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Here's my first attempt to make a smaller printer using the three glider recipe. It is not that good, I can do better. But in any case, it is about two thirds the size of the first version using the original readable boat recipe.

matrix-printer2o.mc

EDIT: By changing the basic design a little ...

All of these suggestions are excellent! One that I have some interest in is this one:


For some more unusual candidates, how about half-blockade? It can perfectly well be created in 2+1G fitting in 16x16 (barely):

x = 71, y = 93, rule = B3/S23
33b2o$33b2o2$53bo$32b2o19bobo$32b2o19b2o11 ...

Wow. That's quite an improvement!


Your welcome! :)


The modernized B2D unit still uses the same bit-reading recipe as the original, doesn't it? I didn't check glider-for-glider, but it seems to me I recognize the honeyfarm start and the careful jockeying to get a block around to the other ...

As for the B2D unit, I'd also like to see it modernised, but that is way beyond my abilities.


Earlier today I finished a modernized B2D unit that I began working on not long after the new scripts were posted here. Here it is:

improved-b2d.mc

This is the LifeHistory version:

improved-b2d ...

I didn't check the period, but the glider loops are advertised as being p67108864, which is 2^26 -- that's perfectly Hashlife-friendly.


I'm very sorry, the gun is pretty much hashlife friendly! I can run it at a step of 8^6 generations, although it problematic at higher speeds. One reason why I ...

Earlier today (July 17 if in doubt), I finished this gun which outputs c/11 speed demonoids!

Unfortunately, the gun is not hashlife friendly, and it is more of a prototype. For one thing, you could make the design simpler if you had a more suitable synthesis for the body. It should also be ...

Hello, I call myself enofet. I have been fascinated with cellular automata for the past ~10 years now. I also love mathematics and nature. I have made several patterns which I will post to this site soon.