 TERNAC was intended primarily to discover if the implementation of a nonbinary structure on a binary computer was feasible, and to ascertain the cost in memory storage and time for such an implementation.As a feasibility test, it was successful, and proved that both speed and price are comparable with that of binary computers.Ruth Adams and the World's Most Dangerous Polka Band

Ruth Adams and the World's Most Dangerous Polka Band are a senior citizen polka duet who use a rotation of four different drummers.