I’m pretty sure the PC killed the rolltop desk once and for all. By the late 1980s, they were still popular for people’s personal offices. But you couldn’t put a computer on one, and by the time laptops replaced towers in the office, we became such a paperless society, who needed one?
Again: they were for people who had so much paperwork that it was impractical to put it away.
I have a rolltop desk circa 1996. A massive piece, it was made for a computer, with the lower left cabinet designed to hold an upright desktop computer box. Strategic holes for cords and cables. It is a stunning piece of furniture. The rolltop itself is a thing of beauty.
I understand the manufacturer discontinued the desk after a short run because the desk is too large to fit through most interior doorways.
Just say "NO!".