Bronco

Bronco
x = 55, y = 48, rule = B3/S23 o$b2o35bo$2o35bobo$38bo2$36b5o$35bo4bo12b2o$34bo2bo9b2o5bo$31bo2bob2o 9bobob3o$30bobobo5bo8bobo$31bo2bo4bobo7b2o$34b2o2bo2bo$39b2o$52b2o$28b o23b2o$28b3o$31bo$30b2o7$bo$b3o$3bo15b2o$3bo15b2o3$49b2o$49b2o2$22b2o$ 23bo29b2o$20b3o30bo$20bo6b2o22bobo$26bobo22b2o$26bo$25b2o8b2o$35b2o$ 51b2o$51bobo$53bo$53b2o2$43b2o$43b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 12 WIDTH 700 HEIGHT 600 GPS 50 AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 2 T 285 PAUSE 2 T 344 PAUSE 2 LOOP 345 ]]
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Pattern type	Conduit
Conduit type	Converter
Input	Glider
Output	Herschel
Number of cells	107
Bounding box	58 × 48
Step	Unknown
Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any)	270 ticks
Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any)	Unknown
Spartan?	No
Discovered by	Tanner Jacobi
Year of discovery	2018
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 only # of rules 20 = 1 Isotropic rules B3/S23 only
Pattern files Plaintext bronco.cells RLE bronco.rle

The bronco is a glider-to-Herschel converter discovered by Tanner Jacobi in 2018, and named according to a suggestion by Jeremy Tan, just like its predecessor, the syringe. The version shown in the infobox is a bounding box reduction by Simon Ekström. It works by converting a bait block into a pi, then hassling the pi into a century, traffic light and then a B-heptomino. Its repeat time is 270, which means it is only useful for optimising high period guns. It is Spartan except for the eater 3. Unlike the syringe, the FNG does not need to be eaten.

As a G-to-B converter, the bronco can be followed by Conduit 1 (BFx59H, as shown in the infobox), BNW39T172, BSE22T31, BFx176R. With an eater 1 moved to a different location, it becomes possible to connect the output to a B-to-2G with systematic description BNW-12T9_SE22T31.

x = 56, y = 46, rule = B3/S23 34b2obo$34bob2o2$35b5o$30b2o2bo4bo$30bo2bo2bo18bo$31bobob2o16b3o$30b2o bo5bo12bo$33bo4bobo11b2o$33b2o2bo2bo$38b2o2$27bo$27b3o$30bo$29b2o2$19b o$20bo$18b3o3$o$3o$2bo15b2o$2bo15b2o3$48b2o$48b2o2$21b2o$22bo29b2o$21b o30bo$21b2o3b2o22bobo$25bobo22b2o$25bo$24b2o8b2o$34b2o$50b2o$50bobo$ 52bo$52b2o2$42b2o$42b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 8 HEIGHT 500 THEME Book AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 3 T 208 PAUSE 1 T 267 PAUSE 2 LOOP 268 ]] The original version with a slightly larger bounding box (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 63, y = 46, rule = B3/S23 39b2obo$39bob2o2$40b5o$35b2o2bo4bo$35bo2bo2bo$36bobob2o$35b2obo5bo$38b o4bobo$38b2o2bo2bo$43b2o2$19bo12bo$17bobo12b3o$18b2o15bo23b2o$34b2o23b obo$2o59bo$2o27b2o30b2o$29b2o8$9bo$8bobo11b2o$8b2o12b2o29b2o$53b2o3$ 57b2o$57bo$31b2o22bobo$30bobo22b2o$30bo$29b2o8b2o$39b2o$55b2o$55bobo$ 57bo$57b2o2$47b2o$47b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 8 HEIGHT 500 THEME Book AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 3 T 230 PAUSE 1 T 379 PAUSE 2 LOOP 380 ]] A different placement of an eater 1, with a B-to-2G attached to the output (click above to open LifeViewer)

NW-23

As a G-to-H (i.e. when followed by Conduit 1), the bronco can be turned into a closed loop by attaching a compatible H-to-G converter with prefix "NW-23". An elementary NW-23T224 converter was discovered by Tanner Jacobi in September 2022, leading to a bounding box reduction of the p563 glider gun.

x = 79, y = 53, rule = B3/S23 67b2o$67b2o2$77b2o$77bo$75bobo$75b2o$59b2o$2bo46b2o8b2o$2b3o45bo$5bo 22b2o20bobo22b2o$4b2o7b2o13bo17b2o3b2o22bobo$13b2o11bobo17bo30bo$26b2o 19bo29b2o$46b2o2$73b2o$73b2o$58b2o$2o58bo$2o25bo15b2o3bo9b2o$27bo15b2o 2b2o4bo4b2o$25b3o18b2o5bob2ob2obo$25bo21bo5bo5bo$48bo6bobo3b2o$54b2obo 3b2o$54b3o4$54b2o$55bo$52b3o$52bo23b2o$76b2o$63b2o$58b2o2bo2bo$55bo2bo 4bobo7b2o$54bobobo5bo8bobob2o$55bo2bob2o9bobob2obo$58bo2bo9b2o$14b2o 43bo4bo$13bobo44b5o$13bo$12b2o48bo$61bobo$62bo$28b2o$27bo2bo$28b2o2bob 2o$29bob2obo$29bo2bobobo$30b2o3b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 8 WIDTH 700 HEIGHT 500 GPS 50 AUTOSTART KILLGLIDERS ]]

A period 563 glider gun, with Bronco followed by a NW-23T224 (click above to open LifeViewer) Catagolue: here

In general, attaching a compatible H-to-G converter with output NW-23T(t) gives a (t + 339)-tick loop. Some simple possibilities are:

• The combination R64 + R64 + SE5T12 is a composite NW-23T148, yielding a p487 loop.
• SW10T108 (the standard dependent conduit glider output) followed by a Snark gives a composite NW-23T112, leading to a p451 loop. More generally, a H-to-G converter with output SW(2n)T(t) followed by a single Snark may give a composite NW-23T(t+4) converter. Examples include a p517 loop using SW28T174 + Snark, a p561 loop using SW22T218 + Snark, a p661 loop using SW44T318 + Snark.