My first ever computer was the A500, KS 1.3, WB 1.3.2, Flight of Fantasy pack in 1989. I still remember first opening the box, and hooking it up to the TV in my parents room. The first disk I loaded into the machine was "Escape from the Planet of Robot Monsters", and I was absolutely blown away.
That slab of plastic on the floor caught my imagination, and inspired me to develop a greater understanding into how computers work - I now lecture at university level, in computer hardware architectures, C++ programming, and software engineering!
I then went on to buy an A1200 (can't remember when though), with the intention of hooking it up with a Siamese PC system - but that never happened :-(
I was given two A1000's which I chucked cos I had no use for them (I know, I know, I'm a dick :-( )
After dropping the Amiga for a few years, I rediscovered it and went on a spending spree, and bought every single piece of Amiga hardware I could never afford as a child. Bought a couple of A500+'s, a power tower 1200, with 1260/66MHz accelerator etc etc. Too much for too little though, and I ended up ditching the Amiga again as I wasn't really using it.
A few years later (present day now), I sold the power tower setup to a nice Amigan, who has since sparked my interest in the AmigaOne and OS4.
I've now got OS 3.9 running on my wicked AthlonXP 2500+ (with 1GB RAM :-) ) via WinUAE, and am very happy with that - I really don't need a classic Amiga for anything that I want to do. I will seriously (very seriously) consider buying a microA1 when they come out, if the price is not too high.
BTW, I also had an iMac, and 12" PowerBook, which I have since sold. Although these were really nice machines, I really want to run OS4. I wouldn't mind a new 15" PowerBook though, or even an Athlon64 notebook :-)
Anyway, that's me...
