13 Jan
2014
13 Jan
'14
7:30 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
...Commodore's big-bang Amiga 1000 which
was too expensive for almost anyone at first, so that real mass market
sales had to wait on the cheaper, cut-down Amiga 500.
Even with more advantageous pricing vis US v UK, I still waited a year
until the first A1000 price drop. In particular, I waited until the
local dealer would/could sell just the CPU alone instead of a
CPU/analog RGB monitor bundle. ISTR I payed $850 for the CPU itself
(then upgraded it many times over with a Spirit Inboard (1.5MB,
purchased w/512K), a WEDGE (8-bit ISA interface+Western Digital WX-1 +
ST225), a Rejuvinator, and eventually a Starboard (2MB) and Stardrive
SCSI to replace the Inboard and WEDGE - probably over $2000 spread out
over 4 years.
In terms of market penetration though, I agree that the A500 and its
lower price point was what drove the Amiga to its peak.
-ethan