1971 Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 24 November 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | June: The first annual customer satisfaction survey is taken.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | RSTS-11, a timesharing operating system for the PDP-11, is introduced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The DECsystem-10 is introduced, marking a change in the marketing philosophy of the PDP-10 group.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The PDP-11/45, the most powerful PDP-11 family member to date is introduced. The PDP-11 was featured in Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The RTM (PDP-16) is introduced.