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Originally Posted by smangs
I actually purchased an Amiga 1200 and a Commodore 64 with a 1541II floppy on eBay a couple of years ago. Man, it takes forever to load a game on that one. It's funny how it seemed so fast compared to my datasette tape drive before the floppy came around. I also owned an Amiga 500 for years and later moved to the Amiga 1200 with AGA graphics. I was a huge Commodore fan for years and still am saddened by the fact that the company went under. I grew up in Germany but it seems like the Amiga was not very popular here in the US.
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At the time when the Amiga was at its peak popularity in Europe, the IBM clones were spreading like wild fire in the United States. The Amiga was killed by the owner of the company who made very bad business decisions trying to dominate the market and overextended the company's finances. It was never due to the computer's reputation. The Amiga was a good 5 to 10 years ahead of the times.