Amiga vs. Atari (1985)
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 said:
@StrongBad said:
Both Amiga and Atari machines where the height of cool in the late 80s. Those were some sweet machines.
Yes...but I remember talking people into an Amiga 500 and then they would call back months later saying "where do I get programs" for this thing? It for sure was a cult machine.
When was that? Even as late as 1994 finding Amiga stuff was simple.
Oh, 90ish...back when Wards, Sears and a few others had some Amiga 500's for sale. Most people, even then, were all about IBM Compatible please...though few, we were proud owners...I've got many a story about meeting people to "trade games"...LOL.
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Those meet ups where how most software was disseminated from the 1970s to the 1990s. Amiga was big when PC was still a fledgling. They were only two years apart.
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I actually bought most of my software. I was into the multi-media and used a lot of Scala and my non-linear Video Toaster in my 2000. Also big into hanging out on BBSes back then too...can't remember the terminal program of choice but remembered it worked rather well. Ah., the days to choose X-Modem, Z-Modem or Y-Modem downloads!
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I'm from the Rochester LATA. No way to use a BBS there. You'd have to have been a millionaire to have afforded that.
