non-binary hardware

[Rob Carriere]

mouse at mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
> By the way, does anyone know of a non-mechanical digital calculator or
> computer that isn't essentially binary?

Some people working on optical digital circuitry are considering using
trinary, as that seems to fit well with the physics of some of the
materials.  So who knows, maybe 50 years from now Der Katze will post
the question ``is there any computer that is not essentially
trinary?'' :-)

Rob Carriere