made up my mind to buy it based >on the article. Funny how byte orphaned such a wonderful child!!! I heard about the Amiga, and also the upcoming Byte article here on the net via net.micro.amiga. I waited many months (impatiently) for them to arrive here in town, and I believe mine was in the first wave of shipments to go out. -- Aaron Avery, ASDG Inc. "A mime is a terrible thing to waste." -- Robin Williams ARPA: madnix!aaron@cs.wisc.edu {uunet|ncoast}!marque! UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!aaron
page%rishathra@Sun.COM (Bob Page) (04/27/89)
>Eric Lavitsky drove to Commodore HQ in August of '85 to pick up his 1000
Gee, CBM UPS'ed me two systems in August; I didn't have to drive to HQ :-)
Eric was also the author of the first program posted to
net.micro.amiga. It was a "hello world" program, a large
accomplishment at the time, back when our heads ached looking at that
large white stack of books.
How far we've come, eh?
..bob
Bob Page sun!page page@sun.comdoug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) (04/30/89)
In article <Apr.25.19.24.07.1989.28958@caip.rutgers.edu> trudel@caip.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D. Trudel) writes: >Aside from the fact that my roomie (Eric Lavitsky) and I were both at >the launch of the Amiga at Lincoln Center back in July '85, he drove >to Commodore HQ in August of '85 to pick up his 1000, SO THERE! Ok, ok, let's hear from Dale and Jimm and Rob now...there's gotta be a *real* record there somewhere! Doug -- Doug Merritt Member, Crusaders for a Better Tomorrow {pyramid,apple}!xdos!doug Professional Wildeyed Visionary "Of course, I'm no rocket scientist" -- Randell Jesup, Capt. Boinger Corps