I bought my A500 in early 88. I was going to shore duty from a ship and had a bunch of money. Was going to buy a AT clone but then a friend showed me the Newtek demo. I bought the A500 and 1084 monitor and 1010 ext. floppy and the A501 memory expansion. Also bought the lightning quik amiga 1200 baud modem. That was the only computer i had until 1991. I still have that A500 and It worked the last time I hooked it up.