non-binary computers?

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Thu Sep 2 16:45:43 1999

"Jay West" <jlwest_at_tseinc.com> wrote:
> I never heard of octal based systems, but I know a lot of work was done on
> trinary computers (3 rather than binary 2 states - on, off, and inbetween).
> Everything I heard said they were too expensive, etc.... Try searching the
> web under "trinary computer"?
>
> Jay West
>
Hi
 While not to practical for the real guts of a computer,
many parts of current computers use multi level coding.
Many flash memories use 3 and 4 levels for storage cells.
LCD's are almost all multi level multiplexed.
Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 16:45:43 BST