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Oscillators

By mixing stable and volatile artifacts, many investigators produced a huge variety of long period oscillators; some of them were capable of creating gliders when placed in close proximity so that non-essential debris in their cycles could interact. The culmination of this effort was a remarkable series of constructions and constructors.

 
Figure: An oscillator of period 30.  



Harold V. McIntosh
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