Sellam Ismail <foo(a)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