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    Information Research Services Updated: 29 September 1997
         
             
                 
              1962:
Gordon Bell begins design work on the architecture for the
PDP-5.
                 
              1963:
DIGITAL's first 12-bit machine, the
PDP-5, is announced.
                 
              April 1965:
Introduction of the
PDP-8, the world's first mass-produced minicomputer.
                 
              1966:
The
PDP-8/S is introduced as an economical alternative to the "classic" PDP-8.
                 
              1966:
The
LINC-8 is introduced.
                 
              August 1968:
The
PDP-8/I is DIGITAL's third 12-bit computer system and the first to be implemented with integrated circuits.
                     
              1968:
The
TYPESET-8, the pioneer of the "turnkey" computer system, is introduced.
                     
              1969:
The
PDP-12, successor to the LINC-8, is introduced.
                     
              March 1969:
The
PDP-14 is delivered.
                     
              1970:
The
PDP-8/E, successor to the PDP-8/I, is introduced (shown here with contemporary footwear).
                     
              1976:
DIGITAL enters the word-processing market with the
WPS-8.
                 
              May 1982:
DIGITAL introduces a range of new
personal computers.