Was the Amiga ever the "rival" when you had...

[TheMagicM]

...a Commodore 64/128 ??

Before I bought my A500, I had a C= 64c, dual floppy drives, FastLoad cartridge, LOTS of games.. True die-hard C64 fan.  I heard about the Amiga in a magazine but thought it was nothing compared to my trusty C64.  I really didnt understand what all this "Amiga" was capable of and pretty much said it sucked.  That was until my friend bought one...
Maybe I'm the only one that thought this way...

Btw, my C64c, dual floppy drives, 250 floppys (no original game disks..LOL), Avatex 1200 modem sold for $500 in '88. :-o

(link to the modem I had http://www.atarimagazines.com/v5n7/ProductReviews.html)

that thing was awesome (the modem) but I did get in trouble a few times w/my long distance phone bill.


-Alex

[TheMagicM]

@smerf:  thats the same reason my friend bought his Amiga 1000 because of the "IBM" compatibility. hehe

I really didnt get too many C64 mags..once in a while my dad would buy me a LoadStar magazine or a Compute! Gazette..but I didnt really recall seeing a Amiga ad or anything.. just walked into Software Etc. and saw one playing the NewTek Digipaint Demo.  So I basically lived a sheltered life..if it wasnt for my hacker friend...lol I probably wouldnt have had a Amiga let alone a C64...