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    I bought my first amiga while I was Stationed At Baumholder, Germany with the US Army. I bought it from the Post electronics store, it took me about 4 months to save enough to put it on layaway and about 3 more months to pay it off and bring it home.

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    Did it have a German or US/UK keyboard? Germany definitely was one of the most popular countries for the Amiga.

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    It had a US keyboard

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    It was sort of half and half. I'd managed to save about 80 pounds (Irish) myself over the course of a year, and as school started, we'd organized a class trip to London. Cost for the trip was £100, which my dad didn't think was worth it. After much complaining and whining, we took my £80 into Maddens TV and Video in Cork, put that down as a deposit on an A500 Batman Pack which my dad bought on HP.

    Wow. That was 22 years ago, I think.

    Considering the times I went to London afterwards and hated it (!!) I think I got the better end of that deal!

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    Back in 1987, I had a Triumph Acclaim for sale. The young lad (18) who came to look at it was driving a Vauxhall Marina at the time and he tried getting £500 off my asking price. We never did a deal on the Triumph & I ended up buying an A500 off him with loads of games for £400 less than a week after he came to look at the car. We are still very good friends today and all for the love of Amiga.
    Getting 0ld0r is mandatory - Growing up is just an option.

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    Don't you mean Morris Marina?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harrison View Post
    Don't you mean Morris Marina?
    F'k Dave, you're dead right. Please excuse the fading mind.....

    Perhaps I need to change my Sig.....
    Getting 0ld0r is mandatory - Growing up is just an option.

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    I had to sell off all my C64/128 stuff just to buy a base A1000 then built that up...



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    I bought my first Amiga, an A500 on 2005. I had a buy add on a local Usenet group. Paid 20 € for it and got an external floppy drive, two joysticks, RGB cable and box of games with it.

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    Bought mine in the end of 1989, as a personal Christmas gift. Had to sell my pc (lol) but in the end I have A500 plus external drive. Paid around US$1000 for this setup!

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