The dz Easy Show: Episode 00005: ZZstructure for Conway's Game Of Life
Channel: Eric Rangell
Date: 2022-02-13

This show creates a test case for zzstructure using John Conway's game of Life.  It illustrates how zzstructure allows arbitrary data structures to be created using cells connected to each other in any number of dimensions desired.  In this example, a snake data structure is created which would allow the next generation of a Life board to be calculated for an arbitrarily large game board.  In a decentralized zzstructure it would be possible to do grid computing where calculations of large boards could be distributed to peers and the results linked together.

The Gzz prototype can be downloaded from Ted Nelson's website at: https://xanadu.com/zigzag
Archive org disk image of Von Neumann machine code for Game of Life calculations: https://archive.org/details/VNCONWAY
Life for the Apple II (LifeLike by Sean Nolan): https://archive.org/details/LOGIC_AppleII_Disk-P8G005
MicroM8 Apple II emulator: https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8
B+ Foundation: https://www.bepositive.org/
In memory of John Conway: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-math-fans-some-puzzles-from-game-of-life-creator-john-conway