Period-246 glider gun
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| Period-246 glider gun | |||||||||
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| Pattern type | Gun | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 81 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 43 × 38 | ||||||||
| Period | 246 | ||||||||
| Barrels | 2 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1996 | ||||||||
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Period-246 glider gun is a true period glider gun with period 246, discovered by Dave Buckingham in June 1996.[1] The 180-degree mod-123 symmetry of its bookend-based engine makes it trivial to modify it into a double-barrelled gun. A capped version of this gun was the smallest known period-246 oscillator by population until it was superseded by unix on p82 lumps of muck hassler (Catagolue: here).
Upon the discovery of R49, praosylen noted that the same stable catalyst can also support the inactive part of the gun.[2]
Gallery
| Period-246 oscillator (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
| SKOP 492: period-246 glider gun with boat-bit (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
References
- ↑ Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on October 28, 2020.
- ↑ praosylen (October 4, 2019). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums