I started with a Timex Sinclair 1000, and progressed to a Sinclair QL. In late 1986 I went to a store where you could select all the components and build your own PC clone. The turbo XT's were the hot ticket. I picked out all my components, and told the salesman what I had selected. He asked me if I had looked at the Amiga computer. I said no, and he took me and showed me the Amiga 1000. The full color GUI blew me away. And then he grabbed the desktop with the mouse and drug it out of they way to reveal a picture of a naked woman. I said "Screw that XT clone. I WANT ONE OF THOSE AMIGA'S!" ;-)
