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1983

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  • HCL introduced its Integra machines. 

  • ICIM introduced two of its 101 minis at

    TCIL.

  • Indian Airlines, ONGC, and Punjab National Bank plan first phase of computerization.

  • SCL starts manufacturing LSI circuits.

  • OMC is born.

  • DCM DP gives India its first multi-lingual word processing system.

  • New electronic policy announced. The government gives special incentives to the industry by lowering customs and excise duty.

  • Software exports touch $12 million. 

  • Indonet–the country’s first communication network–announced.

  • An agreement is signed between the employees union and the bank management for the computerization of banks. The Deputy Governor of RBI was appointed as the Chairman of the Rangarajan Committee, formed to advise the government on the computerization roadmap for nationalized banks National Organization of Banks expresses shock over the decision.

  • Compaq launches its first portable computer with Winchester drive. 

  • IBM PC-Jr too made its entry in November 1983.

  • IBM announced its new micro–XT PC.

  • Russia’s first PC acquired the nickname of

    Agatha.

  • Synertek announced availability of the SY 280IA, the company’s first Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

    (EEPROM).

  • Copyright laws extended from the realms of literature to computer software.

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