12-bit Timeline

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.