# Edwin Roger Banks, PhD Thesis 1971
#
# Two-state, nine-neighbor CA for a universal computer.
# (Appendix III)
#
# Here Banks shows that his previous 3-state CA can be implemented
# in a 2-state version, using nine neighbors instead of four. Wires
# and signals operate in a similar fashion to Banks-II.
#
# See: http://www.bottomlayer.com/bottom/banks/banks_commentary.htm
#
# (Addendum on 12 May 2022: in modern isotropic non-totalistic
# notation, this rule is expressed as a long string:
# B2ce3e4jr5cin6-en7c8/S012-ac3-cn4-eikny5-kr67c8 )
x = 89, y = 54, rule = Banks-III
30bo35bo$52bo$6b2ob26o14b4ob30o$5b4ob23o16b5ob30o$6b2ob23o17b4ob30o$
31bo$31bo34bo5$6b2ob23o$5b4ob23o$6b2ob23o6$6b3ob22o$5b5ob22o$6b3ob22o
4$14b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$15bo36bo25bo$14bobo34bobo23bob
o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$3bo8bob3obo8bo21bob
3obo19bob3obo$3bo10b3o10bo23b3o23b3o$3b25o14b2ob18o5b2ob18o$2b27o13b3o
b17o5b3ob17o$31o11b2ob18o5b2ob18o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$4bo7bob3obo7bo22bob
3obo19bob3obo$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b
3o23bobo$14b3o34b3o24bo$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o34b3o23b3o$14b3o$14b3o$
14b3obo$12b5o$15b2o$16bo$16bo!
