You obviously selected two good specimens, no major problems in getting them running :) We had an Amiga 500 (might have been the A500+ version, but either way a 1mb A500) when I was a kid before moving onto an A1200 a few years later, so a lot of fond memories of it. I love the sleek look of the LC III, much more attractive than a typical PC case of the era. I know that Commodore were wanting to release Amigas that were halfway between the very costly 'workstations' like the A3000/A4000 and the A1200 wedge style, and they had a similar sleek form to the LC III's; unfortunately of course Commodore went bust before anything like that could happen. But they recognised that there was a market for a mid-range computer that would suit most office work and could be a strong home computer that didn't need more than a floppy, hard disk and modest internal space for extra expansions, and could look rather nice at the same time. Apple were always good at that, compact and attractive computer units.
You obviously selected two good specimens, no major problems in getting them running :) We had an Amiga 500 (might have been the A500+ version, but either way a 1mb A500) when I was a kid before moving onto an A1200 a few years later, so a lot of fond memories of it. I love the sleek look of the LC III, much more attractive than a typical PC case of the era. I know that Commodore were wanting to release Amigas that were halfway between the very costly 'workstations' like the A3000/A4000 and the A1200 wedge style, and they had a similar sleek form to the LC III's; unfortunately of course Commodore went bust before anything like that could happen. But they recognised that there was a market for a mid-range computer that would suit most office work and could be a strong home computer that didn't need more than a floppy, hard disk and modest internal space for extra expansions, and could look rather nice at the same time. Apple were always good at that, compact and attractive computer units.