Looking for statistics on the Computer market of the 80

From: jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org <(jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org)>
Date: Sun Sep 22 12:15:01 2002

Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote ..
> On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Voyager wrote:
>
> > 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 ;)
>


Byte Magazine and Infoworld both used to publish figures like this nearly every month or week, respectively, as I recall.

Don't remember what their sources were. You're not the only one who'd be interested, though.

The figure I always heard for total sales of the 4A was 2-3, maybe 4 million. Not sure how accurate that is, as TI had to eat a bunch of returns when they pulled the plug, but it's probably in the ballpark. There are still piles of them around, anyway.

jbdigriz
Received on Sun Sep 22 2002 - 12:15:01 BST