Here's a quick walkthrough of the process of turning a single signal into several synchronized signals, using chris_c's recent four-signal switch engine circuit.
Start with all gliders
For this case, let's adjust the Herschel circuits first so that the four input gliders are more or less as close together as possible:
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#C four signals to a switch engine "swimmer"
x = 198, y = 194, rule = LifeHistory
193.C$191.3C$190.C$190.2C$187.5B$186.4B$180.2B4.5B$179.3B3.6B$170.2A
6.5B3.6B$170.A.A4.6B.9B$171.AB3.16B$172.22B$171.25B$170.26B$170.25B$
169.25B$162.2A6.23B$162.A.A4.23B$163.AB3.23B$164.27B$163.28B$162.30BA
$162.28B.A.A$161.28B3.2A$154.2A6.23B.B$154.A.A4.23B$155.AB3.23B$156.
27B$155.28B$154.30BA$53.2A11.A87.28B.A.A$52.B2AB9.A.A85.28B3.2A$53.3B
9.A.A2.2A3.A70.2A6.23B.B$52.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A69.A.A4.23B$52.5B8.B2.A
.A3.A.A70.AB3.23B$52.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A72.27B$52.8B4.2A.A.A3.A73.28B$53.
13B2.A.AB2.A71.30BA$51.13B5.A.A2B.A70.28B.A.A$50.15B5.A2B.2A19.2A48.
28B3.2A$50.15B4.3B17.A6.A41.2A6.23B.B$49.17B.B.2B16.3A6.A.A.A37.A.A4.
23B$49.29B8.A8.2A.2A.A37.AB3.23B$48.13B2A16B7.2A8.B4.A38.27B$47.14B2A
16B2.B.5B6.B2AB3A38.28B$46.2AB3.27B.6B6.B.B2A.A39.30BA$45.A2.A4.34B4.
4B43.28B.A.A$44.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.26B42.28B3.2A$44.A7.6B14.25B33.2A6.
23B.B$43.2A6.9B14.21B2A33.A.A4.23B$50.4B4.2A15.20B2A34.AB3.23B$49.4B
5.A16.19B38.27B$48.4B7.3A11.8B2.11B37.28B$50.B10.A11.2A3.B5.10B36.30B
A$74.A7.6BD2B2D2B35.28B.A.A$71.3A8.2A4.B3D4B2.2A29.28B3.2A$71.A11.A2.
4BD7BA.A21.2A6.23B.B$80.3A3.11B3.A21.A.A4.23B$80.A5.5B2A4B3.2A21.AB3.
23B$86.5B2A3B28.27B$86.10B27.28B$86.9B27.30BA$86.9B27.28B.A.A$87.8B
26.28B3.2A$86.8B20.2A6.23B.B$87.6B21.A.A4.23B$81.2A4.8B4.B15.AB3.23B$
82.A4.6B23.16B2D9B$82.A.AB.7B21.17BDBD8B$83.2AB2.6B20.18BD11BA$85.8B
21.28B.A.A$85.8B6.2A12.8BD19B3.2A$86.8B5.A14.7B2D16B$87.7B3.A.A14.6BD
BD17B$82.A5.6B3.2A14.22B2.4B$82.3A3.2B3D2B18.22B3.4B$69.2A14.A2.2BD4B
19.21B4.4B$70.A13.2A2.B3D4B.3B13.23BA3.4B$70.A.AB10.16B.2B11.16B3DB.A
.A3.4B$71.2AB.2A9.19B8.17BD3B2.2A4.4B$73.2B2AB8.20B2.B3.8B4.B.2B2.BD
2B9.4B$73.4B10.23B.4B2D2B11.5B9.4B$73.6B8.27BDBD2B10.9B7.4B$17.C53.B
2.5B2.B5.29BDB11.9B8.4B$17.2C51.2AB.2B2A6B3.31B11.9B9.4B$16.C.C51.2A
4B2A37B.B11.10B10.4B$71.2B.40B5.2A6.12B10.4B$74.39B5.B2AB5.13B10.4B$
73.39B7.2B7.11B12.4B$73.38B7.2B6.12B14.4B$74.6B.B2.25B8.BA2B.16B15.4B
$73.6B6.B5.17B9.A.A18B16.4B$71.2A6B13.16B10.A.18B17.4B10.2A$70.A.A5B
14.16B7.3A3.18B.B15.4B9.A$70.A4.3B16.13B8.A5.19B2A15.4B10.A$69.2A26.
9B13.19B.B2A9.2A5.4B5.5A$96.8B5.B2.2B2.20B4.B11.A5.4B4.A$95.7B6.11BD
16B16.A.AB.7B2.B3A$94.4B2.B3.B2.12BDBD4B.9B17.2AB.7B3.2B.A$93.4B6.2AB
.B2A9B3D4B2.7B20.12B4A$92.4B7.2A3B2A11BD4B2.7B20.7B2A3BAB2.2A$91.4B9.
B.19B4.6B20.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$90.4B12.7B.4B10.7B20.10B3.B.A.2A$90.3B12.7B
.4B12.6B19.8B8.A$90.2B12.12B13.7B17.9B7.2A$90.B13.11B14.6B17.4B2.3B$
101.3B.9B15.5B17.4B3.5B$101.12B15.6B16.4B7.2A$100.2A11B.2B12.4B17.4B
8.A$100.2A5BD7B2A11.2B2AB15.4B10.3A$101.B.3B3D4B.B2A13.2A3.2A10.4B13.
A$103.5BD4B2.B20.A9.4B$104.9B21.A10.4B$104.10B20.5A5.4B5.2A$104.11B
24.A4.4B5.A$105.11B20.3AB2.7B.BA.A$104.13B18.A.2B3.7B.B2A$103.15B17.
4A12B$100.19B14.2A2.BA3B2A7B$99.2A19B12.A2.3AB.2B2A7B$99.2A15B.4B11.
2A.A.B3.10B$100.17B.4B13.A8.8B$104.19B12.2A7.9B$105.19B21.3B2.4B$105.
20B18.5B3.4B$106.20B17.2A7.4B$103.24B5.A11.A8.4B$103.20B.4B4.3A6.3A
10.4B$102.20B3.4B6.A5.A8.A4.4B$101.22B3.4B4.2A12.3A5.4B$101.24B2.4B3.
3B.2B7.A9.4B$102.30B4.5B6.2A9.4B$100.10B.21BD9B2.5B10.4B$100.2A4.2B2.
7B.13BD15B13.4B$101.A4.B4.B.3B2.12B2D14B2A13.4B$98.3A4.2A3.2A2B4.13B
2D13B2A14.4B$98.A6.A4.A2.AB4.13BD12B.B16.4B$103.A.A5.3A12.2B.B.14B19.
4B$103.2A20.3B7.9B21.4B$111.3A7.2A.2BA8.8B23.4B$110.A2.A7.A.2BA.A7.7B
25.4B$110.2A10.A2.BA.A5.11B23.4B$123.A4.A5.12B23.4B$120.3A5.2A4.12B7.
2A15.4B$120.A14.11B2.2A2.A2.A15.4B$133.4B.8B2.A.A2.2A17.4B$133.2A4.7B
3.B.2A20.4B$134.A4.7B2.2B2.A21.4B$131.3A6.6B.2BAB.A.2A19.4B$131.A8.8B
A.A.2A.A20.4B$140.8B.A.A25.4B$141.5B4.A2.2A23.4B$141.6B4.2A.3A22.4B
10.2A$140.6B6.B4.A22.4B9.A$140.7B3.B2AB3A24.4B10.A$141.8B.B2A.A20.2A
5.4B5.5A$141.10B25.A5.4B4.A$140.3B2A6B25.A.AB.7B2.B3A$134.2A5.2B2A6B
26.2AB.7B3.2B.A$135.A5.10B28.12B4A$135.A.AB2.11B27.7B2A3BAB2.2A$136.
2AB.12B27.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$138.15B26.10B3.B.A.2A$138.16B24.8B8.A$138.16B
.2B20.9B7.2A$138.18B2A18.4B2.3B$137.17B.B2A17.4B3.5B$136.4B2.8B.4B.B
17.4B7.2A$135.4B4.7B23.4B8.A$134.4B5.6B23.4B10.3A$133.4B6.4B24.4B13.A
$132.4B5.A3B25.4B$131.4B5.A.AB25.4B$140.A.A25.4B$141.A25.4B$138.3A25.
4B$138.A26.4B$164.4B$163.4B$162.4B$123.C37.4B$123.2C35.4B$122.C.C34.
4B$158.4B$157.2C2B$156.C.CB$158.C5$.C$.2C$C.C!
#C [[ STEP 5 ]]
Then pick two gliders to synchronize. The two closely spaced ones on the right look like a good target for unification.
Which class of splitter?
The
manual categorization scheme for H-to-2Gs only works when gliders are moving away from each other, in a particular orientation. So I can take a copy of the gliders and add a couple of Snarks to put them in that orientation, to find out quickly what H-to-2G to use.
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x = 70, y = 39, rule = LifeHistory
3A$A3B$.A3B$2.4B$3.4B$4.4B$5.4B$6.4B$7.4B$8.4B35.2A$9.4B34.A.A$10.4B
35.A4.2A$11.4B10.2A18.4A.2A2.A2.A$12.4B9.A19.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$13.4B10.A
19.BABABA.A$7.2A5.4B5.5A20.B2ABA.A$8.A5.4B4.A26.2B.BA$8.A.AB.7B2.B3A
22.3B$9.2AB.7B3.2B.A12.2A6.4B$11.12B4A13.A6.B2A3B$11.7B2A3BAB2.2A11.A
.AB3.B2A3B$11.7B2A2B.B3A2.A11.2AB.10B$11.10B3.B.A.2A13.13B$10.8B8.A
16.14B$9.9B7.2A16.15B$8.4B2.3B28.8B2.4B$7.4B3.5B26.6B5.4B$6.4B7.2A25.
9B4.4B$5.4B8.A25.4B4.2A5.4B$4.4B10.3A21.4B5.A7.4B$3.4B13.A20.4B7.3A5.
4B$2.D3B34.4B10.A6.4B$.B2DB34.4B19.4B$.DBD34.4B21.4B$37.4B23.4B$36.2D
2B25.4B$35.DBDB27.BABA$36.BD29.B2A$68.A!
The gliders are in an (even)-by-(odd) bounding box, and the upper left glider is in the correct phase, and the lower right glider is in the same phase rotated 180 degrees
plus one tick.
So the H-to-2G has to be in the evenX-oddY-plus-one class --
Eo1.
However, the
classifier script should work equally well with two gliders in any orientation (though in some cases it may be a little confusing to figure out which glider to hook up to which output). So it's no longer necessary to do the above manual steps, except maybe if you want to understand the naming scheme.
Trying the smallest Eo1 signal splitter first -- the X-ed out experiment below left -- it turns out to be awkward to get the two gliders into position. Basically you'd have to add two trombone slides, or rotate the splitter to an awkward orientation... it just plain ain't elegant enough. The second Eo1 splitter looks pretty nice by comparison:
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x = 290, y = 99, rule = LifeHistory
182.2A$42.2A138.A.A$42.A.A139.A4.2A$44.A4.2A129.4A.2A2.A2.A$40.4A.2A
2.A2.A127.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$40.A2.A.A.A.A.2A129.BABABA.A$42.BABABA.A133.B
2ABA.A$43.B2ABA.A134.2B.BA$44.2B.BA134.3B$43.3B69.4B55.2A6.4B100.4B$
34.2A6.4B30.3B35.4B57.A6.B2A3B97.4B$35.A6.B2A3B27.C3B34.4B58.A.AB3.B
2A4B57.C37.4B$35.A.AB3.B2A4B25.B2CB34.4B60.2AB.10B55.B2C35.4B$36.2AB.
10B23.BCBC34.4B63.13B53.BCBC34.4B$38.13B21.4B34.4B64.13B52.4B34.4B$
38.14B19.4B34.2C2B65.13B51.4B34.2C2B$38.15B10.A6.4B34.C.CB68.8B2.B50.
4B34.C.CB$40.8B2.4B7.3A5.4B37.C69.6B54.4B37.C$40.6B5.4B5.A7.4B107.9B
51.4B$39.9B4.4B4.2A5.4B107.4B4.2A50.4B$38.4B4.2A5.9B4.4B107.4B5.A50.
4B$37.4B5.A7.6B5.4B107.4B7.3A46.4B$36.4B7.3A4.8B2.4B107.4B10.A45.4B$
35.4B10.A2.15B167.4B$34.4B14.14B167.4B$52.13B34.B132.4B$50.2AB.10B34.
2B131.4B$49.A.AB3.B2A5B33.3B130.4B$28.D20.A6.B2A6B15.D15.4B129.4B$48.
2A6.4B2.3B30.4B129.4B$30.D26.3B3.2B13.D15.4B109.B19.4B$58.2B.BA.B28.
4B110.2B10.A6.4B$32.D24.B2ABA.A12.D15.4B111.3B7.3A5.4B$56.BABABA.A27.
4B69.4B39.4B5.A7.4B$34.D19.A2.A.A.A.A.2A7.D15.4B57.2A10.4B41.4B4.2A5.
4B$54.4A.2A2.A2.A22.4B59.A9.4B43.9B4.4B$36.D21.A4.2A7.D15.4B58.A10.4B
45.6B5.4B$56.A.A28.4B59.5A5.4B5.2A39.8B2.4B$20.4B14.D17.2A12.D15.4B
65.A4.4B5.A38.15B$19.4B62.4B63.3AB2.7B.BA.A38.14B$18.4B18.D27.D15.4B
63.A.2B3.7B.B2A39.13B$17.4B62.4B64.4A12B39.2AB.10B$16.4B22.D23.D15.4B
63.2A2.BA3B2A7B38.A.AB3.B2A5B$3.2A10.4B62.4B63.A2.3AB.2B2A7B38.A6.B2A
6B$4.A9.4B26.D19.D15.4B64.2A.A.B3.10B37.2A6.4B2.3B$2.A10.4B62.4B68.A
8.8B45.3B3.2B$2.5A5.4B5.2A23.D15.D15.4B69.2A7.9B45.2B.BA.B$7.A4.4B5.A
55.4B80.3B2.4B43.B2ABA.A$4.3AB2.7B.BA.A26.D11.D15.4B79.5B3.4B41.BABAB
A.A$3.A.2B3.7B.B2A138.2A7.4B38.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$3.4A12B31.D2A5.D101.A8.
4B37.4A.2A2.A2.A$.2A2.BA3B2A7B32.A.A103.3A10.4B12.A9.A17.A4.2A$A2.3AB
.2B2A7B33.DA2.D.2A97.A13.4B11.3A5.3A15.A.A$2A.A.B3.10B30.4A.2A2.A2.A
110.4B13.A3.A18.2A$3.A8.8B29.A2.A.C.A.A.2A91.A19.4B11.2A.B.2A$3.2A7.
9B30.BABABA.A94.3A12.B.3B.4B10.7B$13.3B2.4B30.D2ABC.A97.A10.18B5.3B
15.2A$11.5B3.4B30.2B.BA74.C10.A11.2A3.B5.2B2A11BD4B3.5B9.2A2.A.A$11.
2A7.4B26.D.3B3.D71.C.CB7.3A11.8B3.2B2A9B3D4B2.7B8.A3.A4.A$12.A8.4B18.
2A6.4B76.2C2B5.A16.8B.13BDBD4B.9B8.3A.5A$9.3A10.4B18.A3.D2.B2A3B3.D
71.4B4.2A15.22BD16B10.A.A$9.A13.4B17.A.AB3.B2A3B68.2A6.9B14.15B.2B2.
20B10.ABAB3A$24.4B17.ACB.10B3.D63.A7.6B14.17B8.20B5.3B2ABA2.A$25.4B
18.13B66.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.19B11.21B.4B.2B2.2A$26.4B14.D2.14B3.D62.A2.
A4.19BD15B12.25B$27.4B16.15B66.2AB3.20BDBD4B.7B12.27B$28.4B10.D6.8B2.
4B3.D25.4B33.14B2A9B3D13B11.27B$29.4B16.6B5.4B27.4B35.13B2A11BD14B11.
25B$30.4B6.D7.9B4.4B3.D21.4B37.29B2.8B12.25B$31.4B12.4B4.2A5.4B23.4B
38.17B.B.2B11.6B14.23B.2A.2A$32.4B2.D7.4B5.A7.4B3.D17.4B40.15B4.3B10.
5B13.5B.12B3.4B2.A.A$33.4B8.4B7.3A5.4B19.4B41.15B5.A2B.2A7.4B13.2AB4.
9B6.2A.A.A.A.A10.B$34.2BD11B10.A6.4B3.D6.A6.4B43.13B5.A.A2B.A7.4B14.A
4.10B6.2AB2A3.2A9.2B$35.5BC6B7.A11.4B7.3A5.4B46.13B2.A.AB2.A9.B.B2A9.
3A3.A.2AB.2B.4B6.B16.3B$34.D.2B3C6B6.A.A11.4B3.D.A7.4B46.8B4.2A.A.A3.
A12.BA.A8.A2.4AB2AB5.4B4.2A.2A12.4B$35.3BCBC8B4.A.A12.4B4.2A5.4B47.6B
6.2ABA2.4A.A13.A11.A4.B8.4B4.A.A12.4B$32.D3.2BC12B.2A.2A12.7BDB4.4B
48.5B8.B2.A.A3.A.A12.2A11.3A.2A8.4B3.A.A4.A6.4B$36.12B2A2B18.6B5.4B
49.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A27.A.A2.A7.4B3.A3.3A5.4B$30.D7.10BABAB18.8BD.4B
51.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A32.2A8.4B5.A7.4B$40.7B.2BAB16.15B51.B2AB9.A.A51.4B4.
2A5.4B$40.7B2.A3.A14.14B53.2A11.A53.9B4.4B$40.7B3.4A14.13B122.6B5.4B$
38.2AB.B.3B19.2AB.10B123.8B2.4B$37.A.AB11.2A11.A.AB3.B2A4B122.15B$37.
A14.2A11.A6.B2A3B123.14B$36.2A26.2A6.5B124.13B$72.4B123.2AB.10B$74.2B
.BA119.A.AB3.B2A4B$73.B2ABA.A118.A6.B2A3B$72.BABABA.A117.2A6.5B$70.A
2.A.A.A.A.2A122.4B$70.4A.2A2.A2.A124.2B.BA$74.A4.2A125.B2ABA.A$72.A.A
130.BABABA.A$72.2A129.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$203.4A.2A2.A2.A$207.A4.2A$205.A.A
$205.2A!
#C [[ STEP 5 STOP 656 ]]
So let's adjust that and attach it to the pattern, making a converter that needs only three input signals instead of four:
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#C three signals to a switch engine
x = 327, y = 325, rule = LifeHistory
324.C$322.3C$321.C$321.2C$318.5B$317.4B$311.2B4.5B$310.3B3.6B$301.2A
6.5B3.6B$301.A.A4.6B.9B$302.AB3.16B$303.22B$302.25B$301.26B$301.25B$
300.25B$293.2A6.23B$293.A.A4.23B$294.AB3.23B$295.27B$294.28B$293.30BA
$293.28B.A.A$292.28B3.2A$285.2A6.23B.B$285.A.A4.23B$286.AB3.23B$287.
27B$286.28B$285.30BA$184.2A11.A87.28B.A.A$183.B2AB9.A.A85.28B3.2A$
184.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A70.2A6.23B.B$183.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A69.A.A4.23B$183.
5B8.B2.A.A3.A.A70.AB3.23B$183.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A72.27B$183.8B4.2A.A.A3.A
73.28B$184.13B2.A.AB2.A71.30BA$182.13B5.A.A2B.A70.28B.A.A$181.15B5.A
2B.2A19.2A48.28B3.2A$181.15B4.3B17.A6.A41.2A6.23B.B$180.17B.B.2B16.3A
6.A.A.A37.A.A4.23B$180.29B8.A8.2A.2A.A37.AB3.23B$179.13B2A16B7.2A8.B
4.A38.27B$178.14B2A16B2.B.5B6.B2AB3A38.28B$177.2AB3.27B.6B6.B.B2A.A
39.30BA$176.A2.A4.34B4.4B43.28B.A.A$175.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.26B42.28B3.
2A$175.A7.6B14.25B33.2A6.23B.B$174.2A6.9B14.21B2A33.A.A4.23B$181.4B4.
2A15.20B2A34.AB3.23B$180.4B5.A16.19B38.27B$179.4B7.3A11.8B2.11B37.28B
$178.4B10.A11.2A3.B5.10B36.30BA$177.4B24.A7.6BD2B2D2B35.28B.A.A$176.
4B22.3A8.2A4.B3D4B2.2A29.28B3.2A$175.4B23.A11.A2.4BD7BA.A21.2A6.23B.B
$174.4B33.3A3.11B3.A21.A.A4.23B$174.3B34.A5.5B2A4B3.2A21.AB3.23B$174.
2B41.5B2A3B28.27B$174.B42.10B27.28B$217.9B27.30BA$217.9B27.28B.A.A$
218.8B26.28B3.2A$217.8B20.2A6.23B.B$218.6B21.A.A4.23B$212.2A4.8B4.B
15.AB3.23B$213.A4.6B23.16B2D9B$213.A.AB.7B21.17BDBD8B$214.2AB2.6B20.
18BD11BA$216.8B21.28B.A.A$216.8B6.2A12.8BD19B3.2A$217.8B5.A14.7B2D16B
$218.7B3.A.A14.6BDBD17B$213.A5.6B3.2A14.22B2.4B$213.3A3.2B3D2B18.22B
3.4B$200.2A14.A2.2BD4B19.21B4.4B$201.A13.2A2.B3D4B.3B13.23BA3.4B$201.
A.AB10.16B.2B11.16B3DB.A.A3.4B$202.2AB.2A9.19B8.17BD3B2.2A4.4B$204.2B
2AB8.20B2.B3.8B4.B.2B2.BD2B9.4B$204.4B10.23B.4B2D2B11.5B9.4B$204.6B8.
27BDBD2B10.9B7.4B$202.B2.5B2.B5.29BDB11.9B8.4B$201.2AB.2B2A6B3.31B11.
9B9.4B$201.2A4B2A37B.B11.10B10.4B$202.2B.40B5.2A6.12B10.4B$205.39B5.B
2AB5.13B10.4B$204.39B7.2B7.11B12.4B$204.38B7.2B6.12B14.4B$205.6B.B2.
25B8.BA2B.16B15.4B$204.6B6.B5.17B9.A.A18B16.4B$202.2A6B13.16B10.A.18B
17.4B10.2A$201.A.A5B14.16B7.3A3.18B.B15.4B9.A$201.A4.3B16.13B8.A5.19B
2A15.4B10.A$200.2A26.9B13.19B.B2A9.2A5.4B5.5A$227.8B5.B2.2B2.20B4.B
11.A5.4B4.A$226.7B6.11BD16B16.A.AB.7B2.B3A$225.4B2.B3.B2.12BDBD4B.9B
17.2AB.7B3.2B.A$224.4B6.2AB.B2A9B3D4B2.7B20.12B4A$223.4B7.2A3B2A11BD
4B2.7B20.7B2A3BAB2.2A$222.4B9.B.19B4.6B20.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$221.4B12.7B.
4B10.7B20.10B3.B.A.2A$220.4B12.7B.4B12.6B19.8B8.A$219.4B12.12B13.7B
17.9B7.2A$218.4B13.11B14.6B17.4B2.3B$217.4B11.3B.9B15.5B17.4B3.5B$
216.4B12.12B15.6B16.4B7.2A$215.4B12.2A11B.2B12.4B17.4B8.A$214.4B13.2A
5BD7B2A11.2B2AB15.4B10.3A$213.4B15.B.3B3D4B.B2A13.2A3.2A10.4B13.A$
212.4B18.5BD4B2.B20.A9.4B$211.4B20.9B21.A10.4B$210.4B21.10B20.5A5.4B
5.2A$209.4B22.11B24.A4.4B5.A$208.4B24.11B20.3AB2.7B.BA.A$207.4B24.13B
18.A.2B3.7B.B2A$206.4B24.15B17.4A12B$205.4B4.2A16.19B14.2A2.BA3B2A7B$
205.3B5.A.A14.2A19B12.A2.3AB.2B2A7B$205.2B8.A4.2A8.2A15B.4B11.2A.A.B
3.10B$205.B5.4A.2A2.A2.A7.17B.4B13.A8.8B$211.A2.A.A.A.A.2A11.19B12.2A
7.9B$213.BABABA.A15.19B21.3B2.4B$214.B2ABA.A15.20B18.5B3.4B$215.2B.BA
17.20B17.2A7.4B$214.3B17.24B5.A11.A8.4B$205.2A6.4B17.20B.4B4.3A6.3A
10.4B$206.A6.B2A3B14.20B3.4B6.A5.A8.A4.4B$206.A.AB3.B2A4B4.2A6.22B3.
4B4.2A12.3A5.4B$207.2AB.10B3.A.A5.24B2.4B3.3B.2B7.A9.4B$209.13B4.A6.
30B4.5B6.2A9.4B$209.14B3.2A3.10B.21BD9B2.5B10.4B$209.15B4.A2.2A4.2B2.
7B.13BD15B13.4B$211.8B2.4B3.A3.A4.B4.B.3B2.12B2D14B2A13.4B$211.6B5.4B
3.3A4.2A3.2A2B4.13B2D13B2A14.4B$210.9B4.4B4.A.A2.A4.A2.AB4.13BD12B.B
16.4B$209.4B4.2A5.4B4.2A3.A4.3A12.2B.B.14B19.4B$208.4B5.A7.4B7.2A18.
3B7.9B21.4B$207.4B7.3A5.4B12.3A7.2A.2BA8.8B23.4B$206.4B10.A6.4B10.A2.
A7.A.2BA.A7.7B25.4B$228.4B9.2A10.A2.BA.A5.11B23.4B$229.4B21.A4.A5.12B
23.4B$230.4B17.3A5.2A4.12B7.2A15.4B$202.4B25.4B16.A14.11B2.2A2.A2.A
15.4B$189.2A10.4B27.4B28.4B.8B2.A.A2.2A17.4B$190.A9.4B29.4B27.2A4.7B
3.B.2A20.4B$188.A10.4B31.4B27.A4.7B2.2B2.A21.4B$188.5A5.4B5.2A26.4B
23.3A6.6B.2BAB.A.2A19.4B$193.A4.4B5.A28.4B22.A8.8BA.A.2A.A20.4B10.2A$
190.3AB2.7B.BA.A29.4B30.8B.A.A25.4B9.A$189.A.2B3.7B.B2A65.5B4.A2.2A
23.4B10.A$189.4A12B67.6B4.2A.3A15.2A5.4B5.5A$187.2A2.BA3B2A7B66.6B6.B
4.A15.A5.4B4.A$186.A2.3AB.2B2A7B66.7B3.B2AB3A16.A.AB.7B2.B3A$186.2A.A
.B3.10B67.8B.B2A.A19.2AB.7B3.2B.A$189.A8.8B66.10B25.12B4A$189.2A7.9B
64.3B2A6B25.7B2A3BAB2.2A$199.3B2.4B57.2A5.2B2A6B25.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$197.
5B3.4B12.A9.A34.A5.10B25.10B3.B.A.2A$197.2A7.4B11.3A5.3A34.A.AB2.11B
23.8B8.A$198.A8.4B13.A3.A38.2AB.12B22.9B7.2A$188.A6.3A10.4B11.2A.B.2A
22.B16.15B20.4B2.3B$188.3A4.A7.B.3B.4B10.7B22.2B10.A4.16B18.4B3.5B$
191.A10.18B5.3B15.2A7.3B7.3A4.16B.2B14.4B7.2A$167.C10.A11.2A3.B5.2B2A
11BD4B3.5B9.2A2.A.A7.4B5.A7.18B2A12.4B8.A$165.C.CB7.3A11.8B3.2B2A9B3D
4B2.7B8.A3.A4.A5.4B4.2A5.17B.B2A11.4B10.3A$166.2C2B5.A16.8B.13BDBD4B.
9B8.3A.5A6.9B4.4B2.8B.4B.B11.4B13.A$167.4B4.2A15.22BD16B10.A.A11.6B5.
4B4.7B17.4B$168.9B14.15B.2B2.20B10.ABAB3A7.8B2.4B5.6B17.4B$169.6B14.
17B8.20B5.3B2ABA2.A4.15B6.4B18.4B$163.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.19B11.21B.4B.2B
2.2A4.14B5.A3B19.4B$162.A2.A4.19BD15B12.25B11.13B5.A.AB19.4B$163.2AB
3.20BDBD4B.7B12.27B8.2AB.10B6.A.A19.4B$164.14B2A9B3D13B11.27B7.A.AB3.
B2A5B7.A19.4B$165.13B2A11BD14B11.25B8.A6.B2A6B3.3A19.4B$166.29B2.8B
12.25B7.2A6.4B2.3B3.A20.4B$166.17B.B.2B11.6B14.23B.2A.2A10.3B3.2B23.
4B$167.15B4.3B10.5B13.5B.12B3.4B2.A.A12.2B.BA.B22.4B$167.15B5.A2B.2A
7.4B13.2AB4.9B6.2A.A.A.A.A9.B2ABA.A23.3B$168.13B5.A.A2B.A7.4B14.A4.
10B6.2AB2A3.2A8.BABABA.A23.2B$170.13B2.A.AB2.A9.B.B2A9.3A3.A.2AB.2B.
4B6.B14.A2.A.A.A.A.2A20.B$169.8B4.2A.A.A3.A12.BA.A8.A2.4AB2AB5.4B4.2A
.2A11.4A.2A2.A2.A$169.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A13.A11.A4.B8.4B4.A.A16.A4.2A$169.
5B8.B2.A.A3.A.A12.2A11.3A.2A8.4B3.A.A14.A.A$169.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A27.
A.A2.A7.4B3.A15.2A$170.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A32.2A$169.B2AB9.A.A$170.2A11.A8$
270.4B$269.4B$261.A6.4B$259.3A5.4B$249.4B5.A7.4B$250.4B4.2A5.4B$251.
9B4.4B$252.6B5.4B$252.8B2.4B$250.15B$250.14B$250.13B$248.2AB.10B$247.
A.AB3.B2A4B$247.A6.B2A3B$246.2A6.5B$254.4B$256.2B.BA$17.C237.B2ABA.A$
17.2C235.BABABA.A$16.C.C233.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$252.4A.2A2.A2.A$256.A4.2A$
254.A.A$254.2A102$.C$.2C$C.C!
#C [[ STEP 9 ]]
Three signals left
Now the right side is taken care of, but we have to wait around for a long time before sending signals in on the left side. Might as well combine those two signals and use up some of that extra time:
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#C find out the class of the two remaining untouched signals --
x = 128, y = 152, rule = LifeHistory
44.2A11.A$43.B2AB9.A.A$44.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A$43.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$43.5B
8.B2.A.A3.A.A$43.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A$43.8B4.2A.A.A3.A$44.13B2.A.AB2.A$42.
13B5.A.A2B.A$41.15B5.A2B.2A19.2A$41.15B4.3B17.A6.A$40.17B.B.2B16.3A6.
A.A.A$40.29B8.A8.2A.2A.A$39.13B2A16B7.2A8.B4.A$38.14B2A16B2.B.5B6.B2A
B3A$37.2AB3.27B.6B6.B.B2A.A$36.A2.A4.34B4.4B$35.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.26B$
35.A7.6B14.25B$34.2A6.9B14.21B2A$41.4B4.2A15.20B2A$40.4B5.A16.19B$39.
4B7.3A11.8B2.11B$38.4B10.A11.2A3.B5.10B$37.4B24.A7.6BD2B2D2B$36.4B22.
3A8.2A4.B3D4B2.2A$35.4B23.A11.A2.4BD7BA.A21.2A$34.4B33.3A3.11B3.A21.A
.A$34.3B34.A5.5B2A4B3.2A21.AB$34.2B41.5B2A3B28.B$34.B42.10B27.2B$77.
9B27.3B$77.9B27.3B$78.8B26.4B$77.8B20.2A6.3B$78.6B21.A.A4.4B$72.2A4.
8B4.B15.AB3.5B$73.A4.6B23.9B$23.4B46.A.AB.7B21.10B$22.4B48.2AB2.6B20.
11B$21.4B51.8B21.11B$20.4B52.8B6.2A12.8BD3B$19.4B54.8B5.A14.7B2D2B$
18.4B56.7B3.A.A14.6BDBD2B$17.4B52.A5.6B3.2A14.12B$16.4B53.3A3.2B3D2B
18.12B$3.2A10.4B41.2A14.A2.2BD4B19.11B$4.A9.4B43.A13.2A2.B3D4B.3B13.
12B$2.A10.4B44.A.AB10.16B.2B11.11B$2.5A5.4B5.2A39.2AB.2A9.19B8.12B$7.
A3.5B5.A42.2B2AB8.20B2.B3.8B4.B$4.3AB2.7B.BA.A42.4B10.23B.4B2D2B$3.A.
2B2.8B.B2A43.6B8.27BDBD2B$3.4A12B43.B2.5B2.B5.29BDB$.2A2.BA3B2A2B3C2B
42.2AB.2B2A6B3.31B$A2.3AB.2B2A2BC4B42.2A4B2A37B.B$2A.A.B2.7BC3B43.2B.
40B$3.A8.8B45.39B$3.2A7.9B43.39B$13.3B2.4B42.38B$11.5B3.4B42.6B.B2.
25B$11.2A7.4B40.6B6.B5.17B$12.A8.4B37.2A6B13.16B$9.3A10.4B35.A.A5B14.
16B$9.A51.A4.3B16.13B$60.2A26.9B$87.8B$86.7B$85.4B2.B$84.4B$83.4B$82.
4B$81.4B$80.4B$79.4B$66.2A10.4B$67.A9.4B$65.A10.4B$65.5A5.4B5.2A$70.A
3.5B5.A$67.3AB2.7B.BA.A$66.A.2B2.8B.B2A$66.4A12B$64.2A2.BA3B2A7B$63.A
2.3AB.2B2A7B$63.2A.A.B2.11B$66.A8.8B$66.2A7.9B$76.3B2.4B$74.5B3.4B$
74.2A7.4B$75.A8.4B$72.3A10.4B$72.A13.4B$87.4B$88.4B21$109.4B10.2A$76.
C33.4B9.A$77.C33.4B10.A$75.3CB26.2A5.4B5.5A$76.4B26.A5.5B3.A$77.4B25.
A.AB.7B2.B3A$78.4B25.2AB.8B2.2B.A$79.4B26.12B4A$80.4B25.7B2A3BAB2.2A$
81.4B24.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$82.4B23.11B2.B.A.2A$83.4B21.8B8.A$84.4B19.9B7.
2A$85.4B10.A6.4B2.3B$86.4B7.3A5.4B3.5B$87.4B5.A7.4B7.2A$88.4B4.2A5.4B
8.A$89.9B4.4B10.3A$90.6B5.4B13.A$90.8B2.4B$88.15B$88.14B$88.13B$86.2A
B.10B$85.A.AB3.B2A4B$85.A6.B2A3B$84.2A6.5B$92.4B$94.2B.BA$93.B2ABA.A$
92.BABABA.A$90.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$90.4A.2A2.A2.A$94.A4.2A$92.A.A$92.2A!
#C [[ STEP 9 STOP 485 ]]
These gliders are both in the canonical phase, and have an (even) by (even) bounding box -- select in Golly to check this -- so an Ee0 converter is needed. We'll want one that delays the glider on the right by a lot of ticks, because we can't really fit the above delay loop into the pattern. If a delay loop is needed on the right, we'll have to put it somewhere else. That's just a matter of rearranging Snarks, and is bound to be workable somehow, but it would be better to have the delay loop on the left, if anywhere.
This never happens, except sometimes it does
By a rare stroke of luck, the first Ee0 splitter I tried had exactly the right timing -- not just the right timing mod 8, but a perfect fit with no further adjustments needed:
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x = 116, y = 130, rule = LifeHistory
42.2A11.A$41.B2AB9.A.A$42.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A$41.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$41.5B
8.B2.A.A3.A.A$41.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A$41.8B4.2A.A.A3.A$42.13B2.A.AB2.A$40.
13B5.A.A2B.A$39.15B5.A2B.2A19.2A$39.15B4.3B17.A6.A$38.17B.B.2B16.3A6.
A.A.A$38.29B8.A8.2A.2A.A$37.13B2A16B7.2A8.B4.A$36.14B2A16B2.B.5B6.B2A
B3A$35.2AB3.27B.6B6.B.B2A.A$34.A2.A4.34B4.4B$33.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.26B$
33.A7.6B14.25B$32.2A6.9B14.21B2A$39.4B4.2A15.20B2A$38.4B5.A16.19B$37.
4B7.3A11.8B2.11B$36.4B10.A11.2A3.B5.10B$22.2A11.4B24.A7.6BD2B2D2B29.
2A$21.B2AB9.4B22.3A8.2A4.B3D4B2.2A24.A.A$22.3B8.4B23.A11.A2.4BD7BA.A
24.AB$12.2A6.7B5.4B33.3A3.11B3.A25.B$13.A5.9B3.4B34.A5.5B2A4B3.2A23.
2B$13.A.AB2.8B3.4B41.5B2A3B28.3B$14.2AB.9B2.4B42.10B28.3B$16.16B43.9B
28.4B$16.15B44.9B21.2A6.3B$17.13B46.8B21.A.A4.4B$18.12B5.2A38.8B23.AB
3.5B$16.14B5.A40.6B25.9B$14.A.2A.11B2.BA.A34.2A4.6B24.10B$12.3AB2A2.
11B.B2A36.A4.6B23.11B$11.A4.B5.11B38.A.AB.7B22.11B$12.3A.2A4.11B39.2A
B2.6B21.8BD3B$14.A.A3.2AB.9B41.8B15.2A6.7B2D2B$14.A.A2.A.AB2.7B42.8B
15.A.A4.7BDBD2B$15.A3.A5.8B42.8B15.AB2.14B$18.2A4.9B43.7B16.17B$24.
10B37.A5.6B15.17B$23.12B36.3A3.2B3D2B13.17B$24.12B22.2A14.A2.2BD4B13.
17B$24.13B22.A13.2A2.B3D4B.3B7.17B$24.14B21.A.AB10.16B.2B5.14B$22.2AB
2.4B3D5B21.2AB.2A9.19B3.9B2D2B$21.A.AB3.4BD2B.4B22.2B2AB8.20B.9BDBD2B
$21.A6.2B3D2B2.4B21.4B10.31BDB$20.2A7.6B3.4B20.6B8.33B$29.7B3.4B17.B
2.5B2.B5.32B$29.8B3.4B15.2AB.2B2A6B3.31B$30.8B3.4B14.2A4B2A40B$30.8B
4.4B14.2B.40B$29.6B2.B2A3.4B16.39B$29.7B.BA.A3.4B14.40B$30.6B4.A4.4B
13.39B$30.6B4.2A4.4B13.6B.B2.28B$30.6B6.A4.4B11.6B6.B5.17B2.B$29.8B3.
3A5.4B8.2A6B13.16B$23.B5.8B2.A9.4B6.A.A5B14.16B$22.3B4.8B.B2A9.4B5.A
4.3B16.13B$20.5B3.13B10.4B3.2A26.9B$18.8B2.11B13.4B29.8B$18.22B13.4B
27.7B$19.23B12.4B25.4B2.B$19.23B13.4B23.4B$19.22B2A13.4B21.4B$19.22B
2A14.4B19.4B$17.2AB.19B.B16.4B10.A6.4B$16.A.AB.19B19.4B7.3A5.4B$16.A
6.10B.B3.B21.4B5.A7.4B$15.2A4.10B30.4B4.2A5.4B$20.10B32.9B4.4B$19.14B
30.6B5.4B$20.14B29.8B2.4B$20.14B7.2A18.15B$21.13B2.2A2.A2.A17.14B$23.
7B3DB2.A.A2.2A18.13B$24.2B.4BD2B3.B.2A18.2AB.10B$27.2B3D2B2.2B2.A17.A
.AB3.B2A3B$28.6B.2BAB.A.2A14.A6.B2A3B$28.8BA.A.2A.A13.2A6.4B$28.8B.A.
A26.3B$29.5B4.A2.2A24.2B.BA$29.6B4.2A.3A21.B2ABA.A$28.6B6.B4.A19.BABA
BA.A$28.7B3.B2AB3A18.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$29.8B.B2A.A20.4A.2A2.A2.A$29.10B
28.A4.2A$28.3B2A6B26.A.A$22.2A5.2B2A6B26.2A$23.A5.10B$23.A.AB2.11B$
24.2AB.12B$26.15B$26.16B$26.16B.2B$26.18B2A$25.17B.B2A$24.4B2.8B.4B.B
$23.4B4.7B$22.4B5.6B$21.4B6.4B$20.4B5.A3B$19.4B5.A.AB$18.4B6.A.A$17.
4B8.A$16.4B6.3A$15.4B7.A$14.4B$13.4B$12.4B$11.4B$10.4B$9.4B$8.4B$7.4B
$6.4B$5.4B$4.4B$3.4B$2.4B$.4B$3CB$2BC$.C!
#C [[ STEP 9 ]]
Two signals left
Now we're on the home stretch already:
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#C two signals to a switch engine
x = 230, y = 221, rule = LifeHistory
228.E$226.3E$225.E$225.2E5$205.2A$205.A.A$206.A6$197.2A$197.A.A$198.A
3$227.A$226.A.A$227.2A$94.2A11.A81.2A$94.2A10.A.A80.A.A$106.A.A2.2A3.
A73.A$105.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$109.A.A3.A.A$105.2A.A2.4A.A102.A$105.2A.A.A3.
A103.A.A$109.A.A3.A103.2A$110.A.A3.A64.2A$111.A3.2A19.2A43.A.A$130.A
6.A44.A$128.3A6.A.A.A$127.A8.2A.2A.A$102.2A23.2A13.A68.A$102.2A32.2A.
3A68.A.A$87.2A47.2A.A71.2A$86.A2.A83.2A$85.A.2A84.A.A$85.A88.A$84.2A
50.2A$99.2A35.2A$99.A103.A$100.3A99.A.A$102.A11.2A87.2A$74.2A39.A49.
2A$74.2A36.3A8.2A14.2A24.A.A$112.A11.A14.A.A24.A$64.2A55.3A17.A$65.A
55.A10.2A7.2A$65.A.A64.2A61.A$66.2A126.A.A$195.2A$157.2A$157.A.A$87.
2A69.A$87.A$66.A.2A15.A.A34.2A$64.3A.2A15.2A36.A63.A$63.A59.A.A60.A.A
$64.3A.2A54.2A61.2A$66.A.A3.2A75.2A$66.A.A2.A.A75.A.A$67.A3.A78.A$70.
2A95.2D$123.A43.D.D$123.3A41.D11.A$110.2A14.A51.A.A$111.A13.2A29.D22.
2A$111.A.A42.2D$74.2A36.2A2.2A37.D.D$73.A.A40.2A$73.A$22.2A48.2A$22.A
.A146.A$24.A4.2A80.2A4.2A46.3D2.A.A$20.4A.2A2.A2.A78.2A4.2A46.D5.2A$
20.A2.A.A.A.A.2A133.D$23.A.A.A.A60.2A58.2D$24.2A.A.A60.A.A56.D.D$28.A
63.A58.D$92.2A$14.2A78.A$15.A7.2A67.3A17.2A40.2A$15.A.A5.2A66.A19.A.A
40.2A$16.2A73.2A18.A$110.2A$153.A$152.A.A$153.A50.2A$150.3A51.A$93.2A
55.A24.2A29.A$26.2A65.2A80.2A9.2A14.5A$26.A42.2A53.A62.A13.A$27.3A38.
A.A51.3A62.A.A12.3A$3.2A24.A38.A52.A66.2A15.A$4.A62.2A52.2A15.2A3.2A
57.4A$2.A135.2A3.2A52.2A3.A3.2A$2.5A14.2A174.2A4.3A2.A$7.A13.A183.A.
2A$4.3A12.A.A71.2A110.A$3.A15.2A67.2A2.A2.A108.2A$3.4A81.A.A2.2A$.2A
3.A3.2A79.2A18.2A$A2.3A4.2A80.A17.A.A5.2A76.2A$2A.A85.A2.A.2A14.A7.2A
15.2A59.A$3.A84.A.A.2A.A13.2A24.2A13.2A13.2A30.3A$3.2A84.A.A58.2A13.
2A3.2A27.A$90.A2.2A28.A47.A$91.2A.3A22.2A.A.A44.A$11.2A84.A20.A.A.A.A
44.5A14.2A$12.A78.2A.3A18.A2.A.A.A.A.2A46.A13.A$9.3A79.2A.A20.4A.2A2.
A2.A43.3A12.A.A$9.A109.A4.2A44.A15.2A$83.2A30.2A2.A50.4A$74.2A7.2A29.
A2.A.2A47.2A3.A3.2A$72.A2.A39.2A2.A14.2A31.A2.3A4.2A$28.3C41.2A.A.A
41.A4.2A8.2A31.2A.A$28.C45.A.2A37.4A.2A2.A2.A42.A$29.C44.A40.A2.A.A.A
.A.2A42.2A$72.3A43.A.A.A.A$71.A47.2A.A.A$71.2A23.2A25.A54.2A$96.2A69.
A11.A$109.2A56.3A6.3A$110.A7.2A50.A5.A8.A$110.A.A5.2A8.2A39.2A12.3A$
111.2A15.A.A51.A$81.A48.A51.2A$61.2A17.A.A47.2A$60.A.A5.2A10.A.A49.A
2.2A$60.A7.2A11.A50.A3.A44.2A$59.2A17.3A52.3A4.2A3.2A34.2A$78.A56.A.A
2.A4.A2.A$73.A47.2A13.2A3.A4.3A$69.2A.A.A46.A18.2A$68.A.A.A.A47.3A21.
3A7.2A3.A$65.A2.A.A.A.A.2A46.A20.A2.A7.A3.A.A$65.4A.2A2.A2.A67.2A10.A
3.A.A$69.A4.2A82.A4.A$67.A.A85.3A5.2A23.2A$67.2A86.A27.2A2.A2.A$93.2A
88.A.A2.2A$94.A73.2A16.2A$92.A76.A17.A$92.5A14.2A53.3A15.A2.A.2A$97.A
13.A54.A16.A.A.2A.A34.2A$94.3A12.A.A72.A.A38.A$93.A15.2A74.A2.2A37.A$
93.4A89.2A.3A15.2A14.5A$91.2A3.A3.2A90.A15.A13.A$90.A2.3A4.2A84.2A.3A
16.A.A12.3A$90.2A.A92.2A.A19.2A15.A$93.A129.4A$93.2A83.2A38.2A3.A3.2A
$169.2A7.2A38.2A4.3A2.A$125.A9.A34.A55.A.2A$101.2A22.3A5.3A34.A.A53.A
$102.A25.A3.A38.2A52.2A$92.A6.3A25.2A3.2A$92.3A4.A68.A$95.A51.2A17.3A
48.2A$82.A11.2A11.2A33.2A2.A.A16.A25.2A24.A$72.C7.3A24.2A33.A3.A4.A
13.2A24.2A25.3A$70.C.C6.A63.3A.5A68.A$71.2C6.2A64.A.A$64.2A79.A.A.3A$
65.A80.2A.A2.A$65.A.2A82.2A23.A$66.A2.A105.A.A$67.2A86.2A18.A.A$82.2A
70.A.A5.2A12.A$82.2A70.A7.2A9.3A$153.2A18.A$147.2A.2A$148.A.A16.A$91.
A3.2A24.2A20.2A.A.A.A.A10.2A.A.A$90.A.A3.A25.A20.2A.2A3.2A9.A.A.A.A$
89.A.A3.A12.2A9.3A3.A.2A30.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$85.2A.A.A3.A13.A.A8.A2.4A.2A
14.2A.2A11.4A.2A2.A2.A$85.2A.A2.4A.A13.A11.A21.A.A16.A4.2A$89.A.A3.A.
A12.2A11.3A.2A15.A.A14.A.A$85.2A.2A2.A2.A.A27.A.A2.A14.A15.2A$86.A.A
2.2A3.A32.2A$74.2A10.A.A$74.2A11.A10$165.A$163.3A$162.A$162.2A7$152.
2A$151.A.A5.2A$151.A7.2A$150.2A2$164.A$160.2A.A.A$159.A.A.A.A$156.A2.
A.A.A.A.2A$156.4A.2A2.A2.A$160.A4.2A$158.A.A$158.2A!
#C [[ STEP 9 STOP 1000 ]]
Selecting the two remaining gliders (which I've sneakily put in the right phase and orientation already) gives a 45x49 bounding box, with the SE glider two ticks past the canonical orientation. So this will have to be an Oo2 splitter. The even Oo classes are rare, because you can't get them by mirror-reflecting any of the other classes. Oo0 took a long time to find (I stopped collecting when I found it).
There's only one Oo2 in the collection so far, so it's just a matter of thinking of the most efficient orientation for it. A little more fiddling around produces
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x = 239, y = 221, rule = LifeHistory
237.E$235.3E$234.E$234.CE5$214.2A$214.A.A$215.A6$206.2A$206.A.A$207.A
3$236.A$235.A.A$236.2A$103.2A11.A81.2A$103.2A10.A.A80.A.A$115.A.A2.2A
3.A73.A$114.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$118.A.A3.A.A$114.2A.A2.4A.A102.A$114.2A.A.A
3.A103.A.A$118.A.A3.A103.2A$119.A.A3.A64.2A$120.A3.2A19.2A43.A.A$139.
A6.A44.A$137.3A6.A.A.A$136.A8.2A.2A.A$111.2A23.2A13.A68.A$111.2A32.2A
.3A68.A.A$96.2A47.2A.A71.2A$95.A2.A83.2A$94.A.2A84.A.A$94.A88.A$93.2A
50.2A$108.2A35.2A$108.A103.A$109.3A99.A.A$111.A11.2A87.2A$83.2A39.A
49.2A$83.2A36.3A8.2A14.2A24.A.A$121.A11.A14.A.A24.A$73.2A55.3A17.A$
74.A55.A10.2A7.2A$74.A.A64.2A61.A$75.2A126.A.A$204.2A$166.2A$166.A.A$
96.2A69.A$96.A$75.A.2A15.A.A34.2A$73.3A.2A15.2A36.A63.A$72.A59.A.A60.
A.A$73.3A.2A54.2A61.2A$75.A.A3.2A75.2A$75.A.A2.A.A75.A.A$76.A3.A78.A$
79.2A95.2D$132.A43.D.D$132.3A41.D11.A$119.2A14.A51.A.A$120.A13.2A29.D
22.2A$120.A.A42.2D$83.2A36.2A2.2A37.D.D$82.A.A40.2A$82.A$81.2A$180.A$
120.2A4.2A46.3D2.A.A$120.2A4.2A46.D5.2A$175.D$99.2A58.2D$99.A.A56.D.D
$101.A58.D$101.2A$103.A$101.3A17.2A40.2A$100.A19.A.A40.2A$43.2A55.2A
18.A$43.A.A73.2A$45.A4.2A110.A$41.4A.2A2.A2.A107.A.A$41.A2.A.A.A.A.2A
108.A50.2A$44.A.A.A.A108.3A51.A$45.2A.A.A51.2A55.A24.2A29.A$49.A52.2A
80.2A9.2A14.5A$78.2A53.A62.A13.A$35.2A40.A.A51.3A62.A.A12.3A$36.A7.2A
31.A52.A66.2A15.A$36.A.A5.2A30.2A52.2A15.2A3.2A57.4A$37.2A108.2A3.2A
52.2A3.A3.2A$206.2A4.3A2.A$214.A.2A$102.2A110.A$97.2A2.A2.A108.2A$97.
A.A2.2A$100.2A18.2A$47.2A52.A17.A.A5.2A76.2A$47.A50.A2.A.2A14.A7.2A
15.2A59.A$48.3A46.A.A.2A.A13.2A24.2A13.2A13.2A30.3A$50.A47.A.A58.2A
13.2A3.2A27.A$99.A2.2A28.A47.A$100.2A.3A22.2A.A.A44.A$106.A20.A.A.A.A
44.5A14.2A$100.2A.3A18.A2.A.A.A.A.2A46.A13.A$100.2A.A20.4A.2A2.A2.A
43.3A12.A.A$128.A4.2A44.A15.2A$92.2A30.2A2.A50.4A$83.2A7.2A29.A2.A.2A
47.2A3.A3.2A$81.A2.A39.2A2.A14.2A31.A2.3A4.2A$81.2A.A.A41.A4.2A8.2A
31.2A.A$83.A.2A37.4A.2A2.A2.A42.A$83.A40.A2.A.A.A.A.2A42.2A$81.3A43.A
.A.A.A$80.A47.2A.A.A$80.2A23.2A25.A54.2A$105.2A69.A11.A$118.2A56.3A6.
3A$119.A7.2A50.A5.A8.A$119.A.A5.2A8.2A39.2A12.3A$120.2A15.A.A51.A$3.
2A85.A48.A51.2A$4.A65.2A17.A.A47.2A$2.A66.A.A5.2A10.A.A49.A2.2A$2.5A
14.2A46.A7.2A11.A50.A3.A44.2A$7.A13.A46.2A17.3A52.3A4.2A3.2A34.2A$4.
3A12.A.A65.A56.A.A2.A4.A2.A$3.A15.2A61.A47.2A13.2A3.A4.3A$3.4A71.2A.A
.A46.A18.2A$.2A3.A3.2A65.A.A.A.A47.3A21.3A7.2A3.A$A2.3A4.2A62.A2.A.A.
A.A.2A46.A20.A2.A7.A3.A.A$2A.A70.4A.2A2.A2.A67.2A10.A3.A.A$3.A74.A4.
2A82.A4.A$3.2A71.A.A85.3A5.2A23.2A$76.2A86.A27.2A2.A2.A$102.2A88.A.A
2.2A$11.2A53.2A35.A73.2A16.2A$12.A53.A.A32.A76.A17.A$9.3A56.A4.2A26.
5A14.2A53.3A15.A2.A.2A$9.A54.4A.2A2.A2.A29.A13.A54.A16.A.A.2A.A34.2A$
64.A2.A.A.A.A.2A26.3A12.A.A72.A.A38.A$67.A.A.A.A28.A15.2A74.A2.2A37.A
$68.2A.A.A28.4A89.2A.3A15.2A14.5A$72.A27.2A3.A3.2A90.A15.A13.A$99.A2.
3A4.2A84.2A.3A16.A.A12.3A$58.2A39.2A.A92.2A.A19.2A15.A$59.A7.2A33.A
129.4A$59.A.A5.2A33.2A83.2A38.2A3.A3.2A$60.2A116.2A7.2A38.2A4.3A2.A$
134.A9.A34.A55.A.2A$110.2A22.3A5.3A34.A.A53.A$111.A25.A3.A38.2A52.2A$
101.A6.3A25.2A3.2A$101.3A4.A68.A$55.2A47.A51.2A17.3A48.2A$56.A13.2A
19.A11.2A11.2A33.2A2.A.A16.A25.2A24.A$56.A.A11.A3.A14.3A24.2A33.A3.A
4.A13.2A24.2A25.3A$57.2A12.4A13.A63.3A.5A68.A$88.2A64.A.A$32.A40.2A
79.A.A.3A$30.3A41.A80.2A.A2.A$14.A14.A40.2A2.A.2A82.2A23.A$14.3A12.2A
39.2A3.A2.A105.A.A$17.A58.2A86.2A18.A.A$16.2A73.2A70.A.A5.2A12.A$32.D
58.2A70.A7.2A9.3A$33.D21.D106.2A18.A$17.2A14.2D18.3D100.2A.2A$17.2A
13.2D2.2A15.D.D101.A.A16.A$32.D3.2A15.D46.A3.2A24.2A20.2A.A.A.A.A10.
2A.A.A$99.A.A3.A25.A20.2A.2A3.2A9.A.A.A.A$98.A.A3.A12.2A9.3A3.A.2A30.
A2.A.A.A.A.2A$94.2A.A.A3.A13.A.A8.A2.4A.2A14.2A.2A11.4A.2A2.A2.A$94.
2A.A2.4A.A13.A11.A21.A.A16.A4.2A$98.A.A3.A.A12.2A11.3A.2A15.A.A14.A.A
$33.2A59.2A.2A2.A2.A.A27.A.A2.A14.A15.2A$10.2A21.A19.2A40.A.A2.2A3.A
32.2A$9.A2.A2.2A17.3A15.A.A28.2A10.A.A$10.2A2.A.A19.A15.A15.2A.A11.2A
11.A$12.2A16.2A19.2A16.A.3A$12.A17.A36.A.A4.A$9.2A.A2.A15.3A33.2A2.2A
.A$9.A.2A.A.A16.A38.A.A.2A$13.A.A56.A.A.2A$10.2A2.A58.A$8.3A.2A$7.A$
8.3A.2A$10.A.2A160.A$172.3A$20.2A149.A$20.2A7.2A140.2A$29.A$27.A.A$
27.2A4$7.2A152.2A$7.2A151.A.A5.2A$160.A7.2A$159.2A2$173.A$23.A6.3A
136.2A.A.A$22.A.A5.A137.A.A.A.A$22.A.A6.A133.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$23.A141.4A
.2A2.A2.A$24.3A142.A4.2A$26.A140.A.A$167.2A!
#C [[ STEP 9 ]]
Spitter rotations and reflections
But the loop on the left is unnecessarily long. I've connected the fast Oo2 output to the circuit that needs a slow signal. How silly of me. A quick flip and reconnect, and we have an ever-so-slightly smaller version...
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x = 248, y = 231, rule = LifeHistory
246.E$244.3E$243.E$243.CE5$223.2A$223.A.A$224.A6$215.2A$215.A.A$216.A
3$245.A$244.A.A$245.2A$112.2A11.A81.2A$112.2A10.A.A80.A.A$124.A.A2.2A
3.A73.A$123.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$127.A.A3.A.A$123.2A.A2.4A.A102.A$123.2A.A.A
3.A103.A.A$127.A.A3.A103.2A$128.A.A3.A64.2A$129.A3.2A19.2A43.A.A$148.
A6.A44.A$146.3A6.A.A.A$145.A8.2A.2A.A$120.2A23.2A13.A68.A$120.2A32.2A
.3A68.A.A$105.2A47.2A.A71.2A$104.A2.A83.2A$103.A.2A84.A.A$103.A88.A$
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#C [[ STEP 9 STOP 1428 ]]
... but I've forgotten that some orientation changes cause a 4-tick offset in relative output positions, and then Snark adjustments can't bring the two gliders into alignment no matter what you do. It might only happen when the output gliders are different colors, as in this case.
Anyway, I've fallen afoul of this problem here, and rotating the splitter 90 degrees doesn't look good -- fixes the alignment problem but makes for even longer Snark chains.
Okay, what if we try a 90-degree rotated Ee2 instead? I determined that an Ee2 was what would work, by exhaustive mathematical analysis (as in: tried every other even-rating splitter type first, because "it couldn't possibly be Ee2"). Ee2s have output gliders of different colors, unlike Ee0s, so 90-degree rotation makes a difference. An Ee0 or Oo0 rotated or mirror-reflected still remains in the same class -- but an Ee2 rotated 90 degrees or mirror-reflected turns into an Oo2, and vice versa:
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#C one signal makes a switch engine, finally
x = 248, y = 253, rule = LifeHistory
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#C [[ STEP 9 STOP 1445 ]]
Not sure this is really an improvement on the previous working model, but I like it a little better.
Comparisons
The switch-engine maker on the
Infinite Conduit, made with chris_c's double-trombone-slide ladder generator script, is two or three times bigger than this one. Calcyman's original glider-to-Cordership converter is over twelve times bigger, at least by bounding box area.
Next Step
Of course there's always a next step...! In this case, the sixteen classes of H-to-2Gs definitely make it easier to build synchronization circuitry -- but just like chris_c's script that produces connections with double trombone slides, there are unnecessary constraints built in to the construction system.
In particular, the really efficient way to make a connection like this is probably to dig up an H-to-4G splitter -- the smallest possible Herschel circuit that produces four gliders with the correct relative timings. Then bounce those gliders to their places with Snarks, and you're done.
Unfortunately I think there are 136 distinct classes of H-to-3Gs, and 816 classes of H-to-4Gs --
16+2-1 choose 2 and
16+3-1 choose 3 respectively, if I have that right. So while it may be possible for some future Hersrch variant to generate the right class of H-to-multi-G on demand, it's not so easy to build a complete toolkit manually.