SW-2

SW-2
x = 13, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 11bo$10bobo$10bobo$11bo$o$obo$3o$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 20 WIDTH 480 HEIGHT 480 GPS 30 PAUSE 2 LOOP 100 ]]
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Pattern type	Conduit
Conduit type	Converter
Input	Herschel
Output	glider
Number of cells	6
Bounding box	2 × 3
Step	Unknown
Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any)	57 ticks
Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any)	Unknown
Spartan?	Yes
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B38/S23 # of rules 21 = 2 Isotropic rules B3/S23 – B34q8/S234c6i
Pattern files Plaintext swminus2t21.cells RLE swminus2t21.rle

SW-2 is the simplest type of H-to-G converter, where the converter's effect is simply to suppress a Herschel cleanly after allowing its first natural glider to escape. The name should be read as "SW minus two", where -2 is a glider lane number. The complete designation is SW-2T21. See NW31T120 for a discussion of the standard naming conventions used for these converters.

An unlimited number of converters have the SW-2T21 classification. The variants most often used consist of just a few small still life catalysts, as shown below. The beehive one is in the infobox.

x = 42, y = 42, rule = B3/S23 35b2o$35bo$33bobo$29b2o2b2o$29b2o$5b2o$5b2o$29b2o$29b2o4$9b2o$9b2o2$o 24bo$obo22bobo$3o22b3o$2bo24bo13$3b2o$3b2o$40bo$39bobo$40b2o2$40b2o$o 8b2o14bo13bobo$obo6bobo13bobo12bo$3o8bo13b3o$2bo8b2o14bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 HEIGHT 480 THEME 6 GPS 20 LOOP 160 ZOOM 8 AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 ]]

(click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• Strictly volatile p86

External links

• SW-2 at the Life Lexicon