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

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Sep 23 08:32:01 2002

I think with larger machines, there may have been a tendency to recycle
by sale. Many older machines found homes at other, smaller companies.

On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Derek Peschel wrote:

> 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
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

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