B60

B60
x = 21, y = 13, rule = B3/S23 o11b2o5b2o$3o9b2o5b2o$2bo$2bo12b2o$15b2o5$6bo$6bobo$6b3o$8bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ ZOOM 16 X -2 Y -2 GPS 20 LOOP 61 PAUSE 2 T 60 PAUSE 2 WIDTH 480 HEIGHT 400 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
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Pattern type	Conduit
Conduit type	Elementary
Input	Herschel
Number of cells	12
Bounding box	9 × 5
Output orientation	Turned back
Output offset	(-6, -10)
Step	60 ticks
Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any)	43 ticks
Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any)	35 ticks
Spartan?	Yes
Dependent?	No
Discovered by	Michael Simkin
Year of discovery	2015
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B38/S238 # of rules 22 = 4 Isotropic rules B3/S23 – B34ce8/S234ce8
Pattern files Plaintext b60.cells RLE b60.rle

B60 is a Herschel conduit discovered by Michael Simkin in 2015 using his search program, CatForce. It is one of three known blockic elementary conduits. After 60 ticks, it produces a Herschel rotated 180 degrees at (-6,-10) relative to the input. It can most easily be connected to another B60 conduit, producing a closed loop, the Simkin glider gun or Simkin's p60.

If the first natural glider is not removed, the FNG will obstruct the next Herschel, increasing the repeat time to 43. Assuming effective removal of the FNG, B60 can be overclocked to p35.

Besides connecting to another copy of itself, the B60 conduit has very limited use. On June 26, 2020, Goldtiger997 constructed a stable 46P4H1V0-to-glider converter that makes use of B60.

See also

• R64
• RR56H

External links

• B60 at the Life Lexicon