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- What╒s new
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- Hi, it is me again, Lim Thye Chean, the GS Lover.
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- I am here to present the latest:
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- Mandelbrot II GS
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- (If you have never seen Mandelbrot II GS, skip to next section)
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- OK, what's new? Here goes... Mandelbrot II GS v2.2!
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- The software is now System 6.0.1 compatible!
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- What is Mandelbrot II GS?
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- The pictures plotted using the Mandelbrot set are really amazing. If you are
- not sure what exactly is Mandelbrot set, well, you don╒t need to know. All you
- need to know is, there are now a Mandelbrot program for the Apple IIGS
- that allow you to view and navigate in the beautiful world of Mandelbrot set.
- The latest version of Mandelbrot II GS even lets you view Julia set of any
- point in the Mandelbrot picture.
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- Mandelbrot II GS intends to be the best Mandelbrot Set plotting program for
- Apple IIGS. I know there are now new Mandelbrot programs out there for GS,
- but I am afraid of no competitors. It is nice to have other serious programs
- for GS around, and it is also nice to have positive competition.
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- What makes Mandelbrot II GS special?
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- It provides:
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- 1. Many colour modes for different types of Mandelbrot pictures!
- All modes are supported under 320 or 640 mode screen, with or without
- dithering. The dithering is the coolest you can find nowhere else!
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- Mode 1: Default
- Combination of Cycle and Range modes.
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- Mode 2: Cycle
- The colour cycle on alternate value. Best for first few levels.
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- Mode 3: Range
- The colours are equally divided. Best for deeper levels.
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- Mode 4: Wave
- 2 colours alternate, then change to another set of 2 colours.
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- Mode 5: Beauty (My favorite)
- This is a totally different mode. Try it!
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- 2. Very fast operation.
- Integer maths instead of SANE is used. Besides, the new Mandelbrot II
- uses the Divide and Conquer algorithm, which makes the plotting much
- faster than most other Mandelbrot programs.
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- First level of Mandelbrot set picture is no longer plotted. Instead, it
- is loaded from disk. This allows much faster navigation. You can switch
- off this feature if desired.
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- 3. Preview zooming.
- When zoom, the pixels in the area are enlarged 5 times to fill the screen.
- You can switch off preview zooming if desired.
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- 4. Julia set for any point in the Mandelbrot picture.
- Note that once the Julia set picture is drawn, you cannot zoom furthur.
- This is a Mandelbrot program after all.
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- 5. Accuracy level setting.
- Higher accuracy means more detail plot when zoomed into deeper levels,
- but is slower.
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- 6. Colour cycling.
- You can have 2 directional colour cycling at 10 different speed.
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- 7. Easy to operate.
- Just click on the mouse to zoom into an area or view the Julia set picture!
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- 8. Multiple palettes to select.
- Just press the number key during plotting and see the result immediately.
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- 9. Automatic mirror image if necessary.
- Cut down half of the plotting time!
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- 10. Save screen.
- Pictures are stored in the same directory as the program.
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- 11. Show/hide screen.
- This is for those without screen blanker.
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- 12. The ability to return to first level.
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- From the author...
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- Honestly, I am no longer a IIGS programmers like what I used to be. I have not been
- writing GS software for very long time, due to the lack of encouragement. I
- uploaded this version because Mandelbrot IIGS v1.2 is never released
- (besides a few friends of mine has got it), and I just got a copy of Complete Pascal
- II to test some features. So I sat down and add some features and release it as
- v1.3b. Later this version become v2.0. v2.0 is almost a complete rewrite. Many
- features have been added. v2.1 added Julia Set, fixes some bugs and add colour
- cycling to 640 mode. v2.2 is now fully compatible with System 6.0.1.
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- Mandelbrot IIGS has the ability to save the screen, but it has a bug. I am not
- sure why, this Complete Pascal II program cannot save a file with a correct file
- type. The result is an unknown file type. Just change the file type to $C1, and you
- can see the pictures. The sample programs that came with Complete Pascal II also
- has this problem, so this might be a bug of Complete Pascal II. If anybody know what
- I have done wrong, please write to me.
-
- (For programmers - yes, I have set the fileType to $C1 in both createRecGS and
- openRecGS)
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- This program is freeware, so share it with anybody. I don't ask for any money. If you
- like it, send me anything, like a little program you wrote, letter of appreciation
- (preferred), any little presents (of course I don't mind money), or copy of review
- about any of my software. It will be greatly appreciated, and will encourage me to
- enhance this software, and write more programs for Apple IIGS.
-
- (The above almost never happened. So you know why I have not been programming for
- GS nowadays)
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- If you can find any Mandelbrot program for GS which is better than this, do me a
- favor. Send it to me. Thanks.
-
- Also please upload this software to Genie, AOL and other Apple II boards.
-
- I have written other Apple II/Apple IIGS programs, which includes Super Magic 3.2
- (A macro library for writing games and demos with fast animation for GS), 2D and 3D
- Mandelbrot GS (in Applesoft), Mandelbrot for 8 bit Apple II, Infiltrator
- 1990 (Space arcade game for 8 bit Apple II), KeyWin (Applesoft window manager),
- The Dream (complete graphics package for 8 bit Apple II), etc. There are more than
- 20 software titles.
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- Write to me for more details.
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- My email address is: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG (or ISSLTC@NUSVM)
- My real address is: 12, College Green, Singapore 1129
-
- ...and most important of all, although my name is Lim Thye Chean, Lim is my surname,
- so please call me Thye Chean instead of Lim Thye. Thanks. :)
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- Dedicated to...
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- I dedicate these programs to:
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- 1. Those who have wrote and encourage me, especially...
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- Theo Schneider (Thanks for the program!)
- David A. Taylor (I like your Invaders from Space!)
- Rick Davis (Are you still developing those fantastic GS freeware?)
- Lu Weiming (I received your letter, just to say thanks!)
- Uchida Yoshihiko (I love to receive letter from Tokyo!)
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- ,,,and more, sorry if I forgot your name!
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- 2. All Apple II developers, especially...
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- Henrick from Bright Software (Hope to see your latest game!)
- Steven Chiang from DreamWorld (DuelTris is cool!)
- Jawaid from Procyon (When can we see new Switch It?)
- Burger Bill (OOTW is cool, but what we really need now is Avatar!)
- William St. Pierre (Release TurboRez soon!)
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- ...please write more software for GS! (Hints: games, games and games)
- ...please develop more hardware for GS! (Avatar! TurboRez! DSP!)
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- 3. All Apple II lovers in the world, especially those who like Mandelbrot set.
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- Happy Mandelbroting, and of course...
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- Apple IIGS Forever!
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