Our neighbours had an Amiga 500 and they allowed me to come and use it from time to time. They had managed to buy one on a subsidized purchase programme from their employer (Dutch local government) in '87 I guess.
Sometime during '88 I managed to convince my parents that I just had to have a computer for school projects. Got one second-hand for the princely sum of 1500 guilders.
Ironically, my school-grades were falling sharply from then on.
Good memories of Marble Madness, Defender of the Crown, Ports of Call, drawing girl nudie pictures in DPaint...
