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

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_eskimo.com>
Date: Mon Sep 23 04:36:01 2002

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 12:02:12PM +0300, George Kourvaras wrote:
> No, I did not, but it would be a great source of info if they had online the
> early issues :-(

More than one person on the list has the early issues (in paper format).
Can you describe where in each issue to find the figures?

> > What exactly is the purpose of your essay? How much time do you have?
>
> It's a MSc thesis, on Retrocomputing and Recycling of home micros of the
> area 1975-1995 (mostly 80s actually)

I would be surprised to see much recycling -- computers weren't redesigned
as often then as they were now, and they were more expensive, so people
upgraded or just made do with what they had.

-- Derek
Received on Mon Sep 23 2002 - 04:36:01 BST