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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:24

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:04:14 -0400, J. Clarke
<jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:43:52 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:16:45 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
>><robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>Also the "personal computer" boom started in the 80s.
>>
>>     Mid '70s.
>>
>>     IBM joined in after the market had been established.
>
>In 1980 personal computer sales were around a million units a year. In
>1990 they were around 20 million units a year and most of it IBM and
>clones.
>
>The _boom_ happened in the '80s.

     _A_ boom happened in the '80s.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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