HartmutHolzwart wrote:I understand from the explanation cited below that the recovery time for the reflector was the limiting factor.
HartmutHolzwart wrote:If using a design with two arms in new technology with 9hd or 10 hd spacing and using the semi-snark as reflector part, would this be any faster than the old design?
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The semi-snark has a somewhat better recovery time than the reflector used in Andrew's design. I understand from the explanation cited below that the recovery time for the reflector was the limiting factor.
dvgrn wrote:Use or non-use of the semi-Snark doesn't make any difference to the speed-limit calculation, because the limiting factor is the repeat rate slowest piece of necessary circuitry that will process the INC instructions.
codeholic wrote:I think that the fastest way of building an elbow block would be a burning helix of gliders, that runs out at one moment leaving an elbow block as debris.
Seawolf wrote:Um, is it just me or is anyone else unable to get over the fact that he built a BEEP replicator in B3/S23?
I mean, it's still so big it needs a zip file, but still.
x = 17, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
b2ob2obo5b2o$11b4obo$2bob3o2bo2b3o$bo3b2o4b2o$o2bo2bob2o3b4o$bob2obo5b
o2b2o$2b2o4bobo2b3o$bo3b5ob2obobo$2bo5bob2o$4bob2o2bobobo!
x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S234y
2bo$3o$bo!
wwei23 wrote:Make a smaller one! Make a faster one!
wwei23 wrote:Make a smaller one! Make a faster one!
mike3 wrote:@dvgrn : I'm curious, how do you manage to easily and friendily edit all these big, complicated patterns? What program do you use that lets you get everything in the right "phase" and what not in an efficient, user-friendly manner?
dvgrn wrote:-- Yeah, this is a lot of words. Here's hoping someone will find some of them useful...!
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