Yeah, the A500 was very popular.
My mates brother had one of the first A1000s too... Cost a small fortune back then.
I upgraded to an A1200 in 1992 - cost me $1100 for Myer at Chadstone...
Not longer after, 486's with SVGA became cheap.
Still, I held out until 1998 before I moved to a wintel box...
Mike.