<s>
The	O
PDP-16	B-Device
(	O
Programmed	O
Data	O
Processor-16	O
)	O
was	O
mainly	O
intended	O
for	O
industrial	O
control	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
more	O
capability	O
than	O
DEC	O
's	O
PDP-14	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1971	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
follow-up	O
,	O
the	O
PDP-16/M	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
PDP-16	B-Device
in	O
1972	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
economic	O
strength	O
of	O
the	O
PDP-16	B-Device
was	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
effective	O
"	O
for	O
designing	O
unique	O
(	O
or	O
relatively	O
low	O
production	O
volume	O
)	O
systems.	O
"	O
</s>
