Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!altman From: altman@tharr.UUCP (Hugo Fiennes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: Acorn S&M (was Re: Acorn Compters Ltd. (to the rescue!)) Message-ID: <1832@tharr.UUCP> Date: 21 Feb 91 23:18:03 GMT References: <1991Feb14.163652.1456@cns.umist.ac.uk> Reply-To: altman@tharr.UUCP (Hugo Fiennes) Organization: Power Microsystems Ltd Lines: 18 You'll probably all be pleased to know that the archimedes a3000 was the 4th best selling computer in UK in 1990: Amiga 500 : 187,000 Atari ST : 84,000 PS2 55SX : 55,000 (I think, can't remember) A3000 : 41,000 Total archimedes' sold (according to acorn) is about 75% of acorn machines sold, and they say they shipped almost 100,000 computers last year, about 12,000 of which were masters. Draw your own conclusions! BTW, the figures above for best selling computers are from industry source, not acorn. Hugo -- Hugo Fiennes --------------------------------------------------------------- -- "HAL, you're not IBM compatible..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->