OT: Building the Nasdaq-100....in 19, 19, 1985(Updated)

Sometimes, it pains me to interrupt my pontifications on the state of putting college basketball teams onto lines and giving them numbers, but I have to tonight.

Why is it that the NASDAQ Stock Market, well renowned as the home for technology has refused to embrace it's past? When it comes to the NASDAQ-100 index, you can find lists of it's components of old NASDAQ Fact Books and it lists specific changes on nasdaq.com from 1995 onward. So why is it so difficult to find information on companies during the early years of the index? With that in mind, I went over to the Minneapolis Central Library this morning armed with a notebook, 3 pencils and a calculator and attempted to piece together a resonable approximation of the index. Using one of those big OTC Daily Record books there, I multiplied the prices of January 30th, 1985(the day before the index was first introduced) and the share counts listed at the top of each company to come up with the results:

Update(1-22): After more research, Rouse Company and First Data Resources were removed due to being Financial firms, while Claire's Stores was dropped after determining their market cap did not warrant inclusion in the index. They were replaced by Bassett Furniture Industries, Bob Evans Farms, and Monolithic Memories.

Adolph Coors
Alexander & Baldwin
American Greetings
Andrew
Apollo Computer
Apple Computer
Avantek
Bassett Furniture Industries
Betz Laboratories
Bob Evans Farms
Bruno's
Cadbury Schweppes
Charming Shoppes
Chi-Chi's
Cipher Data Products
Citizens Utilities
Comprehensive Care
Computer Products
Consolidated Papers
Convergent Technologies
Cross & Trecker
Daisy Systems
Digital Switch
Dollar General
Economic Laboratories
El Paso Electric
Food Lion
Genentech
Gibson Greetings
Gulf Broadcasting
Hamilton Oil
HBO & Company
HealthAmerica
Hechinger
Herman Miller
Hoover
IMS International
InteCom
Intel
Intergraph
Kinder-Care Learning Centers
KLA Instruments
Liebert
LIN Broadcasting
Liz Claiborne
LM Ericsson Telephone
Lotus Development
LSI Logic
Mack Trucks
MaxiCare Health Plans
McCormick & Company
MCI Communications
Mentor Graphics
Micom Systems
Micron Technology
Millipore
Molex
Monolithic Memories
Multimedia
Mylan Laboratories
Network Systems
NIKE
Nordstrom
Norsk Data
Noxell
Ogilvy & Mather
PACCAR
Pacific Telecom
Pay 'N Save
Petrolite
Phillips
Pic 'N Save
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Policy Management Systems
The Price Company
Quotron Systems
Reuters
Reynolds & Reynolds
Roadway Services
SeaGate Technology
Service Merchandise
ServiceMaster Industries
Shared Medical Systems
Shoney's
Sonoco Products
Standard Register
Subaru of America
Tandem Computers
Tandon
Tele-Communications
Ungerman-Bass
United Arists Communications
United States Health Care Systems
United Stationers
Western Tele-Communication
Willamette Industries
Worthington Industries
Wyman-Gordon
Xidex
Yellow Freight Systems

Note: If Cadbury Schweppes, LM Ericsson Telephone and Reuters are not eligible, they will be replaced by(in order of capitalization): Summit Health, Optical Radiation and Goulds Pumps.

Also, if anyone tries to post this on wikipedia, I will move to remove it. It is completely original research. Of course, if it can be verified, let me know.

And now, back to bracketology.