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1996 January One year after the release of Microsoft Bob, less than 300,000 copies have been sold. [1559] 3D Realms releases the Duke Nukem 3D game for personal computers. [1497.101] [1538.23] [2383.30] IBM releases OS/2 for PowerPC-based computers. [293.35] February 14 Microsoft releases the Windows 95 Service Pack 1 operating system update. [472.109] [1559] [1588.19] July (month) Top selling computer game in the US during the month: Duke Nukem 3D by GT Interactive. [1870.36] August 24 Microsoft releases Windows NT 4.0, with graphical user interface similar to that of Windows 95. The software comprises 16.5 million lines of code. Code-name during development was Cairo. [721.157] [779.42] [1182.166] [1241.19] [1526.87] [1559] [1648.53] [1897.131] (July 31 [847.13] [1639.125]) November Egghead Software decides to stop selling Macintosh software at about two-thirds of its US retail stores. [1559] 1997 February (month) Top selling DOS/Windows personal computer software for the month in the USA: Turbo Tax. [2392.D10] Top selling Macintosh software for the month in the USA: Macintax Deluxe. [2392.D10]