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Revision as of 12:57, 20 January 2021

Pulsar Pixel Display
Pulsar Pixel Display image
Pattern type Miscellaneous
Number of cells 118753
Bounding box 7170 × 3935
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Mark Walsh
Year of discovery 2011

The Pulsar Pixel Display (PPD) is a large-scale raster line display device completed by Mark Walsh in August 2011,[1] where pulsars form the individual pixels in an otherwise empty grid. The published sample pattern displays and erases eight 7×5-pixel characters on each of two lines of text.

References

  1. ↑ Mark Walsh (August 3, 2011). Re: triller's p30 thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums