Puffer 1

Puffer 1
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Pattern type	Puffer
Number of cells	44
Bounding box	27×7
Direction	Orthogonal
Period	128
Speed	c/2
Discovered by	Bill Gosper
Year of discovery	1971
Pattern files Plaintext puffer1.cells RLE puffer1.rle
Identifiers apgcode yl128_1_26_ca608988cdf47a55a0ca90e80c540752

Puffer 1 was the first puffer to be found, and was discovered by Bill Gosper in 1971. The debris that it leaves behind are groups of four blinkers and a pair of bookends, as shown below. The debris can be cleaned up and converted into gliders to create a rake as in backrake 3.

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  Debris left behind by puffer 1

See also

• Puffer 2

External links

• Puffer 1 at the Life Lexicon

• Puffer 1 at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue