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From: pmcd@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: World GeoGraph
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Date: 24 Jul 90 22:29:19 GMT
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In article <?L1$-P&@rpi.edu> mvk@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes:
>There has recently been discussion about whether the Apple II has been selling.
>I don't have the latest figures, but an early 1989 issue of an IBM mag had
>their top ten list.  The number one model in sales in 1988 was an IBM PS/2
>(model 30?) selling 350k units.  Number 2 was the Apple IIGS selling 340k units.
>It was very interesting reading the IBM mag's explanation of how something like
>that could happen.  The Apple IIe came in at about number 6.  They didn't even
>try to explain that. :) 

Ok, would you have the exact reference to that. Was the 340k units via the
retail market or what? This information is important. It's hard to believe
that the GS would have sold so many in one year. Do you have any recent
figures? Are these worldwide numbers, or just the US?

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.edu(down for a few days)
[my opinions]