Try Telechart from worden.
You can get a free 30 day trial and the data goes back to the mid 80s for most stocks. Database consists of around 7000 stocks.
You can export all the database to csv/txt/ascii files that you can archive.
Yahoo and Google end-of-day data will do the trick (and its free).
But if you prefer a pay service, try TC2000 from worden.
I have been using it for over a decade. I pay around $20 a month for Gold with 2 year subscription.
You can only buy the data from the NYSE. It is one of their premium products. I have never found a third party distributor.
good luck with your quest and let us know if you find it elsewhere.
Thanks for the links.
Look back through this thread. Someone recommended the stocks edition from pitrading. $159 for 1000+ stocks including 450+ ETFs going back to 2002.
I looked at analytichouse, but they want $500 for 125 ETFs only going back to 2008. I guess they limit the dates to save...
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