Reading this :
I think it would be interesting to have collection maintainers.dvgrn wrote: ↑March 28th, 2024, 1:11 pmIf this stamp collection gets made a bit more consistent, it could perfectly well go into its own thread called something like "G-to-X collection thread".AlbertArmStain wrote: ↑March 28th, 2024, 11:44 amHere’s a toolkit for G-to-Xs for constructing stable signal converters and what not...
I don’t know where else this might go
In its current form, the stamp collection sometimes has state-2 cells showing the envelope, and sometimes doesn't.
Sometimes it has the output object marked in red, and sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes a version of the input object is marked in red instead, and sometimes it isn't.
For the 0-degree and 180-degree G-to-Gs, it would be nice to have the lane offsets labeled.
For 90-degree and 180-degree G-to-Gs, it would be good to know what the mod-8 rating of the reflector is (relative to a Snark for 90 degrees, maybe -- not sure what to measure against for 180 degrees, but as long as it's self-consistent it will probably be fine. For zero-degree shifters there's at least one obvious zero through seven rating with reference to the input glider, represented by "T0" through "T7" in the table here.
For the various named patterns some kind of labels would also be great, of course -- either LifeViewer labels or the usual old-fashioned in-pattern labels, maybe in state-4 red.
I guess these are all elementary G-to-X, but it would be good to have a gathering place for simple composite G-to-Xes too, especially if output timing and lane information can be collected and labeled. For example, for the stated purpose of "constructing stable signal converters and what not", these two-part-composite 180-degree reflectors based on the old Callahan receiver might come in very handy here and there.
(Not saying it's incumbent on anyone -- except maybe me -- to do any of this; it's just kind of a wish-list for a stamp collection that's optimized for solving the kinds of synchronization problems that came up recently in the new 2c/3 signal receivers. EDIT: Maybe a large part of what I was wishing for has just been improved by Tawal -- a stamp collection of 180-degree stable reflectors, classified by lane offset. There aren't really enough of them yet to classify them by relative output timing.)
I propose to maintain the H-to-H and H-to-Gn collections with all the necessary information (displacement, timing, repeat time, etc.).
For that, I need to be informed of any news ... the best would be by mail.
I also propose a thread to list maintained collections (with maintainer names and link to the collection) and unmaintained collections.
What do you think ?