Arma Micro Computer

{{Short description|Early minicomputer first released in 1962}}

The Arma Micro Computer was an early minicomputer first released in 1962.{{Cite book |last=Sanderson |first=Peter C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEmeBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Arma+Micro+Computer%22&pg=PA4 |title=Minicomputers |date=2014-05-12 |publisher=Newnes |isbn=978-1-4831-9223-9 |language=en| page=4}}

Manufactured by the Arma Engineering Company, it had a bit-serial architecture with a 22-bit word length, using diode-transistor logic and transfluxor-based memory.{{Cite web |title=The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962 |url=http://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html |access-date=2024-03-04|first=Ken|last=Shirriff}}

The principle of the technology used in the transfluxor memory is described in U.S. patent 3048828.{{Cite patent|number=US3048828A|title=Memory device|gdate=1962-08-07|invent1=Cataldo|inventor1-first=Ottavio C.|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3048828A/en}}