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

From: Voyager <voyager_at_hol.gr>
Date: Mon Sep 23 12:39:00 2002

> 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?

Difficult to know. It's in the editorial or in aricles. I cannot tell, as I
do not have any of these issues. I've got some PCW of 1986 if I recall, but
not the rest :-(

> > > 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.

I want to point out, what happen to the home computers, and that it's
impossible to upgrade them, anyway, and the only solution/destination is the
retrocomputing or collecting these items. Rotrocomputing seems to be the
most environment-friendly destination of these micros.

I have made a small research on the PC-compatible part of the home micros,
in order to proove that there is no actual collector's value for these
systems (unless you consider some extreme cases).
Received on Mon Sep 23 2002 - 12:39:00 BST