<s>
TERNAC	B-Device
is	O
an	O
emulation	O
written	O
in	O
FORTRAN	O
of	O
a	O
ternary	B-Device
computer	I-Device
on	O
another	O
binary	O
machine	O
,	O
a	O
Burroughs	B-Device
B1700	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
provided	O
both	O
fixed-point	O
and	O
floating-point	O
capability	O
;	O
fixed-point	O
words	O
were	O
24	O
trits	B-Algorithm
in	O
length	O
and	O
the	O
floating-point	O
words	O
had	O
42	O
trits	B-Algorithm
for	O
mantissa	B-Algorithm
and	O
6	O
trits	B-Algorithm
for	O
exponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TERNAC	B-Device
was	O
intended	O
primarily	O
to	O
discover	O
if	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
nonbinary	O
structure	O
on	O
a	O
binary	O
computer	O
was	O
feasible	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
ascertain	O
the	O
cost	O
in	O
memory	O
storage	O
and	O
time	O
for	O
such	O
an	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
