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Re: What I miss about Amiga shops.......
« on: February 12, 2011, 09:04:50 PM »
I haven't been into a "computer store" in a long time.
My only visit into a Mac store wasn't too good.  It was in the late 90's and I was doing some phone system work and needed a serial cable.  The store was close so I stopped in and asked the salesman if they had a DB25 cable?  I still remember what he said:
"We don't use that terminology in here.  Do you mean Mac to Modem or Mac to Printer?"
I just asked to see the cables, grabbed one (Yes, they did have one; I didn't ask "what they called it") and left.

I liked the Amiga store; which really wasn't.  It was a computer store.  They sold Atari, Amiga and PC clones.  They had them all set up and you could almost always test what they had for sale.  He sold a lot of Amiga's, but I remember he was also happy with a "new" Nec Laptop that was selling very well.
(Funny, the things you remember...)

desiv
(Note: I am NOT saying all Mac stores are like that.  Just the one I went to..)
Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.