｢ The Setun, the world’s first ternary computer, was developed at Moscow State University in 1958. Its troubled and short-lived history is covered in the video. The machine itself uses “trits” (ternary digits) instead of “bits” (binary digits) ｣

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/the-setun-was-a-ternary-computer-from-the-ussr-in-1958/

#retrocomputing #USSR #setun

Repórter Retro 121

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/12/31/reporter-retro-121/

#ReprterRetro #8BitGuy #AdrianBlack #Amiga1200 #AOL #AppleLisa #arcticretro #Asianometry #ChandlerKlser #ChapletHalikan #CliveSinclair #Codeolences #Columns #Commodore #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #CulturaHacker #Fanzines #IBM #JustAnotherElectronicsBlog #Laptop #microsoft #MSOffice #MSDOS #MSXGoauld #MUMPS #PhrackMagazine #Retrobright #RRGChampionEdition #SayakasDigitalAttic #Setun #sinclair #SuperFamicom #SuperNi

'Ternary Computing: Theoretically Better than Binary'

By Asianometry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWKyrAXxzGA

#Asianometry #Ternary #Trinary #Trit #Setun #Setun70 #Computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbJMtJq20NY&pp=ygUOc2V0dW4gY29tcHV0ZXI%3D

#setun #ternary

DSSP (Dialog System for Structured Programming)

http://brokestream.com/daf.txt

"DSSP was created in the laboratory of Brousentsov N.P. at the Computer science department of the Moscow State University in 1980, contemporary version - in 1985, 32-bit version - in 1989."

"Setun-70 is a ternary minicomputer with a two-stack architecture. From it DSSP inherited control constructions and the basic idea: programming without a semantic gap."

"Brousentsov was educated as mathematician. He has theoretical works in the fields of logic and computer architecture.
And he had a big experience in the computer industry as an architect and constructor of ternary computers Setun and Setun-70."

#DSSP #SETUN #Forth #programming #retrodev #retrocomputing

After #carbonnanotube transistors I see many #cfnet based designs for ternary logic circuits. Each new paper tries to make some #ternary logic gate more performant and less power consuming. This makes me think, Are Ternary computers gonna come back?

Unfortunately, I am a software guy and I don't know enough about these to conclude anything.

#digital_design
#digital_computers
#computers
#hardware
#electronics

#computer_hardware
#ternary
#tenrary_computers
#setun #circuit_design

@gid something to do with #ternary computers? 😃 I'm less familiar with the soviet space program, but I've heard of #Strela and #Setun!

Also this popped up a while back and introduced me to the concept 😊
https://hackaday.com/2016/12/16/building-the-first-ternary-microprocessor/