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Date   : Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:43:27 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Numbers of BBC and Master Computers Manufactured

On Oct 22, 10:54, W.Scholten wrote:
> Jon Ripley wrote:
> > In message <000501c3627e$302bbd00$6564a8c0@...> you wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > > Has anyone any idea how many of each of the Acorn 8 bit machines
were
> > > produced at the various places they were made?
>
> >  o Over 10,000 Acorn Atom computers
>
> I've seen serial numbers (if that's what they are) on stickers from
ca.
> 15000 to ca. 36000.

Well over 10,000 so Wouter's numbers look about right (they might not
have started at 0000001).

> > Elsewhere (inc. stairway to hell) it is hinted that only about
30,000
> > Acorn Electron computers may have been made due to component
shortages
> > despite orders for over 300,000.
>
> Before christmas 1983! Total manufactured a few hundred thousand. Not
> sure about the exact figure, but just check ebay for amounts of
machines
> offered and make an estimate based on nr. of BBCs and Atoms offered
for
> a rough check that 30,000 is way too low.

Wouter is definitely correct about that.  The shortage was the first
Christmas after the launch; total sales were about 0.5 million.

-- 
Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York
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