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Blinker

Three cells flipping between horizontal and vertical. The first oscillator anyone ever sees and still the most common one in random soups.

B3/S23 live simulation — not a recording
Category
oscillator
Rule
B3/S23
Bounding box
3 × 1
Live cells
3
Period
2 generations
Views
3
oscillator common
Pattern data
x = 3, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
3o!

Run Length Encoded - the standard interchange format. This will paste straight into Golly or any other Life program.

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