IBM confirmed they went into a sales cycle in 1953 expecting to sell five units of their first machine, the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. We don't

IBM confirmed they went into a sales cycle in 1953 expecting to sell five units of their first machine, the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. We don't know precisely how or to whom this estimate of five units was conveyed beforehand, but the gist of the statement appears likely.