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

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Sep 23 12:25:00 2002

On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> > > Most of the companies I am looking for, are out of business. And, for these
> > > that are not, I could never ask for data (I cannot ask IBM or Compaq for how
> > > many compatibles were sold in 1986 :((( )
> > No, but you could ask about genuine IBM and Compaq machines.
>
> Or you could ask intel their production and sales numbers for
> 80x86 microprocessors.

The problem with that approach is that 80x86 processors ended up in many
more things than just computers: phone systems for one.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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