Amiga 500 price

[Strider]

Hopw much was it when it first launched in the Uk. I'm sure it was ?499.99 but am probably wrong.

[VR46]

?399 I think

[VR46]

http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/adverts/a500toys.jpg

says ?499 plus vat, crikey

[Anpanman]

I'd just left my first employer when it launched (Dixons branch manager) & am sure Dickies were selling them for ?499.99 though still got mine with staff discount

[Kubrick]

I got mine in 1988 for ?399 but I think it was originally ?599

[nekroxide]

Bloody hell! My poor parents must've been skint that Christmas

[sj33]

And remember, ?499 was a lot of money in them days!

Seriously, that's a crippling price for anyone who just wanted to play some games.

[Anpanman]

Too right, I bought the official 512k upgrade which was ?149 I think.

I didn't get the 20mb hard drive which was going for around ?300 but I did get the GVP 680030 accelerator with 4mb ram and a 60mb hd for ?650 if I remember correctly.

Expensive times.