hall of fame: Setun- soviet ternary computer of 1958

[merk666]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun

Setun (Russian: Се́тунь) was a balanced ternary computer developed in 1958 at Moscow State University. The device was built under the lead of Sergei Sobolev and Nikolay Brusentsov. It was the only modern ternary computer, using three-valued ternary logic instead of two-valued binary logic prevalent in computers before and after Setun's conception. The computer was built to fulfill the needs of the Moscow State University and was manufactured at the Kazan Mathematical plant. Fifty computers were built and production was then halted in 1965. In the period between 1965 and 1970, a regular binary computer was then used at Moscow State University to replace it. Although this replacement binary computer performed equally well, it was 2.5 times the cost of the Setun. In 1970, a new ternary computer, the Setun-70, was designed. The computer was named after the Setun River, which ends near Moscow University.

ternary logic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_logic

[Flamming_Python]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun


ternary logic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_logic

Wow never knew.

Ultimately tenery, decimal and all other logical and counting systems apart from base-2 (binary) ran into big problems when used in computing; not only were they more complicated and unintuitive than binary in theory, but also the electronic components involved are more complicated and less reliable.

So binary had no problem remaining as the standard. I think there are some very specialised roles in which system such as ternary and other logic can be used in though (e.g. some AI fields).

[merk666]

Wow never knew.

Ultimately tenery, decimal and all other logical and counting systems apart from base-2 (binary) ran into big problems when used in computing; not only were they more complicated and unintuitive than binary in theory, but also the electronic components involved are more complicated and less reliable.

So binary had no problem remaining as the standard. I think there are some very specialised roles in which system such as ternary and other logic can be used in though (e.g. some AI fields).

this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer

[Einhander]

Computers using blonde' logic -"Yes; No but Yes; Maybe"

[kosse]

http://www.techradar.com/news/comput...uting-618217/2

History of the Soviet computing.

[merk666]

http://www.techradar.com/news/comput...uting-618217/2
History of the Soviet computing.

perfect bs.

[merk666]

Ah, the truth hurts it seems. I knew the article would provoke a soviet fanboy knee-jerk reaction. And I was right. Here, I'll quote it for everybody to see. Good day.

why you are posting this bs...?
at least BESM line has computers
besm-1
besm-2
besm-3
besm-4
besm-5
besm-6
and inspired systems
M-20
M-40
M-50
and a variety of military systems.
it is about besm product line only.

[droopy]

Intresting read, thanks.