L156
| L156 | |||||
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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||
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| Conduit type | Composite | ||||
| Input | Herschel | ||||
| Number of cells | 56 | ||||
| Output orientation | Turned left | ||||
| Output offset | (17, -41) | ||||
| Step | 156 ticks | ||||
| Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any) |
62 ticks | ||||
| Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any) |
Unknown | ||||
| Spartan? | Yes | ||||
| Dependent? | No | ||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||
| Year of discovery | 1996 | ||||
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L156 is a composite conduit, one of the original sixteen Herschel conduits, discovered by Dave Buckingham in August 1996. It is made up of three elementary conduits, HLx69R, RF28B, and BFx59H. After 156 ticks, it produces a Herschel turned 90 degrees counterclockwise at (17, -41) relative to the input. Its recovery time is 62 ticks. It can be made Spartan by replacing the snake with an eater 1 in one of two orientations. In the pattern shown in the infobox, a ghost Herschel marks the output location. Any herschel track with period 62 or above can be a gun by using this conduit. Three variants are shown below.
The first is the one in the Infobox. The second uses an alternative RF28B to produce a glider in a different direction. The third uses an RNE-19T84 to produce 2 extra gliders.
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The third L156 produces an extra block, which must be:
- 1. deleted using a reflector (such as the p8 bumper + dependent conduit, such as in the infobox);
- 2. deleted using a set of conduits (e.g. R64 + F117);
If the block is not deleted, this conduit becomes a "semi-L156", which blocks every second Herschel, thus a period doubler.
External links
- L156 at the Life Lexicon