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		haqreu on April 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building a ternary computer at home: a software em... Setun is the only example, and it had a binary memory.

shakna on April 13, 2020 [–]

There was also the Canadian QTC-1. [0]

[0] https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/en/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=2009020829793...

haqreu on April 13, 2020 | [–]

This is ROM only, not a fully functioning computer.

shakna on April 13, 2020 | | [–]

Head to the end of the paper about the ROM [0], and you'll find the QTC-1 was the computer said ROM was designed for, not the ROM design itself.

[0] https://wwwee.ee.bgu.ac.il/~kushnero/ternary/Using%20CMOS%20...

haqreu on April 13, 2020 | | [–]

AFAIK it was never built, only partially designed.

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