1976 Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 20 August 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | January: Introduction of the 36-bit DECSYSTEM-20, the lowest-priced general-purpose timesharing system on the market.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | January: TOPS-20, a new virtual memory operating system, is introduced for use with the DECSYSTEM-20.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DIGITAL enters the word-processing market with the WPS-8.