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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||||
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| Conduit type | Converter | ||||||
| Input | B-heptomino | ||||||
| Output | Herschel | ||||||
| Number of cells | 10 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 11 × 5 | ||||||
| Output orientation | Unturned, flipped | ||||||
| Step | 59 ticks | ||||||
| Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any) |
54 ticks | ||||||
| Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any) |
Unknown | ||||||
| Spartan? | Yes | ||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1996 | ||||||
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Conduit 1, also known by its systematic name BFx59H, is one of the earliest and most remarkable converters, discovered by Dave Buckingham on July 5 1996. Composed of a block and a snake (or eater 1 to make it Spartan), it transforms a B-heptomino into a clean Herschel with very good clearance in 59 generations, allowing easy connections to other conduits (see images below). It forms the final stage of many of the known composite conduits, including the majority of the original sixteen Herschel conduits. It is important because it was one of the key pieces in finding a method for construction of oscillators and guns of arbitrary large period (see omniperiodic).
Image gallery
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Generation 0 with a B-heptomino -
Generation 59 with a Herschel
External links
- BFx59H at the Life Lexicon
- My Experience with B-Heptominos in Oscillators by David Buckingham