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The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962

61 pointsby rsecoralast Wednesday at 5:00 PM3 commentsview on HN

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nxobjecttoday at 9:28 AM

I imagine the civilian equivalent in size and structure would be a PDP-8/S (bit-serial, still discrete logic?) But DEC material from that time simply calls it a "small-scale computer".

grishkatoday at 10:20 AM

"Transfluxor" sounds like something straight out of science fiction.

java-mantoday at 3:11 AM

Ken's blog is an amazing read!