Thick

When more than four planes are in use, juggling supplementary memory is required; at present this is done from the RAM disk for a number of planes limited by DOS 's buffer allocation. Both the number of disks and the disk assignment are embedded in the source program; they are set for twelve planes on unit D. Changes require recompilation, which is not a fully satisfactory arrangement.

The regular pair of run commands, S and s, are assigned to this combination; evolution will be slower and blinker than usual. It is necessary to wait out the full sequence of planes in each generation before proceeding to the next generation, but suppressing part of the presentation would not improve the speed given that the display is an inherent part of the cam's operation.

Whatever rule is visible in the rule panel will be placed in the lookup table by INSERT.

All the planes can be randomized to 50% initial density by typing Y, even those in disk files.

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Harold V. McIntosh
E-mail:mcintosh@servidor.unam.mx