General Automation Inc. The Anaheim computer company...

General Automation Inc. The Anaheim computer company reported a loss of $290,000, or 3 cents a share, for its latest fiscal quarter. Included was a one-time gain of $225,000 from adjustments to estimates of the company’s tax liabilities. For the same period a year earlier, General Automation lost $594,000, or 5 cents a share. Sales for the company’s first quarter, which ended Dec. 31, rose slightly to $11.1 million from $11 million.