Herschel Duplicator

[knightlife]

Has anyoune made an elemental stable conduit that has one Herschel input and two Herschel outputs?

[PM 2Ring]

I don't know exactly what you mean by elemental, but a herschel duplicator is fairly easy to build. Start with any herschel conduit that emits a glider & feed that glider into a glider to herschel converter. But I assume you want something that is a bit more compact...

[calcyman]

The simplest one found so far is this one:

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x = 66, y = 87, rule = B3/S23
13b2o$12bo2bo$13b2o5$58b2o$57bo2bo$58b2o$23b2o$23b2o3$25bo$24bobo$25bo
$26b3o$28bo16$22bo$21bobo31b2o$21bo2bo30b2o$22b2o$62bob2o$62b2obo3$2o
42b2o$2o43bo$4b2o39bobo$4b2o40b2o$18b2o$18b2o$60b2o$60bobo$62bo$62b2o
2$30b2o$30b2o$8b2o$9bo$6b3o$6bo50b2o$10b2o45bo$10b2o46b3o$60bo2$10bo$
10b3o$13bo$12b2o11b2o$25b2o6$11bo21b2o21b2o$11bobo18bobo21b2o$11b3o18b
o17b2o$13bo17b2o17b2o3$52b2o$45b2o5b2o$4b2o39b2o$5bo$2b3o20b2o$2bo22bo
$26b3o$28bo!

[knightlife]

Thanks Calcyman, I like your duplicator. I rewrote the question several times and almost included "gliderless" in the question, but I know gliders are a very common byproduct of Herschel conduits in general and didn't want to exclude them. Something more compact that doesn't need a G-to-H converter would be nice, but it is difficult to find, I'm sure.

This reaction made me think about the Herschel duplicator:

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x = 5, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
3o$2bo$b3o8$3b2o$2b2o$4bo!

Obviously something better is needed, but two Herschels are created when a glider hits the initial Herschel.

[calcyman]

Thanks Calcyman, I like your duplicator.

Just to clarify: I didn't make that duplicator -- it has been known for years.

Dave Greene made a nice one quite recently. The output is adjustable because it uses a (non-standard) transceiver:

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x = 147, y = 131, rule = LifeHistory
4.2A.A$4.A.2A2$5.5A$2A2.A4.A$A2.A.BAB$.A.A.2AB$2A.A.4BA$3.A3.BABA$3.
2A2.A2BA$8.2A3B$10.7B$10.9B$10.10B$10.11B$6.14B$6.14B$5.16B$5.17B$5.
11B2A4B$6.10B2A9B$6.24B$6.25B$7.24B$8.24B$7.26B$8.26B$6.29B$6.2A.21B
2A4B$7.A3.18BA2BA3B$4.3A5.9B.8B2A4B$4.A7.8B3.4B2.6B$14.5B5.4B2.B57.2B
$14.6B5.4B34.2A22.5B$14.7B5.4B34.A21.7B$15.2B.4B5.4B20.A11.A21.8B$13.
4B2.4B5.4B19.3A9.2A20.9B$13.2A5.4B5.4B21.A9.B20.10B$14.A6.4B5.4B7.2A
10.2A9.3B19.8BA$11.3A8.4B5.4B7.A10.5B5.6B16.8BABA$11.A11.4B5.4B6.A.AB
9.4B3.10B11.10BABA$24.4B5.4B6.2AB.3B4.6B2.11B3.2B2.14BAB$25.4B5.4B7.
7B.13B2A15BD11B$26.4B5.4B6.21B2A15BDBD9B$27.4B5.4B6.37B3D7B$28.4B5.4B
4.40BD7B$29.4B5.4B.46B2.B$29.5B2.2B.20B.B3.13B.4B$29.28B7.7B.B5.3B$
28.22B.6B19.4B$28.22B2.B.5B17.2A$29.21B7.2A18.A$29.20B8.A16.3A$29.8B.
4B3.4B9.3A13.A$16.A11.7B2.4B5.4B10.A$16.3A8.4B.8B7.4B$19.A6.4B3.6B9.
4B$18.2A5.4B5.4B11.4B$18.4B2.4B5.6B11.4B$20.2B.4B5.8B11.4B$19.7B5.4B
2.4B11.4B$19.6B5.4B4.4B11.4B$19.5B5.4B2.B3.4B11.4B$9.A7.8B3.4B2.10B
11.4B$9.3A5.9B.8B2A8B11.4B$12.A3.18BA2BA3B.4B11.4B$11.2A.21B2A4B2.4B
11.4B$11.29B4.4B11.4B$13.26B6.4B11.4B$12.26B8.4B11.4B$13.24B10.4B11.
4B$12.24B12.4B11.4B$11.25B13.4B11.4B$11.24B15.4B11.4B$11.10B2A9B19.4B
11.4B$10.11B2A4B25.4B11.4B$10.17B26.4B11.4B$10.16B28.4B11.4B$11.14B
30.4B11.4B$11.14B31.4B11.4B$15.11B31.4B11.4B$15.10B33.4B11.4B$15.9B
35.4B11.4B$15.7B38.4B11.4B$13.2A3B43.4B11.4B$8.2A2.A2BA46.4B10.4B$8.A
3.BABA47.4B9.5B$5.2A.A.4BA49.4B7.9B$6.A.A.2AB52.4B6.9B$5.A2.A.BAB53.
4B5.9B$5.2A2.A4.A52.4B3.10B$10.5A53.4B.12B$63.2A4.17B$9.A.2A51.A5.16B
$9.2A.A51.A.AB3.15B$65.2AB.17B$67.18B26.A$67.18B24.3A$68.17B.B21.A$
67.19B2A20.2A$65.19B.B2A8.A8.5B$63.21B2.B9.3A5.4B$63.2BC19B14.A3.7B$
62.3BCBC4B.12B13.2A2.9B$63.2B3C4B2.11B10.B2.3B.11B$62.5BC4B.13B8.3B3.
13B$61.10B3.13B7.18B2A11.A$60.4B10.14B6.18B2A11.3A$60.3B12.6B4.4B4.
18B.B15.A$58.4B13.7B4.4B2.18B17.2A$58.2A15.6B6.4B.20B15.4B$59.A14.6B
8.25B2.7B.B5.3B$56.3A15.6B9.24B2.13B.4B$56.A16.8B9.50B2.B$74.6B8.B2.
45BD7B$74.7B5.48B3D7B$72.45B2A15BDBD9B$70.B.2B2A13B2A26B2A15BD11B$69.
2A3B2A13B2A21B.11B3.2B2.14BAB$69.2A40B2.10B11.10BABA$70.41B3.6B16.8BA
BA$68.5B2.B2.2B2.28B5.3B19.8BA$68.2A4.3B7.4B2.7B.13B4.B20.10B$69.A4.B
2AB12.6B2.13B3.2A20.9B$66.3A6.2A15.3B3.11B5.A21.8B$66.A26.B4.9B8.A21.
7B$99.8B7.2A22.5B$99.8B32.2B$99.6B$100.5B$100.3B!