From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel) Subject: Re: Number of active Amiga users (Was: Re: PPC AMIGAS WANTED NOW!) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Reply-To: peterk@combo.ganesha.com References: <34140655.105C@mtek.chalmers.se> <3416D183.MD-0.198.ckemp@nospam.vo.lu> <5vbhhs$861$1@infa.central.susx.ac.uk> Lines: 70 Message-ID: Date: 14 Sep 97 01:38:54 MEZ Organization: Private Path: 195.95.96.10!news.unisource.be!planetinternet.be!newsgate.unisource.nl!surfnet.nl!news.cs.utwente.nl!opus.ies-energy.com!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!globalcenter1!news.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!europa.clark.net!204.127.161.1!wnfeed!worldnet.att.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!blackbush.xlink.net!ganesha!combo.ganesha.com!peterk In article <5vbhhs$861$1@infa.central.susx.ac.uk> kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey) writes: >On Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:15:09 -0700 ,Michael posted the following: > >: : Remember that there were 5 million Amigas sold, but many of them were >: : A500's that are fairly obsolete by now. Also a quite large quantity may >: : not have survived until now. > >what? there were more than 4 million amigas sold in scandanavia alone - >Sweden has the highest density of Amigas....in the UK there were more >than 3 million sold. > >thats just 2 countries getting to 7 million Sorry, my figures differ: Commodore Germany up to 31.12.93 (Marketing Commodore Frankfurt) Amiga CD32 25.000 Amiga CDTV 25.800 Amiga 500 1.081.000 Amiga 500+ 79.500 Amiga 600 193.000 Amiga 1000 27.500 Amiga 1200 95.500 Amiga 2000 124.500 Amiga 3000 8.300 Amiga 4000/030 7.500 Amiga 4000/040 3.800 Total Amigas in Germany: 1.671.400 C 128 284.300 C 16/116 286.500 C 64 3.050.000 Total Sum: 5.292.200 Devices Quartale Jahr | 1rst Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qrt | Summe --------------------------------------------------------- 1981 | 35.2 | 45.0 | 50.2 | 56.1 | 186.5 1982 | 54.2 | 72.1 | 82.1 | 98.1 | 304.5 1983 | 103.3 | 176.3 | 189.6 | 212.0 | 681.2 1984 | 209.3 | 431.4 | 326.2 | 300.3 | 1267.2 1985 | 244.2 | 338.7 | 168.3 | 131.9 | 883.1 1986 | 159.2 | 339.2 | 182.3 | 208.6 | 889.3 1987 | 176.0 | 270.8 | 169.5 | 190.4 | 806.7 1988 | 173.9 | 281.7 | 200.3 | 215.2 | 871.1 1989 | 200.2 | 349.0 | 210.2 | 180.3 | 939.7 1990 | 165.3 | 310.7 | 213.2 | 198.1 | 887.3 1991 | 200.3 | 384.1 | 246.3 | 216.5 | 1047.2 1992 | 204.1 | 371.6 | 194.6 | 140.7 | 911.0 1993 | 158.6 | 237.7 | 120.9 | 73.6 | 590.8 1994 | 82.6 | 70.1 | ????? | ????? | ?????? So, Germany is something like 1.6 million Amigas. UK was always about the same, and give the same another time for USA and the rest of the world, totalling in the mentioned 5 million. Yes, we had this 30 %, 30 %, 30 % situation for many years, with typically Germany and UK struggling for 1st place. In the earlier years Germany was a bit bigger, in the last years UK. -- Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // http://www.pios.de Private Site in Frankfurt, Germany \X/ office: peterk @ pios.de This 'combo' account may soon go away, please use the office one.