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!MacroLife/LifeForms/Oscillatrs/!Catalogue
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1995-07.adf » !Life_MacroLife |
| Filename: | !MacroLife/LifeForms/Oscillatrs/!Catalogue |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0597 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
# # This file provides help messages for the Lifeforms in this directory. # BarberPole: This oscillator can be extended to any length. Billiard4: A period 4 'billiard-table configuration'. Billiard7: A period 7 'billiard-table configuration'. BiPunch: A period 6 'duplex' oscillator. BShuttle: A 'B Heptomino' shuttle; the basis for the 'new gun'. ClockII: Another billiard table pattern. Crab: A period 10 oscillator. Cross: A period 3 oscillator. Crossing: A period 6 oscillator. Electric: The ends of the fence were found using a computer search program. Flip-flop: This works in 3-4 Life, as well. Galaxy: A period 8 oscillator. Gen. 4 looks a bit like a spiral galaxy. GliderPark: Four gliders sit still and wag their tails. Hertz: A well known period 8 oscillator. Horologium: Lots of clocks. MakeOscill: Six gliders come together to form an oscillator. NoEscape: The central figure is known as a roteightor. PentaBounc: The period can be changed by moving the pentadecathlons. Pulsar: The pulsar frequently turns up in random fields. Roundabout: A 'scaleable' period 2 oscillator. Shuttle: The basis for the original glider gun. Also called Piston. TestTube: Another 'stretchable' period 2 oscillator. TicTacToe: A p5 oscillator. Generation 1 is also a p4 oscillator in 3-4 Life. Tumbler: A period 14 oscillator. Vesuvius: A period 5 oscillator.
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Gen. 4 looks | 000002b0 61 20 62 69 74 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 61 20 73 70 69 |a bit like a spi| 000002c0 72 61 6c 20 67 61 6c 61 78 79 2e 0a 47 6c 69 64 |ral galaxy..Glid| 000002d0 65 72 50 61 72 6b 3a 20 20 46 6f 75 72 20 67 6c |erPark: Four gl| 000002e0 69 64 65 72 73 20 73 69 74 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 |iders sit still | 000002f0 61 6e 64 20 77 61 67 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 74 61 |and wag their ta| 00000300 69 6c 73 2e 0a 48 65 72 74 7a 3a 20 20 20 20 20 |ils..Hertz: | 00000310 20 20 41 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 70 | A well known p| 00000320 65 72 69 6f 64 20 38 20 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 |eriod 8 oscillat| 00000330 6f 72 2e 0a 48 6f 72 6f 6c 6f 67 69 75 6d 3a 20 |or..Horologium: | 00000340 20 4c 6f 74 73 20 6f 66 20 63 6c 6f 63 6b 73 2e | Lots of clocks.| 00000350 0a 4d 61 6b 65 4f 73 63 69 6c 6c 3a 20 20 53 69 |.MakeOscill: Si| 00000360 78 20 67 6c 69 64 65 72 73 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 |x gliders come t| 00000370 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 |ogether to form | 00000380 61 6e 20 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 20 0a |an oscillator. .| 00000390 4e 6f 45 73 63 61 70 65 3a 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 |NoEscape: The| 000003a0 20 63 65 6e 74 72 61 6c 20 66 69 67 75 72 65 20 | central figure | 000003b0 69 73 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 61 73 20 61 20 72 6f |is known as a ro| 000003c0 74 65 69 67 68 74 6f 72 2e 0a 50 65 6e 74 61 42 |teightor..PentaB| 000003d0 6f 75 6e 63 3a 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 65 72 69 6f |ounc: The perio| 000003e0 64 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 |d can be changed| 000003f0 20 62 79 20 6d 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 | by moving the p| 00000400 65 6e 74 61 64 65 63 61 74 68 6c 6f 6e 73 2e 0a |entadecathlons..| 00000410 50 75 6c 73 61 72 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 |Pulsar: The| 00000420 20 70 75 6c 73 61 72 20 66 72 65 71 75 65 6e 74 | pulsar frequent| 00000430 6c 79 20 74 75 72 6e 73 20 75 70 20 69 6e 20 72 |ly turns up in r| 00000440 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 66 69 65 6c 64 73 2e 0a 52 6f |andom fields..Ro| 00000450 75 6e 64 61 62 6f 75 74 3a 20 20 41 20 27 73 63 |undabout: A 'sc| 00000460 61 6c 65 61 62 6c 65 27 20 70 65 72 69 6f 64 20 |aleable' period | 00000470 32 20 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 0a 53 68 |2 oscillator..Sh| 00000480 75 74 74 6c 65 3a 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 62 |uttle: The b| 00000490 61 73 69 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 |asis for the ori| 000004a0 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 67 6c 69 64 65 72 20 67 75 6e |ginal glider gun| 000004b0 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 50 69 |. Also called Pi| 000004c0 73 74 6f 6e 2e 0a 54 65 73 74 54 75 62 65 3a 20 |ston..TestTube: | 000004d0 20 20 20 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 27 73 74 72 65 | Another 'stre| 000004e0 74 63 68 61 62 6c 65 27 20 70 65 72 69 6f 64 20 |tchable' period | 000004f0 32 20 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 0a 54 69 |2 oscillator..Ti| 00000500 63 54 61 63 54 6f 65 3a 20 20 20 41 20 70 35 20 |cTacToe: A p5 | 00000510 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 20 47 65 6e 65 |oscillator. Gene| 00000520 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 31 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f |ration 1 is also| 00000530 20 61 20 70 34 20 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 6f 72 | a p4 oscillator| 00000540 20 69 6e 20 33 2d 34 20 4c 69 66 65 2e 0a 54 75 | in 3-4 Life..Tu| 00000550 6d 62 6c 65 72 3a 20 20 20 20 20 41 20 70 65 72 |mbler: A per| 00000560 69 6f 64 20 31 34 20 6f 73 63 69 6c 6c 61 74 6f |iod 14 oscillato| 00000570 72 2e 0a 56 65 73 75 76 69 75 73 3a 20 20 20 20 |r..Vesuvius: | 00000580 41 20 70 65 72 69 6f 64 20 35 20 6f 73 63 69 6c |A period 5 oscil| 00000590 6c 61 74 6f 72 2e 0a |lator..| 00000597
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