After getting my first job after graduating from college, I began looking for a computer. Macs were too expensive, so I decided to get a PC-compatible. I went into a computer store in New Jersey around 1986 to check out a Leading Edge PC-clone. Not too far from it was an Amiga 1000. The price was about the same, but the Amiga had a color monitor and the Leading Edge had an amber monochrome. I got the Amiga 1000 with the extra 256kb RAM module, an external 3.5 drive (for a total of 2), the 1080 monitor and the 5.25 drive with Transformer so I could run DOS programs. I never got the Transformer working properly, but I had a blast with the Amiga. The computer came with AmigaDOS 1.1, Textcraft and Graphicraft. I also purchased DeluxePaint and Seven Cities of Gold. I also remember the Kaleidescope and Demos disks that came with it. It definitely was the coolest computer at that time.
