The IBM (I've Been Mulling) PC

[William Donzelli]

> I would agree with that.  When it was only the IBM 5150 and 5160 on
> the market, they had a presence and commanded a certain amount of
> attention in the trade press, but the sales numbers were low.  It was
> a while (years, ISTR) before the dollar amount of 5150s sold exceeded
> the dollar amount of C-64s sold, and it took a bit longer before the
> total number of PC clones sold exceeded the total number of C-64s
> sold.

Keep in mind that IBM made a good bundle of money supporting the PC
line. And the PS/2 line.

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Will