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Re:Building a ternary computer at home: a software emulator by haqreu on Monday April 13, 2020 @06:21AM (#22854528)
Setun is the only example, and it had a binary memory.
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Re:Building a ternary computer at home: a software emulator by shakna on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:00AM (#22854707)
There was also the Canadian QTC-1. [0]

[0] https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/en/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=2009020829793...

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Re:Building a ternary computer at home: a software emulator by haqreu on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:16AM (#22854802)
This is ROM only, not a fully functioning computer.
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Re:Building a ternary computer at home: a software emulator by shakna on Monday April 13, 2020 @08:18AM (#22855160)
Head to the end of the paper about the ROM [0], and you'll find the QTC-1 was the computer said ROM was designed for, not the ROM design itself.

[0] https://wwwee.ee.bgu.ac.il/~kushnero/ternary/Using%20CMOS%20...

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Re:Building a ternary computer at home: a software emulator by haqreu on Monday April 13, 2020 @08:33AM (#22855258)
AFAIK it was never built, only partially designed.
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