Although TAC is not the first company to research Chinese language computer systems, the large investment in this area helped TAC in 1978 to be the first company to market Chinese language terminals, and in 1981 the company's Chinese language computer system was completed.
在研究中文電腦的同時，神通也針對某些特殊需要，研究適用電腦。前年，該公司正式成立「專案工程部」，積極推出適合各種特殊用途的電腦系統。專案工程部與銷售部門合作密切。