Talk:Zweiback

Name

Shouldn't it be "Zwieback"? Codeholic (talk) 17:26, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

The original e-mail suggests otherwise:

-2340 From: Mark Niemiec
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 20:51:00 PST
Subject: Zweiback


Mostly to Dean:

Have you tried the following?
(P30 (mod 15) loaf being cooked between two HW volcanos):
x = 79, y = 21
26bo$25bobo$25bob3o40b2o$22bob2o4bo16b2o4b2o8b2o3bo2bo$14b2o6b2o3b2obo
17bo4bobo8bo3b2o$13bobo9b2obob2o16bob2obo2bo7bob2o2b4ob2o$7b2obo2bo6b5ob
o20b2obobob2o6b2obobobo3bobobo$6bob2obob2o4bo5bob2ob2obo20bo6bobobobo2b
2obobobo$6bo4bo8b4o5b2o14bob2ob2ob2o13bobo2bobob2o$4b2ob4obob2o4bobo3bo
2bobo3bo12b2o3b3ob2obob3obo2b3o3bo$3bobo4bobo4b2ob2obob2o2bobo3bo2b2o3bo
3bobo2b2obob2ob2o4bobo4bobo$3bo3b3o2bob3obob2ob3o3b2o6bo2bo2bo3bobo2bo3b
obo4b2obob4ob2o$2obobo2bobo13b2ob2ob2obo4bobo7b2o5b4o8bo4bo$bobobob2o2bo
bobobo6bo14bo5bob2ob2obo5bo4b2obob2obo$bobobo3bobobob2o6b2obobob2o20bob
5o6bo2bob2o$2b2ob4o2b2obo7bo2bob2obo16b2obob2o9bobo$9b2o3bo8bobo4bo17bob
2o3b2o6b2o$7bo2bo3b2o8b2o4b2o16bo4b2obo$7b2o40b3obo$51bobo$52bo!

The basic mechanism is a monostable P12, so a P25 version is
theoretically possible, although I couldn't make one which works.

 -- MDN

Renaming an oscillator that was discovered 20 years ago seems rather bold. Calcyman (talk) 21:55, 3 November 2015 (UTC)