Xref: utzoo sci.math:6953 comp.misc:6279 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!voder!berlioz!nelson From: nelson@berlioz (Ted Nelson) Newsgroups: sci.math,comp.misc Subject: Re: Base 3 computers? (was: Divide by three?) Message-ID: <324@berlioz.nsc.com> Date: 7 Jun 89 14:39:06 GMT References: <6710021@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <6250@sunray.UUCP> Reply-To: nelson@berlioz.UUCP (Ted Nelson) Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 10 In article <6250@sunray.UUCP> alanm@cognos.UUCP (Alan Myrvold) writes: >I recall hearing about a USSR computer that did base 3 arithmetic, and even >had a Fortran compiler. Does anyone have details or a reference ??? Well, I know that their entire (?) first series at UNIVAC-type machines was base 3. Looking back at my notes, they had one called the SETUN which had an accuracy of 7.74E-9, but that's all the definite info I have. -- Ted.