Aah yes, it must have been in 85 or 86.. I was a little kid back then. My godfather took me to his work (he was working at PCI-Data, the company that imported Commodores to Finland back then).. There I saw an A1000. I got to see a few games and drew with Deluxe Paint. It was a truly magical machine, but of course I couldn't get one just then - it was very expensive.. So, I got a C-64 around 1985 and loved that too. :-)
Later on I got to use the Amiga a lot every time I was visiting my godfather, as he had an A500 of his own. All the early 80s games and apps still bring many good memories. :-) The clean 32-colour graphics and good use of the stereo abilities..
Finally in 1989 my parents caved in to my requests and one day my dad arrived from a business trip to UK with an A500 in his suitcase. Oh, joy! The machine was later upgraded with an extra 512k, an extra floppy and then ks 2.04 and an AR3.
That machine actually lasted up to 1995 in that config with daily use. I wanted a HDD so badly, but I never managed to save enough from my underpaid summer jobs. My parents weren't willing to put any more money into Amigas, as they were convinced that it's a "toy"..
I went PC after that, but got an A4000 later on. I'd have to say that this was a good thing. Without venturing outside the world of Amigas for a while, I probably wouldn't be employed at the moment.. PC skills are very important nowadays and I actually thank my father for seeing that back then (even though he didn't necessarily understand it fully himself ;-).
Still love the AmigaOS.. It's always so nice to sit down at the A4000 and boot it up and forget the outside world. ;-)
