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I got my first computer (a C64 with 1541) as a confirmation gift. Many other students at my school had one, too. I changed to an A500 with Kick 1.2 in the late 1980's when most of my friends did so, too. I mostly swapped (copied) games, wrote a few scene intros (nothing famous). When I finished school I lost sight of most of those friends, but I continued using my Amiga. As I lost most of my sources for new software I now concentrated in programming and started to buy software :-)
Soon after my first own car I bought an A4000D (must have been around 1995 or so) and with the money I earned I bought expansions: RAM, larger HDD, more RAM, CD-ROM, 68060, yet a larger HDD, even more RAM, tower case, SCSI HDD, SCSI CD writer, SCSI scanner, modem/internet, DVD-ROM, PPC, much more RAM, X-Surf. Then came my first PC which was an
"Eternity1" with Win98SE and AmigaForever 4.0 (The author of Tales of Tamar offered preconfigured PCs with Amiga Forever and later with Amithlon in his shop). The X-Surf was used to connect the PC to the Amiga and to share its internet connection using MiamiDx as a router.
Today I have two A4000D, both with PPC, one with Mediator/Voodoo3/Soundblaster/Realtec NIC in a Mirage case, the other one with CVisionPPC and X-Surf in its original case, an A1XE, a Pegasos1 and three PCs. The first PC still is in the case with the Eternity1 sticker on it, but with a much more modern equipment. The second PC is used as a NAS containing files used by all other computers. The third one is a TV recorder and Bluray player as well as internet connection in the living room.
First thing after installing Windows on a PC is installing WinUAE. I never stopped using an Amiga in one or the other form in all the time. That's probably why I know so much and don't forget it. (I forgot almost everything about the C64 because I stopped using it. I even forgot where it is, but I know that I still have it somewhere).
