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

60 points by rsecora ago | 3 comments

grishka |next [-]

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

nxobject |next |previous [-]

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".

java-man |previous [-]

Ken's blog is an amazing read!