Unraveling the Mystery of the Transfluxor
The transfluxor was the heart of a 20-pound transistor computer from Arma in 1962, which was considered "micro" for its time. It utilized serial processing and DTL logic to reduce size and handle shock, temperature, humidity, and vacuum. The transfluxor itself was a special type of core memory that allowed reading without destroying stored data. Despite its slow 1 MHz clock, the computer could perform powerful operations like multiplication, division, and square roots.