I'd read all about BBS's and was dying to get involved. I'd always been an avid reader of computer magazines and had been looking into BBS's for quite awhile, but the lack of a hard disk in the 800 XL I never bothered buying a modem. As many people from back in that era will tell you, the Amiga opened up all sorts of doors for people looking to be creative, and it sure opened doors for myself. I finally took possession of the machine in mid to late 1990 and fell in love with it immediately. His employer wasn't giving vast (if any) discounts on the machines they brokered, but the fact that they would simply take a bit out of my Dad's paychecks each month until it was paid off must have been the selling point. To this day, I am not sure why my father went for it - the machine, with 1950 monitor, A-10 speakers, and a crappy Star NX 2420 dot matrix printer clocked in at well over $4000. They were not out yet, and the only option on the list was a 0 model. I'd always lusted over an Amiga and finally talked my Dad into getting me an Amiga 3000. The company my father worked for came out with a "Computer Purchase" incentive, offering everything from beige box PC's, to Mac's, to Amiga's. It was early 1990, up until this time I had only owned game consoles and an Atari 800 XL. The BBS scene back then was truly unique, and only the people that were there at the time can really understand that. After speaking with him for quite awhile, reminiscing about our old BBS days, I thought some people may enjoy a story on my background with BBS's. He, like myself - jumped to Windows when Commodore hit the skids, and after many years of using Windows only machines he bought a "next gen" Amiga, a SAM running OS 4. IIRC, last time I chatted with him was in the mid 90's. Recently, I bumped into an old Sysop friend from years ago that lives in the NW USA. No secret there's not much of an audience for people strictly interested in Amiga BBS's, heh.
Trying to use the blog more as a general "Amiga" themed for a wider reader base.
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