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Title: MACROLIFE
Author: Chris Taylor (chris@sati.demon.co.uk)
Version: 1.80
Title From: Documentation
Author From: Documentation
Version From: Documentation
Supplier: Chris Taylor (chris@sati.demon.co.uk)
Date: 19/08/95
Keywords: Simulation software
Shareware: No
Machine: Archimedes
Operating system: RISCOS
Memory requirements:
Peripherals needed:
Other s/ware needed:
Directory: micros/arch/riscos/d150
Date mounted/updated: 28/09/95
File names: macrolife.arc
Unarchived files: 52
Unarchived size: 531 kbytes
Omissions:
See also: LISTLIFE (c169), GOL (d003)
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Acquiring the package:
Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
(see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).
Description:
MacroLife is a desktop version of the famous game of Life,
invented by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.
It displays a scrollable window onto a Life plane, or grid, onto
which you can place patterns of cells and watch how they evolve.
Besides running on the desktop, MacroLife offers a very large Life plane.
It is 65,536 cells on a side, over 4 billion cells in total.
(At 32 times magnification, the plane would cover about a square mile.)
Facilities are provided to assist with navigating around the plane, but
they are only needed if you want to generate really large patterns.
Other features include:
* saving, loading and editing of Life planes and regions.
* predefined Lifeforms.
* random field generation.
* an option to switch to other algorithms such as '3-4' Life.
* a provision for returning to the start position.
* a wide range of magnifications.
* ...