Looking for statistics on the Computer market of the 80's

From: Voyager <voyager_at_hol.gr>
Date: Sun Sep 22 12:14:00 2002

From: "Sellam Ismail"
> > I am working on an essay, and I need statistics and figures from the
80's on
> > sales, value, models, types of computers sold. Any number would be
> > appreciated. I need to cover not only the PC market, but the home
computer
> > market too.
> >
> > Looking for numbers like like, how many Ti99/4A were sold, per year if
> > possible and at what price, how many Compaq portables, how many
Spectrums,
> > QLs, IBM PC/XT, PC/XT clones, etc
>
> Sorry, I can only offer you luck in your search for these kinds of
> statistics. I would love to have them myself.
>
> If you find any, please report them back here ;)
>

I thought that Dataquest was posting / reporting regurally (quarterly?) the
sales of the computer market of the 80s. Unfortunatelly, after a quick
search, I cannot locate such a report, or article. I found in Gartner's
site, reports back to 1997, 20 years younger than what I am looking for.
Received on Sun Sep 22 2002 - 12:14:00 BST