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From: monty@sagpd1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 going price?
Message-ID: <1991May8.152209.7640@sagpd1>
Date: 8 May 91 15:22:09 GMT
References: <5704@mindlink.bc.ca> <1991May7.145152.5804@sagpd1> <19104@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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In article <19104@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs173scq@sdcc5.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) writes:
>The PC came out in 1981, the XT not much long after that
>The A1000 came out late 1985/early 1986, nearly 5 years later which
>is about the same time the IBM AT came out and 2 years after the Mac 128
>
>Used AT's run about twice as much as an A1000, and a Mac 128 seems
>to run a bit less.

    There was one point I was trying to make that you over looked.
    Since you compared an AT to the Amiga lets use those prices.
    In 1985 the average At with EGA and monitor was going for right
    around $4000, the A1000 came out at (if memory serves) around $2195 
    + $400 for the A1080. That same AT will now cost you around $500
    which is about 12.5% of orginal cost. The A1000/1080 will bring
    about $400 ($200 for 1080 plus $200 for A1000) which makes the
    Amy about 15% of orginal cost. 

    Has the A1000 really done that badly????

    Monty Saine

    P.S. I paid $1500 for both the A1000 and 1080 in March 86 (used) so
    mines still worth 27% of what I paid for it :).