Conduit 1

	Conduit 1
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Pattern type	Conduit
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).

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Generation 0 with a B-heptomino
Generation 59 with a Herschel

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External links

BFx59H at the Life Lexicon
My Experience with B-Heptominos in Oscillators by David Buckingham

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