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
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
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 [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 3 HEIGHT 480 THEME 6 GPS 20 LOOP 160 ZOOM 8 AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 ]]

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

External links

• SW-2 at the Life Lexicon