non-binary computers?

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Fri Sep 3 19:39:57 1999

"Charles P. Hobbs" <transit_at_primenet.com> wrote:
>
> I think his idea was more along the lines of data transmission: instead
> of having digital bits of just 1 and 0, you could have "trigital" bits of
> 0, 1 or 2. So, for example the binary number 1001101 (7 bits) could be
> sent, in trigital, as 2212 (4 bits), theoretically saving bandwidth.
> (Whether it actually *would* or not, I'll leave to the theorists)
>
>

Hi
 Sending multiple bits of information is and has been done
for quite dome time. In modems, 9600 and above all use methods
that encode more than one bit at a time.
Dwight
Received on Fri Sep 03 1999 - 19:39:57 BST