Where did your amiga use start?

[runequester]

When did your interest in the amiga start? With what machine?

If it ever waned, when and how did it restart?

What machines did you go to afterwards/inbetween/in addition?

[TheMagicM]

I had a C=64 for quite some time.  Then a friend of mine bought an Amiga 500 in about '89 or so, then I HAD to have one.  I bought one in the early '90's while working a part-time job.   I only gave up on the classic Amiga (usage) about 10 years ago after it just didnt do what I wanted.  Never got that passion again but I own a few machines, they just are not used.  I havent installed MorphOS on my Mini yet but eventually will.  Right now I use an emulator to play my games though.

EDIT:
just to clear the air.. I still love my Amiga(s), there isnt a system that I would choose over it when I feel like playing retro games.

[Moto]

TRS80 CoCo -> Apple //c -> Amiga 500 -> PCs -> OS X

I got into the Amiga because a good friend of mine purchased one and he suddenly opened my eyes to that world.  I had always wanted an Amiga since seeing the A1000 at the same computer store that the //c was purchased at.  It was all about what my friends and I were into in those days.  The decision to go PC was mainly based on my work.  I got my Mac mini on a whim to use as a media center (mostly for audio) and soon after got one of the first intel based MBPs.

[Nlandas]

When did your interest in the amiga start? With what machine?

What machines did you go to afterwards/inbetween/in addition?

Used and repaired all kinds of other machines in between but those are these are the ones I've owned.

VIC20->C64->C64C->Amiga 2000/8088BB->Amiga 4000/030+386BB->Intel 386->AMD K6--------AMD Athlon 64/X2/X4, etc.(Linux/Windows) BOOORING!!!!

My original interest in Amiga started with the announcement of the A1000. I read everything I could about it and planned for how I would convince my parents that I needed one for college. By the time senior year rolled around, Commodore had released the A2000. After all that planning my mom took little to convince.

I was allowed to order an A2000 with 8088 Bridgeboard for those lame MSDOS compliers I was going to have to run for my programming classes. I don't need to tell you all the thrill of your first Amiga. 3.5" floppies were a dream compared to the old 5 1/4" and a full GUI vs. load "*",8,1 with basic or peek and poke.

Once I got to school, I quickly decided I needed a hard drive - so I got the worst one possible on the PC side instead of SCSI - MFM if memory serves. Ran in on the briedgeboard and shared it with the Amiga. It worked but without finding Spinrite to fix the low level format on it all the time - It would have been useless. I graduated to SCSI a few years later.

I'm sure you all stopped reading a long time ago so I'l stop there. Other than I got one of the first Amiga 4000/030s at World of Amiga in NYC in 1993 and a 386 Bridgeboard. Carried them on my shoulder through the streets of NY back home.

I've never lost my interest in Amiga, although I use Windows machines on a daily basis. I still use my A1200, Amiga Forever and await the day that a new Amiga is released. I for one am interested in the X1000.

[Drummerboy]

Texas Instrument -) C=64 - Atari 600XL -) A1000 - Atari XE - C=128 -) A500 -) A2000 -) A4000 -)A600 -) A1200
I Still using  My Amigas!.. for everything!.. And My C=Commodore Computers  (C64/128/SX64)..

[SamuraiCrow]

When did your interest in the amiga start? With what machine?

If it ever waned, when and how did it restart?

What machines did you go to afterwards/inbetween/in addition?

I was interested in Amigas but didn't actually go get one until I graduated high-school in 1993.  My first Amiga was an A1200.  I struggled to find documentation for the AGA chipset and AmigaOS 3.0 to program it.

My next machine was a crappy Pentium III-based PC in 2000 which I bought to try to use AmigaDE.  My dad still uses the Pentium III today.

The next system I bought was a MicroA1-c I bought in 2004 or so.  I bought it because I wanted to program AmigaOS 4.0.  I never did program it to do anything though.  It had core voltage problems and by the time I got them ironed out, I didn't have the desk-space to set it up.  It's been loaned out to another developer for a while now.

The next system I bought was a laptop with dual cores running Windows XP in 2006.  I installed Linux on it later that year and when I graduated college for the second time in 2007 it sat unused in my room for a long time.

For Christmas 2008, my parents bought me an intel Mac Mini.  It is my main computer now.

[pan1k]

For me.. I'm only 30 .. but damn!
My dad got a Cromemcro.. then I got a dose of CP/M and  then Amiga 1000, then a 2000,  then a 3000, and then a 1200.. and now a 4000! I think I was around 12 or 13 when I got my Amiga 1000, which makes it around 1993 or 1994.

[amiga92570]

Well I bought a astrocade first starting college, then a vic then a 64. I was always interested in the newer technologies. In 1986 I purchased an amiga 1000. I purchased just about every model after, others I aquired later along with my Z-grass 32 for the astrocade. Amiga was always my favorite as long as it was viable. Now I just fiddle and repair the old equipment as they age. Its my favorite hobby. Now its strictly PC for work and daily activities.

[AmigaHeretic]

Lets see, I started using Amiga at around age 12. I did a Commodore 64 and TRS-80 or two here and there before that, but never really got into computers on a regular basis until the A1000. Now I'm 33 and an Amiga head. Go figure.

Other than Amiga and Commodore, I havent tried anything except for a little bit of Linux OSes a few months ago, and they were free. Nothing but Amigas really peaks my interest for some reason.

I had a friend that tried Windows and he just wasted his life away, so I never really got into the hard stuff because of what happened to him.

[palemoon]

I got my first taste of computers in 1982 with a timex-sinclair 1000 (that I had to piece together) and I paid $320 for the 16k (yes I said K) ram expansion. Shortly after that I got a Vic-20 and moved up to the C-64 a couple of months later. Went through a few C-64s (ran a BBS) and later got a SX-64 (that kept overheating) and then a C-64c. The first part of 1986 I got an Amiga 1000, then an A500, A2000, A2000HD, and then my favorite computer of all time, the A3000T. I left the Amiga scene in 2000 (and I still kick myself!). Did the Windows thing for a bit, then moved to a dual 2.0 G5 Mac. It died a horrible death so I ended up back on the PC, but using Linux. Been on some form of Linux since then. Looking to get back into it...

[T3000]

I had a friend that tried Windows and he just wasted his life away, so I never really got into the hard stuff because of what happened to him.

LOL  nice.

Saw what a friend was doing with computer art on a decked out A500. This was about a year after I dumped some $ into a C=64 system. Still have. Aquiered an A2000 with a 2286BB. Eventually tosterized the 2000 Sold it, then obtained a Warp'40 A3000. Been though a few different box models and various video hardware setups.

Then the wife at the time, who also had an Amiga, decided it was time to get a PC. This was about the time I discovered an online shooter called Tribes. Although I kept and used the A3000, I built an 1ghz Athlon PC. Used that and the A3000 while I obtained and built A4000VT/Flyer. The 1gzh Athlon started having issues, I decided to get with the times and now use on a daily basis an HP Athlon 64 X2, HP scanner and an 44" Epson 9600 InkJet printer. I ocassionally tinker with the A3000 and the A4000VT/Flyer.

[LoadWB]

Chronologically,

Apple ][+ and //e, TI-99/4 in school.
TI-99/4A at home, Atari 1200XL at school.
CoCo3 (briefly) then Commodore 64 at home, Mac at school.
VIC-20 at home (my C64 died, so this lasted until I bought a replacement.)
Commodore 128D at home, IBM System/34 and Mac at school.
Amiga 500 at home, DOS machines at school.
The Amiga 500 lasted many, many years, even once I got my built my first Windows 95 computer, then on to Windows 98.  In fact, my first real in-use Windows machine was in 2000.  At some point in there I got my A4000D as well.

I included the machines at school because I actively programmed or supported them.  In particular the System/34.  I helped admin the two machine "network" at my high school, learned OCL and menus, and what-not.  Fun stuff, actually.

During all of this, I started a "business" repairing 8-bit machines and peripherals, in particular Commodore and Atari stuff.  I picked up an 800XL and 1050 floppy about (dear, God!) 20 years ago, and I haven't used it but a few times.  I would like to build up my repertoir of Atari stuff.  Oh, and my grandfather had an Atari 520ST which I enjoyed, but no where as much as my Amiga.  I would like to get a hold of a "modern" ST system, though.

Colleagues call all of this "mental masturbation," but it helps keep me sharp, maintaining and learning from all of this stuff.  Much the same way that Solaris does not make me a lot of money right now, but the job prospects to support it (untill Ellison gets hold of it, I suppose) are great.

[ChaosLord]

When did your interest in the amiga start? With what machine?

If it ever waned, when and how did it restart?

What machines did you go to afterwards/inbetween/in addition?

 1984, Lorraine

[ikepgh]

When did your interest in the amiga start? With what machine?

If it ever waned, when and how did it restart?

What machines did you go to afterwards/inbetween/in addition?

I had a friend who "convinced" me to buy a A500 in 1991 rather than purchase a PC.  

It has waned off and on since that time.  I always checked in every few months, but there were many months, years of "not much happening in Amigaland" and I was pretty turned off by the so-called red-blue war, ANN, etc.

Let's see, my next machine was an A1200 in about '96.  I used my brother's A1200, his PC and my girlfriend's PC, and while at the university Unix, Sparc stations and PCs.  I used to Telnet X window sessions to my Amiga from the university account back in the day...fun stuff!  Man, NetScape was slooow!! I ran an array of emulators, Mac, Linux, etc. on my A1200.  I began teaching myself Amiga programming as a hobby back in about 1999.  Mainly just hacking scripts and the like prior to this.  So, come to think of it, I guess you could say I didn't actually "buy" my very own first PC (3Ghz Pentium) until 2005 (geez...that seems hard to believe)!  I've since added an Asus Core 2 Duo laptop and a Mac Mini for MorphOS of course!

IKE
http://www.ezcyberspace.com/programming.shtml

[Bamiga2002]

It was in 89-90 when i got my A500. It's really said here already so i'll quote the next that match mine (with some edits :

I had a C=64 for quite some time.  Then a friend of mine bought an Amiga 500 in about '89 or so, then I HAD to have one.

Texas Instruments -) C=64 -> A500 -> A2000 -> A600 / A1200