Gregory's ServerIn base 27, triplets of ternary digits are encoded in heptavintimal digits. There is a need for an encoding akin to hexdecimal for ternary computers. Heptavintimal meets this need, offering a natural encoding for 3-trit trybbles.
http://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/heptavintimal
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@GustavinoBevilacqua I've thought about this since you wrote it.. I think this might be better system than the one specified here: http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~dwjones/ternary/hept.shtml I think I'll adopt that instead.  @GustavinoBevilacqua I think having a zero looks a bit nicer. The implementation is almost as simple. And you can start those numbers with 0Y (in analogy with 0X), since Y has three branches. @GustavinoBevilacqua haha that's cute, I thought maybe 0h, but 0y is best :) Thanks for the idea!  @neauoire I'm bookmarking this for later because I need to look further into this in comparison with @oblomov it's linked at the bottom of the page, but yes, it's a good resource to have :) read through Jones' articles! |
@neauoire
Interesting… an heptavintimal digit can be expressed using the 26 letters of the ASCII alphabet plus the 0.