Puff suppressor

A puff suppressor is an attachment at the back of a line puffer that suppresses all or some of its puffing action. The example below (by Hartmut Holzwart) has a 3-cell puff suppressor at the back which suppresses the entire puff, making a p2 spaceship. If you delete this puff suppressor then you get a p60 double beehive puffer. Puff suppressors were first recognized by Alan Hensel in April 1994.

x = 33, y = 25, rule = B3/S23 12bo$10b2obo$10b2o3bo$8bo3b2obo5bo$8b4ob2o3b4o7bobo$6bo6bo4b3o5bobo2bo $6b7o3bo3bo4bo2bo$3bobo6b2o2bo3bobob2o4bo$2b9o5bo2b2o8bo$b2o14bob2ob4o 3bo2bo$2o4b2obo10bo3bo2bobo$b2o4bo8b3o6bobobo2bo$9bo6b2o6bo4b2o$b2o4bo 8b3o6bobobo2bo$2o4b2obo10bo3bo2bobo$b2o14bob2ob4o3bo2bo$2b9o5bo2b2o8bo $3bobo6b2o2bo3bobob2o4bo$6b7o3bo3bo4bo2bo$6bo6bo4b3o5bobo2bo$8b4ob2o3b 4o7bobo$8bo3b2obo5bo$10b2o3bo$10b2obo$12bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ WIDTH 700 HEIGHT 600 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 THUMBLAUNCH THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 ]]

Example of a spaceship with a 3-cell puff suppressor in the back (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

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With the 3-cell suppressor removed, the spaceship becomes a puffer (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

External links

• Puff suppressor at the Life Lexicon