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Chinese-American computer pioneer An Wang (1920-1990) and Wang Laboratories founded by him: some aspects of their history of interest to me - Part 3 (final part)

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Last updated on 28th May 2022 To see the earlier part 2 post, please visit: Chinese-American computer pioneer An Wang (1920-1990) and Wang Laboratories founded by him: some aspects of their history of interest to me - Part 2,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/04/chinese-american-computer-pioneer-wang_19.html . Note: This post heavily draws on the book: Lessons by An Wang (with Eugene Linden) published in 1986,  https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Lessons.html?id=CSTxxSaJPGQC&redir_esc=y . By default, "Wang writes" or "He writes" or similar words, in this post refers to what Wang has written in the Lessons book. Sections in this post Wang VS computer line - Wang Labs' first Virtual Memory (Virtual Storage) computers - introduced in 1977 with Wang 2200VS (WCS/60 & WCS/80); Wang VS 80 Wang Office Information System (OIS) - new Word Processing System with networking - introduced in 1977 Wang VS computers after VS-80; Associated Wang VS software