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Subject: Re: (fractint) Error message when starting FRACTINT...
Date: 01 Dec 1999 07:34:32 EST

Hi All,

I tried using Marcus' FRACTINT.CFG from version 20 and I still get the error
message that: File FRACTINT.CFG is missing or invalid.

--Bob Carr--

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From: Bill Jemison <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Error message when starting FRACTINT...
Date: 01 Dec 1999 11:57:47 -0500

Bob,

What happens after you get the message? If you hit <enter> does it contin=
ue
with default settings?

Make sure that the fractint.cfg is in the same directory as the version o=
f
Fractint that you are running. I know that this is not required, if thing=
s
are set up correctly, but it should work.

To get a DOS Box in Win9x <Start> <Programs> <MSDos Prompt> This will
probably give a full screen Dos prompt. If so, do an <Alt+Enter> which wi=
ll
give you a "DOS Box"

Bill

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) Error message when starting FRACTINT...
Date: 01 Dec 1999 07:34:32 EST

Hi All,

I tried using Marcus' FRACTINT.CFG from version 20 and I still get the error
message that: File FRACTINT.CFG is missing or invalid.

--Bob Carr--

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) Error message when starting FRACTINT...
Date: 01 Dec 1999 21:52:22 EST

Hi Tim,

Something new I came up with trying to solve my problem.

I made a Windows icon for DEMO-EV.BAT. When I click on the icon I get a DOS
Window. I entered the number <5>. Hit <enter> then hit <2>. This brought up
Parameter Set Selection screen. My selection was made and the image generated
just as before the problem.

Does this give you any ideas as to what is going on? Does this make any sense?

Regards,

--Bob Carr--

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From: "Angela Wilczynski" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Joining Fractint Discussion List
Date: 01 Dec 1999 19:15:10 -0800

Noel...Time

Thanks very much....I remembered seeing instructions eons ago and I think this will
help the lady with the question.  I'll forward the information on to her.

wizzle

noel wrote:
>
>         The page at spanky describing how to join the
>         fractint listserver is at:
>
> http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/listserver.html
>
>         regards,
>         Noel

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From: "Jon Meadows" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (fractint) Fractal Creations 2nd Edition
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:48:03 -0600

> Actually my various books have been translated into quite a few
> languages. Off the top of my head Portuguese, Italian, German,
> and Spanish. but some of these were Image Lab rather than
> Fractal Creations. I'll have to look and see what I have.
>
> Tim

Thanks for all your work Tim.
It was crucial in helping me get where I am today.  8)

Payback time is just around the corner ;-)

Jon Meadows
Beyond VR
[e-mail]
=A0


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From: Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) New galleries
Date: 02 Dec 1999 15:29:42 -0500

Hi All,

  I have added two galleries to my web site, for a total of 21 new images=
.

  Check out galleries #17 and 18 at:

    <http://www.fractalus.com/sylvie/homepage.htm>

  Cheers,

        - Sylvie

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From: John R Goering <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: 2D slices of Julibrot
Date: 03 Dec 1999 19:53:37 -0500

Hello to all,

Here is the mathematical derivation of the formula that I posted:

First, I created the following parameterization of a plane in pqrs-space:
  p=u,  q=v,  r=0, and s=0 (where the u-axis is the horizontal axis on
the screen and the v-axis is the vertical axis).

Then I did a sequence of counterclockwise rotations in the following
planes: qs-plane, qr-plane, pr-plane, pq-plane.  I performed these
rotations using the following general formula for performing a rotation
in some xy-plane by some angle t:

xnew=xold*cos(t) - yold*sin(t)
ynew=xold*sin(t) + yold*cos(t)

First, the rotation in the qs-plane (where a is the angle of rotation):

q=v*cos(a) - 0*sin(a)
s=v*sin(a) + 0*cos(a)

(Note that qold=v and sold=0 according to the first parameterization.
This rotation creates a new parameterization for q and s.)

So now the complete parameterization of the uv-plane in pqrs-space is:

p=u
q=v*cos(a)
r=0
s=v*sin(a)

Then the rotation in the qr-plane (where b is the angle of rotation and
where I substitute the "old" values for q and r from the above
parameterization into the rotation equations):

q=[v*cos(a)]*cos(b) - 0*sin(b)
r=[v*cos(a)]*sin(b) + 0*cos(b)

The new parameterization in pqrs-space then is:

p=u
q=v*cos(a)*cos(b)
r=v*cos(a)*sin(b)
s=v*sin(a)

Then the rotation in the pr-plane (where g is the angle of rotation [if
you wonder where this sequence of letters is from, I originally use the
first for letters of the Greek alphabet as the angles of rotation]):

p=u*cos(g) - [v*cos(a)*sin(b)]*sin(g)
r=u*sin(g) + [v*cos(a)*sin(b)]*cos(g)

So the new parameterization in pqrs-space is:

p=u*cos(g) - v*cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)
q=v*cos(a)*cos(b)
r=u*sin(g) + v*cos(a)*sin(b)*cos(g)
s=v*sin(a)

Then the rotation in the pq-plane (where d is the angle of rotation):

p=[u*cos(g) - v*cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)]*cos(d) - [v*cos(a)*cos(b)]*sin(d)
q=[u*cos(g) - v*cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)]*sin(d) + [v*cos(a)*cos(b)]*cos(d)

After some mathematical manipulations, the complete parameterization is:

p=u*cos(g)*cos(d) - v*[cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)*cos(d) +
cos(a)*cos(b)*sin(d)]
q=u*cos(g)*sin(d) + v*[cos(a)*cos(b)*cos(d) -
cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)*sin(d)]
r=u*sin(g) + v*cos(a)*sin(b)*cos(g)
s=v*sin(a)

Then I performed a simple shift of the origin of the uv-plane to the
point (real(p3), imag(p3), 0 ,0).  This point is in the pq-plane ( the
plane that the M-set is in).  So, theoretically, the resulting
parameterizations of p and q are:

p=u*cos(g)*cos(d) - v*[cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)*cos(d) +
cos(a)*cos(b)*sin(d)] + real(p3)
q=u*cos(g)*sin(d) + v*[cos(a)*cos(b)*cos(d) -
cos(a)*sin(b)*sin(g)*sin(d)] + imag(p3)

However, to simplify things, I did not really add real(p3) and imag(p3)
in the formula until I initialized the value of c

So in implementing the parameterization, I initially set z = r + s*i and
c = p + q*i + p3 (where p3 is the third parameter. Note that this adds
the real portion of p3 to p and the imaginary portion of p3 to q.)

I included the formula below so that you can compare the parameterization
with how I wrote it in the actual code.

SliceJB {; by John R. H. Goering, July 1999
;This formula produces 2D slices of the 4D Julibrot set. The numbers for
;p1 and p2 describe the rotation of the plane that slices the set (I
;call that plane the uv-plane -- the u-axis is the horizontal axis on
;the screen and the v-axis is the vertical axis). I call the 4 axes
;in 4-space the p, q, r, & s axes. The M-set is in the pq-plane and the
;J-sets are in the rs-plane and planes "parallel" to it. The rotation
angles
;are to be entered as fractions of pi (e.g., pi/4 would be entered as
0.25).
;At first, the uv-plane is identical to the pq-plane.
;Then the rotations are performed counterclockwise in each plane as
follows:
;First: real(p1)--the rotation in the qs-plane.  Then imag(p1)--qr-plane.
;real(p2)--pr-plane. imag(p2)--pq-plane.
;The origin of the resulting skewed uv-plane is then placed at the point
;(real(p3), imag(p3), 0, 0) in pqrs-space. To create the M-set, leave the
;parameters alone, or you may change p3 to change the position of the
M-set
;on the uv-plane.
;To create a J-set, set real(p1)=real(p2)=0.5, then set p3 equal to the
;constant for the J-set (let imag(p1)=imag(p2)=0).
;The parameters for p1 and p2 that are needed to put the uv-plane
parallel to
;the various coordinate planes are as following (the numbers are given in
the
;order -- real(p1), imag(p1), real(p2), imag(p2) ):
;pq-plane: 0, 0, 0, 0   pr-plane: 0, 0.5, 0, 0   ps-plane: 0.5, 0, 0, 0
;qr: 0, 0.5, 0, 0.5  qs: 0.5, 0, 0, 0.5  rs: 0.5, 0, 0.5, 0

  pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1), b=pi*imag(p1)
  g=pi*real(p2), d=pi*imag(p2), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b),
cg=cos(g)
  sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d)
  p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd)
  q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd)
  r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q) + p3, z=r+flip(s):
  z=z*z+c
  |z|<=4
}


John Ralph H. Goering
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From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Parser bug
Date: 05 Dec 1999 15:50:10 -0600

Nearly a month ago, I wrote and Sylvie responded:

> >> Are there any other parser bugs anyone knows of that were  introduced in
> >> V. 20?
>
>   No, but I have the same problem with Kerry's starnear_jul formula.

We now believe that we have found and fixed this problem. Chuck
Ebbert's formula optimizer works OK but has a side effect that
makes problems with the decomp option. The star_near example
we had that showed the bug uses decomp=256. My earlier fix was
to undo Chuck's optimization, but we believe we can fix the
problem and keep most of the improvement. The formula parser
should work OK with no decomp, and if you are using decomp and
see a bug, adding debug=90 to the command line clears it up (at
the expense of speed.)

We have also fixed the 3D targa problem that was mentioned here.
For these reasons and because my email has changed, we will be
releasing 20.1 before to long, but knowing how things go, probably
after the holidays.

Tim




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From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 08:43:39 GMT
Date: 08 Dec 1999 01:43:44 -0700

Could someone please explane to me how Fractint's Esher Julia type works? I
gathered that it renders the normal level sets of the quadratic Julia Z =
sqr(Z), and it uses as the bailout test the shape of another user-selectable
Julia set. But why don't the numbers I type produce the Julia shapes I'm
expecting?

Is there any way to inplement this type as an FRM? If so, can someone show
me one where *both* Julias have a user-selectable parameter?

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From: "Jon Meadows" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) 3D gallery of Fractal '99 Contest
Date: 08 Dec 1999 16:32:31 -0600

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I've put all the winners into a VRspace (VRML) that everyone can enter and
explore. We're putting in the tours now, and next we'll e-commerce enable
the site. It will also be multiuser enabled, allowing us to meet and chat
there.

The big gallery is four stories tall and not only contains the winners of
the Fractal '99 Contest but the majority of the entries as well. There is
also a building that is for the display of more fractals, and another
building that will be dedicated to a featured artist. WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK.
The pieces that go in these buildings are to be determined by the fractal
community. We intend to swap out the pieces in the "artist gallery" and the
"featured artist gallery" on a regular basis. Sylvie is who I've put in as
the featured artist to begin with.

So PLEASE go check out www.metaverse-portal.com and let me know what you
think and if you run into any difficulties.  There's also some screen shots
of what the place looks like.

Beyond VR
Jon Meadows
[e-mail]


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From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractal Creations 2nd Edition
Date: 09 Dec 1999 04:17:34 -0600

Hello FractIntizens:

Sorry for replying to this question posed to the mail list on Nov. 8, but I was
on vacation in Kenya and Tanzania and had to leave my computer at home. (There
was absolutely no room for it in the Land Rover <g>.)

Fortunately I am the proud owner of not only the second edition of Fractal
Creations, but the first edition as well! Nyaah. Nyaah.

Anyway, I didn't see a reply within the past month to the following question,
and so I give a response based upon books that I own.

Alejandro Gustavo Kainer wrote:
>
>
> Btw, what are your other books about? Photography? What are their names?
>
> Thank you for answering :))
>
> @le
>

Besides two editions of Fractal Creations, I own the following books from Waite
Group Press:

Animation How-To CD by Jeff Bowermaster. 1994
Image Lab (2nd ed.) by our magnamimous and supremely wise leader, Tim Wegner.
1995
Artifical Life Lab by Rudy Rucker. 1993
Making Movies on Your PC by David K. Mason and Alexander Enzmann. 1993
Ray Tracing Creations (2nd ed.) by Chris Young and Drew Wells. 1994
Virtual Reality Creations by Dave Stampe, Bernie Roehl, and John Eagan. 1993
Virtual Reality Playhouse by Nicholas Lavroff. 1992

The Image Lab book mentioned above came with a CD that had several image
processing programs on it, including the version of FractInt current at the
time, POV-Ray, Polyray, Piclab, Image Alchemy and Dave's Targa Animator. The
book says that our fearless and devoted leader authored five computer graphics
books published in three languages, including the two editions of Fractal
Creations.

When the book was published, "Tim's idea of a good time," the book says, "is to
curl up in a rocking chair with a good mathematics book, and then spend half
the night in front of his computer transforming abstract ideas into colorful
new Fractint features," when he should have instead been practicing his dunking
basketballs through the hoop so that he would not have been "playing a hopeless
game of one-on-one basketball with his teenage son."

HAND,

Bob Margolis
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From: "Alejandro Gustavo Kainer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (fractint) Fractal Creations 2nd Edition
Date: 09 Nov 1999 14:23:39 -0300

Thank you, Bob. You were the only one that saw my letter, I guess ;) You
were most helpful, indeed, and I am thankful for your answers to my
questions. I hope you have enjoyed your vacations, at least the trip seemed
amazing and revitalizing :)

Kind regards,

@le

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Para: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Fecha: Jueves 9 de Diciembre de 1999 07:50
Asunto: Re: (fractint) Fractal Creations 2nd Edition


Hello FractIntizens:

Sorry for replying to this question posed to the mail list on Nov. 8, but I
was
(...)


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From: Robert Fargher <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) RE: Fractal Creations, 2nd Edition
Date: 10 Dec 1999 11:37:50 -0800 (PST)

On 09-Dec-1999 fractint-digest wrote:
> From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractal Creations 2nd Edition


> There are a number of approaches that could be taken, from
> scanning the book to editing and upgrading the Word files.

> There's a possibility that I could turn Fractal Creations into
> something with a "GPL" type license and we could make it's
> resurrection a group project. That's probably the only way it would
> get done.

  Well, I have a hard copy of both editions of Fractal Creations and
am willing to update a couple of chapters of the Word files.  I'd
volunteer to co-ordinate the project but am not in a position to do
so right now.

  And, yes, I'd much rather let you get on with developing Fractint
for Linux <grin> than wasting your precious development time
re-inventing the wheel.

Cheers,
Rob
Coast Mountain Linux Consulting


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From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Your fractal art on silk
Date: 12 Dec 1999 07:26:32 -0600

Hello fellow fractalholics;

Woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep.

Turned on the TV and watched C|Net Central at 5 a.m. C.S.T. on the USA network.

They did a piece about Pictorico at http://www.pictorico.com/ in which they
showed artwork using their various products and a color printer. The company's
products include adhesive film, canvas, OHP transparency film, pastel colored
paper, PGHP white film, photo glossy paper, poly-silk fabric and watercolor
card stock. C|Net showed artwork done on the company's canvas, silk fabric, and
watercolor card stock, and it looked (to me) to be very impressive.

Maybe a looksee at Pictorico's Website at the above listed URL will give you
inspiration into putting your artwork onto other media besides ordinary laser
printer paper or floppy disks.

Have a nice fractal art designing day.

Bob Margolis
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From: "Angela Wilczynski" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Your fractal art on silk
Date: 12 Dec 1999 09:06:33 -0800

THanks for the tip Bob...I bookmarked their website for reading later

Angela aka wizzle

Bob Margolis wrote:
>
> Hello fellow fractalholics;
>
> Woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep.
>
> Turned on the TV and watched C|Net Central at 5 a.m. C.S.T. on the USA network.
>
> They did a piece about Pictorico at http://www.pictorico.com/ in which they
> showed artwork using their various products and a color printer. The company's
> products include adhesive film, canvas, OHP transparency film, pastel colored
> paper, PGHP white film, photo glossy paper, poly-silk fabric and watercolor
> card stock. C|Net showed artwork done on the company's canvas, silk fabric, and
> watercolor card stock, and it looked (to me) to be very impressive.
>
> Maybe a looksee at Pictorico's Website at the above listed URL will give you
> inspiration into putting your artwork onto other media besides ordinary laser
> printer paper or floppy disks.
>
> Have a nice fractal art designing day.
>
> Bob Margolis
> [e-mail]
>
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From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractalus down?
Date: 12 Dec 1999 21:39:42 -1000

When I try to visit fractalus, I keep getting a msg
"Unable to locate the server www.fractalus.com"

Is it perhaps AWOL?

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
Unlike genius, idiocy has no limits. (D.Jones)



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From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractalus down?
Date: 13 Dec 1999 01:46:38 -0600

David Jones wrote:
>
> When I try to visit fractalus, I keep getting a msg
>    "Unable to locate the server www.fractalus.com"
> Is it perhaps AWOL?
>

Nope, it's up and running just fine.

P.N.L.
http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go

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From: "Sheraz Shere" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
Date: 14 Dec 1999 11:15:01 PST

Hi,
I'm new to the group, so I apologize if I am asking something that
has already been answered!

I recently downloaded Fractint 20.0 (latest version) and think it
is great. I have one problem however, when I am in color cycling
mode, it seems to be cycling fine for a while, then for
no apparent reason, the cycling will go nuts and cycle at
infinite speed, causing the screen to flicker. I try to
slow the cycling down using the cursor keys, but it doesn't work.
When I leave the image (e.g. go to the menu by hitting
'esc' twice) and then go back to the image, the cycling works
fine again, but if I leave it running long enough it
usually goes crazy again.

Has anyone had this problem?

Also, is there an up to date version
of the software for Windows? I know there is a Win95
version, but supposedly it doesn't have all the functionality
of the DOS version. Any other software similar to this that
is out there?

Thanks (and nice to meet you all)!!
Sheraz


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From: "Angela Wilczynski" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
Date: 14 Dec 1999 18:40:49 -0800

Sheraz...

I had that problem as well.  Since I"m not at all technical, I just exited Fractint
and started over, usually with no further problems.  Welcome to Fractint!!!

Angela aka wizzle

Sheraz Shere wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm new to the group, so I apologize if I am asking something that
> has already been answered!
>
> I recently downloaded Fractint 20.0 (latest version) and think it
> is great. I have one problem however, when I am in color cycling
> mode, it seems to be cycling fine for a while, then for
> no apparent reason, the cycling will go nuts and cycle at
> infinite speed, causing the screen to flicker. I try to
> slow the cycling down using the cursor keys, but it doesn't work.
> When I leave the image (e.g. go to the menu by hitting
> 'esc' twice) and then go back to the image, the cycling works
> fine again, but if I leave it running long enough it
> usually goes crazy again.
>
> Has anyone had this problem?
>
> Also, is there an up to date version
> of the software for Windows? I know there is a Win95
> version, but supposedly it doesn't have all the functionality
> of the DOS version. Any other software similar to this that
> is out there?
>
> Thanks (and nice to meet you all)!!
> Sheraz

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From: knife31a <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
Date: 14 Dec 1999 19:46:52 -0700

I also have had that problem, but it usually occurs if I let it color cycle
for 10 min or more.  It seems to come and go based on what I am generating.

Randy H
At 11:15 AM 12/14/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm new to the group, so I apologize if I am asking something that
>has already been answered!
>
>I recently downloaded Fractint 20.0 (latest version) and think it
>is great. I have one problem however, when I am in color cycling
>mode, it seems to be cycling fine for a while, then for
>no apparent reason, the cycling will go nuts and cycle at
>infinite speed, causing the screen to flicker. I try to
>slow the cycling down using the cursor keys, but it doesn't work.
>When I leave the image (e.g. go to the menu by hitting
>'esc' twice) and then go back to the image, the cycling works
>fine again, but if I leave it running long enough it
>usually goes crazy again.
>
>Has anyone had this problem?
>
>Also, is there an up to date version
>of the software for Windows? I know there is a Win95
>version, but supposedly it doesn't have all the functionality
>of the DOS version. Any other software similar to this that
>is out there?
>
>Thanks (and nice to meet you all)!!
>Sheraz
>
>
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From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
Date: 14 Dec 1999 23:25:21 -0600

Sheraz asked:

> I recently downloaded Fractint 20.0 (latest version) and think it
> is great. I have one problem however, when I am in color cycling
> mode, it seems to be cycling fine for a while, then for
> no apparent reason, the cycling will go nuts and cycle at
> infinite speed, causing the screen to flicker.

Fractint's color cycling is synched to the vertical retrace of your
monitor. The screen is rapidly written row by row, and when fractint
detects that the screen has been written and the scan is about to
move back to the top, then the colors are cycled.

We have had problems in the past with certain video boards that
did not correctly implement the detect-refresh VGA function we
were using, ATI cards were among the culprits.

What VGA card do you have? If you were running under windows,
there may be some windows settings that affect this.

Tim



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From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
Date: 15 Dec 1999 00:13:03 -0600

Sheraz Shere wrote:
>
> Also, is there an up to date version of the
> software for Windows?  I know there is a Win95
> version, but supposedly it doesn't have all the
> functionality of the DOS version.  Any other
> software similar to this that is out there?
>

There is no up-to-date Windows version as of yet.

But, there is another product that will handle most of the formulas that
FractInt uses:

        http://www.ultrafractal.com/

P.N.L.
http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go

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From: "Sheraz Shere" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
Date: 15 Dec 1999 07:15:08 PST

I have a ThinkPad, under the Device Manager it indicates
that my Display Adapter is a NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV.



>From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:25:21 -0600
>
>Sheraz asked:
>
> > I recently downloaded Fractint 20.0 (latest version) and think it
> > is great. I have one problem however, when I am in color cycling
> > mode, it seems to be cycling fine for a while, then for
> > no apparent reason, the cycling will go nuts and cycle at
> > infinite speed, causing the screen to flicker.
>
>Fractint's color cycling is synched to the vertical retrace of your
>monitor. The screen is rapidly written row by row, and when fractint
>detects that the screen has been written and the scan is about to
>move back to the top, then the colors are cycled.
>
>We have had problems in the past with certain video boards that
>did not correctly implement the detect-refresh VGA function we
>were using, ATI cards were among the culprits.
>
>What VGA card do you have? If you were running under windows,
>there may be some windows settings that affect this.
>
>Tim
>
>
>
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 15 Dec 1999 18:17:35 EST

Tim,

Parallel to this color cycling dialogue, I think I asked you this once
before, but don't recall your answer...

I want to load a color map or "composition for cycling" that is longer than
256 colors.
Is this possible?  I think you said no...So...

Is there yet a way that I can remap your key color map assignments/formulas
or can I load a batch file that calls multiple maps for longer and more
varied cycling events?  How do I write a color "formula" and plug it into
fractint instead of the static
map?

I have some great composition ideas and I don't want to do them via videotape
editing...I want to do them dynamically "on the fly" from my keyboard.

Anyone else been there before?

Tom

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From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 15 Dec 1999 17:56:57 -0600

Tom asked:

> Parallel to this color cycling dialogue, I think I asked you this once
> before, but don't recall your answer...
>
> I want to load a color map or "composition for cycling" that is longer than
> 256 colors.
> Is this possible?  I think you said no...So...

The present version is limited to 256 color palettes. However, this
is one of many things we could easily change for the future.

The present version is close to the last "classic" DOS version.
We're looking at major rewriting and porting to
Windows/Linux/Mac.

Tim


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 15 Dec 1999 21:45:43 EST

In a message dated 12/15/99 6:57:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< The present version is close to the last "classic" DOS version. We're
looking at major rewriting and porting to  Windows/Linux/Mac.  >>

JUST GREAT !!!!

--Bob Carr--

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 16-12-99 (Poinsettia) (c)
Date: 16 Dec 1999 00:41:26 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 16, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

The formulas used to create fractals nowadays are growing ever
more complex, while my formulas intentionally remain quite
simple.  But can a Mandelbrot-style fractal be created by
iterating a formula such as Z+1/Z -- a formula so simple that it
can be stated without an exponent?  The not so surprising answer
is that a fractal not only can be created, but has been created.
Today's FOTD is the proof.

The mere existence of this particular fractal is so fascinating
that I return to it again and again.  Indeed, by a slight
variation of the real(p3) parameter, which controls the initial
factor of the formula, and by toggling (fn1) between (ident) and
(recip), an infinity of different fractals can be created by
nothing more than adding 1/Z to Z.

This afternoon, while gazing at the first Christmas poinsettia,
I was struck by the resemblance of that flower to today's image.
I really had little choice other than to name the picture
"Poinsettia", since I'll always see that flower when I see
today's picture.  The parameter file is rather slow, making a
download of the image the better choice.  The image is ready for
download at the following internet sites:

          alt.binaries.pictures.fractals

and

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The local weather experts once again made fools of themselves
today.  At 10am they were still forecasting sunny skies and a
temperature of 55F (13C), even three hours after a fog bank had
rolled in and cut the visibility to less than 100 meters.  At
midnight it still has not cleared.  The fiasco not only
embarrassed the experts, it also made the cats unhappy.  The
temperature of 39F (4C) and wet grass made it unpleasant for
them to be outdoors.  They satisfied themselves by stuffing
their stomachs.

I was too busy today to write much philosophy, but tomorrow will
be here in 24 hours, (it always is), and my philosophy muse,
(the Muth Muse), could be back on-line by then.  Until that
moment, take care, and thank goodness the millennium turnover
happens only once every thousand years.  (It actually happens at
midnight of December 31 at the end of the year 2000.)


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Poinsettia         { ; time=0:19:20.32 on a p200, SF5
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=-1.59232686594490900/-0.17742728388304660\
  /2.840454e+008/1/-19.999 params=1/1/1/-1/0.1/0
  float=y maxiter=14000 bailout=25 inside=0
  logmap=346 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10
  colors=000AGJAGGAJEAMCFP5<2>UYKZ`PacUcfZhicmlg<3>qlg\
  qlgrlg<2>tlgfgnTbu8`zFZzLXy<2>bRqgSr<3>iJfjHcjF`<2>k\
  9TbN`U`hInn<3>RktTkuVjv<2>`iz<3>N_cKYYGWS<3>3N6<9>GJ\
  DHJEIJF<2>MIHNIHQGLTFPZAU<3>QQTOTTLXS<2>FhSDkTDkSClN\
  DkL<3>GODHCBIC9J67J15<5>bDTeEXhG`<2>rMluOpyQv<8>pLbo\
  L`nKZ<2>jJTiJRhKQ<2>bKN`K5ZKKXKP<3>KKPAAF005PZXPcRPh\
  LNmAPnGRlLT`QU_Z<3>`WZbUZdKZeUzYc`Rl7<7>XnJYnLZnM<3>\
  anSepR<4>jo_koaloc<2>onhpniqnh<3>unhvmhwmh<3>wmiwmiw\
  mj<3>wmnwmowmpwmq<41>wmrwmrwmr<3>wmrwmL
  }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

Poinsettia         { ; time=0:19:20.32 on a p200, SF5
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=-1.59232686594490900/-0.17742728388304660\
  /2.840454e+008/1/-19.999 params=1/1/1/-1/0.1/0
  float=y maxiter=14000 bailout=25 inside=0
  logmap=346 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10
  colors=000AGJAGGAJEAMCFP5<2>UYKZ`PacUcfZhicmlg<3>qlg\
  qlgrlg<2>tlgfgnTbu8`zFZzLXy<2>bRqgSr<3>iJfjHcjF`<2>k\
  9TbN`U`hInn<3>RktTkuVjv<2>`iz<3>N_cKYYGWS<3>3N6<9>GJ\
  DHJEIJF<2>MIHNIHQGLTFPZAU<3>QQTOTTLXS<2>FhSDkTDkSClN\
  DkL<3>GODHCBIC9J67J15<5>bDTeEXhG`<2>rMluOpyQv<8>pLbo\
  L`nKZ<2>jJTiJRhKQ<2>bKN`K5ZKKXKP<3>KKPAAF005PZXPcRPh\
  LNmAPnGRlLT`QU_Z<3>`WZbUZdKZeUzYc`Rl7<7>XnJYnLZnM<3>\
  anSepR<4>jo_koaloc<2>onhpniqnh<3>unhvmhwmh<3>wmiwmiw\
  mj<3>wmnwmowmpwmq<41>wmrwmrwmr<3>wmrwmL
  }

frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) 3 new pars
Date: 16 Dec 1999 01:54:30 EST


Hi Folks,

  Merry Christmas to all and here's 3 recent pars. It's me again....Jim
Weaver <g>

 Enjoy~

Jim
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

mncros03.gif       { ; image(c)1999 Jim Weaver
  reset=1960 type=mandel(fn||fn) function=sqr/cosh passes=t
  center-mag=+0.08596235030175405/+2.76911172572966300/5.636609/1/-74.999
  params=0.25/0/1.25 float=y maxiter=255 bailout=500
  inside=epsiloncross periodicity=0
  colors=0000OQ001<37>PawQbyPey<2>PoyOszPuz<31>1BR09P19Q<13>MMiONkQPk<13>w\
  wyzzzzxw<14>zN0<14>000021124<12>ELXCLYAK_<14>zyyzzzyzz<32>F15<14>xoP<22>\
  0MJ<2>0KO0JQ0KQ0LQ0MQ
  }

lmdadanc.gif       { ; image(c)1999 Jim Weaver
  reset=1960 type=lambda(fn||fn) function=ident/exp passes=t
  center-mag=-0.57230591317495080/+1.94446639057023200/0.3844745/1/-90
  params=0.92/0.7/0.5 float=y maxiter=100 bailoutest=manh
  inside=epsiloncross periodicity=0
  colors=02C0LH<3>06D63C<6>YPI<4>rhAreAqaAqZB<16>C6E20C<23>uym<6>nromqojol\
  <14>0C2<24>05U5AW7CW9EX<6>HM_IN_JN`<5>NSaOSbOTbPTbPUb<14>XaeYafYafYbf<34\
  >jokkokkokkoklpk<9>oslosmmos<8>nrvkkkkkk<20>3EI0CG0DH<4>0IJ0JK1LL1NL<5>0\
  ZK0XK0VK0SJ0OI
  }

lesprl15.gif       { ; image(c)1999 Jim Weaver
  reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=Lesfrm16 function=conj/tanh passes=1
  center-mag=-0.365448/-3.10862e-015/0.5531365/1/-90
  params=1.25/0/1.5/0 float=y maxiter=255 inside=bof60
  colors=000000<8>U32X43_43c54d74<11>uX1wZ1x`1zc0zc1zd3<12>zjNzjPxgP<10>V0\
  JMKI<19>bK2cK1cL2<28>gbahcchcc<29>vvvwwwutt<18>100<24>W0OX0P_0R`0Sa0Tc0U\
  <30>_0lZ0mY0l<29>102
  }


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From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 15 Dec 1999 21:25:29 -1000

Do it in GNU C++, I'd love to see if we could compile an
OS/2 version.

On 15 Dec 99 at 21:45, [e-mail] wrote:

> In a message dated 12/15/99 6:57:44 PM Eastern Standard
> Time, [e-mail] writes:
>
> << The present version is close to the last "classic"
> DOS version. We're looking at major rewriting and
> porting to  Windows/Linux/Mac.  >>

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
I ain't no rat. You can race without me. (D.Jones)



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From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: FOTD, 16-12-99 (Poinsettia) (c)
Date: 15 Dec 1999 21:25:29 -1000

On 16 Dec 99 at 0:41, Jim Muth wrote:

> FOTD -- December 16, 1999

Jim, what do you do that you get to make a worthwhile
fractal each day? I barely get to diddle around a bit
ever once in a while!

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
Oh, to have the paper monopoly in a town of bureaucrats! (D.Jones)



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From: Lee Skinner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) 3 new pars
Date: 16 Dec 1999 08:39:34 -0500

Hi Jim,

>>  Merry Christmas to all and here's 3 recent pars. It's me again....Jim=
 =

Weaver <g>  <<

Welcome back, Jim.  Hope to see more of your great works again!  Don't
forget to download "Fractint 2000" - I see you are still running 19.6.
(That's version 20.0 - I call it "Fractint 2000" because of the reset=3D2=
000
in the par entries, and because it sounds timely!)

Lee

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: FOTD, 16-12-99
Date: 16 Dec 1999 10:31:18 -0500 (EST)

At 09:25 PM 12/15/99 -1000, David J. wrote:

>Jim, what do you do that you get to make a worthwhile
>fractal each day? I barely get to diddle around a bit
>ever once in a while!

David:

I'm a self-employed Graphic Designer, but this hardly gives me
enough time for an entire FOTD every day.  I have several
non-secrets that make the FOTD possible.

To start, I have a computer dedicated solely to fractals.  And I
watch NO television until the FOTD is calculated, described, and
posted.  This is not self-discipline; it is simply because I find
doing the FOTD more enjoyable than watching 99 percent of the tripe
that passes for TV entertainment.

Second, I am so familiar with Fractint that using it has become
intuitive.  I waste no time trying to figure out how to manipulate
a fractal image.

Third, I am a writer, which makes writing the discussion go
quickly.

Fourth, I have a formula, MandelbrotMix4, that produces
interesting fractals almost instantly once one has become familiar
with it.  And when time is really short, I don't hesitate to use
Fractint's evolver feature, even though the evolver doesn't work
very well with this particular formula.

I also keep my fractal images simple, and try to avoid, not always
with success, those images that take hours to render.

Perhaps my attitude also has something to do with it.  To me, a
fractal is 3 parts 'look what the numbers have done' and only 1
part 'look what I have done'.  In fact, it is this attitude that
convinced me to stop posting to the fractal-art list.

More later -- right now there's work to do.

Jim M.







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From: Phil McRevis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 16 Dec 1999 11:17:09 -0700


In article <[e-mail]>,
    "David Jones" <[e-mail]>  writes:

> Do it in GNU C++, I'd love to see if we could compile an
> OS/2 version.

The OS/2 version will essentially be the Windows version.  Its my
understnading that OS/2 isn't radically different from Windows as far
as compiling is concerned.  I doubt C++ will be used, unless its used
as a 'better C than C'.  A GNU compiler could be used, but I also doubt
that is what people will be using for development unless they use
djgpp for the DOS+DPMI version.  Trying to develop native Win32
applications with gcc has problems.
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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 17-12-99 (Merlin the Magician) (c)
Date: 16 Dec 1999 21:57:59 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 17, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

There's an old Spike Jones song that begins with the following
words: "As the sun drifts gently from the shore and our ship
sinks slowly in the west . . ."  This morning, when I turned on
the local talk radio station, the first thing I heard reminded
me of those less than classic words.  Coming from my radio I
heard: "As the old century draws swiftly to a close, and a new
millennium is about to begin . . ."

The guest then went on to speak his dire warnings of all the
apocalyptic things that might happen at midnight December 31.
His warning was naturally followed by panicky callers asking
what to do.  I don't know about the rest of the world, but I'm
going to do . . . absolutely nothing, except maybe stock up on a
day or two of extra food to use if the local market can't get
its computer to work right.

The media is bombarding us with dire predictions of the
apocalypse, warning of, among other un-nice things, a worldwide
breakdown of power and communications.  So dramatic are the
predictions that one news network will have a reporter stationed
in each of the world's 30 or so time zones, and present live
coverage of the arrival of the new year in each zone.  This
network will then show 100 uninterrupted hours of millennium
hysteria.  How, I wonder, will this coverage be achieved in the
middle of a worldwide power and communications breakdown?  And
why would a network spend so much money on live coverage that it
has already warned may likely never be seen?

Well, I'll keep fractal fans up to date on the local prepara-
tions.  But my own opinion is that nothing more than an increase
in computer errors will occur.  Now on to a more fractal topic.

Today's picture is a spectacular one, so spectacular in fact,
with its writhing beige tendrils and indigo background, that it
could have been created only by Merlin the Magician.  So that's
what I named it.  It's part of the fractal that results when the
formula 0.14(Z^3)-2.11(1/Z)+C is iterated at a critical starting
value of Z.  (The MandelbrotMix4 formula automatically calcu-
lates a critical point of the formula defined by p1 and p2, and
applies this value to initial Z.)

The parameter file takes 10 min. on a Pentium200mhz, and 4 min.
on a top speed PentiumIII.  The download of the finished image
file is therefore more efficient.  That image file may be found
on Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and on the W.W.W. at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The weather was bright and brisk today, following the much
belated clearing that finally arrived sometime after midnight.
The afternoon temperature of 50F (10C) was warm enough for the
fractal cats to venture outdoors, but not warm enough for them
to stay out.  They spent most of the afternoon shifting across
the dining room floor to keep themselves in the ray of sunlight.

The fractosophy didn't make it today.  I have a lot of things in
mind, but I never found the mood to write them.  As always, I'll
try again tomorrow.  Until then, take care, and will there be
life after the "Peanuts" comic strip?


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
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k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: FOTD, 16-12-99
Date: 17 Dec 1999 00:40:46 -1000

On 16 Dec 99 at 10:31, Jim Muth wrote:

> At 09:25 PM 12/15/99 -1000, David J. wrote:
>
> >Jim, what do you do that you get to make a worthwhile
> >fractal each day? I barely get to diddle around a bit
> >ever once in a while!
>
> I'm a self-employed Graphic Designer,

Ah, but it does give you a trained eye.

> but this hardly gives me enough time for an entire FOTD
> every day.  I have several non-secrets that make the
> FOTD possible.
>
> To start, I have a computer dedicated solely to
> fractals.

But you must still spend some time looking at images and
twiddling with parameters et al.

> And I watch NO television until the FOTD is calculated,
> described, and posted.  This is not self-discipline; it
> is simply because I find doing the FOTD more enjoyable
> than watching 99 percent of the tripe that passes for
> TV entertainment.

I'm not a TV watcher, either.

> Second, I am so familiar with Fractint that using it has
> become intuitive.  I waste no time trying to figure out
> how to manipulate a fractal image.

I haven't got that level of fluency. I still find myself
trying to remember things that I don't use very often.

> Third, I am a writer, which makes writing the
> discussion go quickly.
>
> Fourth, I have a formula, MandelbrotMix4, that produces
> interesting fractals almost instantly once one has
> become familiar with it. And when time is really
> short, I don't hesitate to use Fractint's evolver
> feature, even though the evolver doesn't work very well
> with this particular formula.

I think the evolver is fun. I've come up with more
fractals that interest me than I ever did before the
evolver. Hurrah for the evolver and the smart person(s)
who created it!

> I also keep my fractal images simple, and try to avoid,
> not always with success, those images that take hours to
> render.
>
> Perhaps my attitude also has something to do with it.
> To me, a fractal is 3 parts 'look what the numbers have
> done' and only 1 part 'look what I have done'.  In fact,
> it is this attitude that convinced me to stop posting to
> the fractal-art list.

Gee, you picked up that feeling from the fractal-art
list, too? ;-)

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
The thing to remember is that physical reality is rooted in the chaos of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states tha
t you can know either the position of a particle, or the velocity of a particle, but not both simultaneously. So knowing only
  oT

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From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 17 Dec 1999 00:40:47 -1000

On 16 Dec 99 at 11:17, Phil McRevis wrote:

> In article <[e-mail]>,
>     "David Jones" <[e-mail]>  writes:
>
> > Do it in GNU C++, I'd love to see if we could compile an
> > OS/2 version.
>
> The OS/2 version will essentially be the Windows
> version.  Its my understnading that OS/2 isn't radically
> different from Windows as far as compiling is concerned.
>  I doubt C++ will be used, unless its used as a 'better
> C than C'.  A GNU compiler could be used, but I also
> doubt that is what people will be using for development
> unless they use djgpp for the DOS+DPMI version.  Trying
> to develop native Win32 applications with gcc has
> problems.

Dang, I was hoping Fractint would become platform
independent. I still think the idea of separating the
engine from the front end, and coding the engine to make
it as portable as possible would really open up Fractint.
Consider Fractint as a collection of APIs for generating
fractals, and make it compilable and callable from other
programming languages, and just think of the army of
people who could brew up front ends! Compile the engine
for your platform, then use that platform's features when
making a front end. Heck, maybe you could even pull a
Mathematica trick on it, and make it possible for the
backend to run on a different computer than the front
end (or as multiple instances on multiple computers).
That would open the possibility of a Mac client using the
Fractint backend running on some other box .. (IIRC,
didn't someone in the Stone Soup Group say something
about doing realtime 3D fractals if someone would provide
him with a Cray? <G>)

But who am I to speak to real programmers? My last
fractal coding experience was writing a Mandlebrot
generator in Commodore BASIC for the Commodore 64! I
think it "ran" at the rate of 4 hours per 320-pixel
screen line. Just make it possible for me to run an OS/2
native version, and I'll be happy. (Well, support for my
Elsa GLoria Synergy card's high res (1920x12??) would be
nice .. <G>)

Anyway, check out Project Odin --
<http://www.netlabs.org/odin/index.html>
It's been able to convert such W9x executables as Quake
II to native OS/2. I would think it possible to convert a
similar W9x Fractint executable.

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
I have a little pedestal
I made it out of wood.
And I always stand on it
When I've been very good. (D.Jones)



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From: Tom Conally <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Happy Holidays
Date: 17 Dec 1999 10:30:09 -0500

Well here's to you and yours a very happy holiday season. A holiday fractal
is at

http://members.tripod.com/~afractal/holiday.html

I haven't had much fractal time lately so haven't contributed very much.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to make this a very good fractal
year.
Tom Conally

In every boomerang there is a perfect throw.
Your life, Grasshopper, is to practice
till you find that throw
and become one with that boomerang!
http://fly.to/boomerangs  " Flying Frog Boomerangs"
http://www.netpath.net/~conally   My greater internet index

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: FOTD, 16-12-99
Date: 17 Dec 1999 10:30:07 -0500 (EST)

At 12:40 AM 12/17/99 -1000, David Jones wrote:

       <snip>
>But you must still spend some time looking at images and
>twiddling with parameters et al.    <snip>

Here's the big secret.  On slow days I have the time to create
several images.  I save the extra images to use on busy days.

>Random Thought for this Nanosecond
>The thing to remember is that physical reality is rooted in the
>chaos of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states that
>you can know either the position of a particle, or the velocity of
>a particle, but not both simultaneously.

I find QM very fascinating.  The Uncertainty is not caused by a
lack of sensitivity of our instruments.  Nor is it caused by some
imaginary diffusion screen, which blurs the measurements.  The
indeterminate parts of the measurements simply do not exist.

Jim M.


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From: Gedeon Peteri <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Updated Curves Gallery
Date: 17 Dec 1999 10:04:55 -0500

Pages 1 and 2 in my Curves Gallery have been updated with 16 new images.
As usual, a complete set of parameter files is also available.

I hope you'll enjoy your visit.

Gedeon

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From: Phil McRevis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 17 Dec 1999 12:28:25 -0700


In article <[e-mail]>,
    "David Jones" <[e-mail]>  writes:

> Dang, I was hoping Fractint would become platform
> independent.

It will, but what's the point of coding a special port to OS/2 if its
essentially Windows?  Just use the Windows version.

> I still think the idea of separating the
> engine from the front end, and coding the engine to make
> it as portable as possible would really open up Fractint.
> Consider Fractint as a collection of APIs for generating
> fractals, and make it compilable and callable from other
> programming languages, and just think of the army of
> people who could brew up front ends!

That's easier said than done; have you looked at the code?
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From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 17 Dec 1999 18:52:55 -1000

On 17 Dec 99 at 12:28, Phil McRevis wrote:

> In article <[e-mail]>,
>     "David Jones" <[e-mail]>  writes:
>
> > Dang, I was hoping Fractint would become platform
> > independent.
>
> It will, but what's the point of coding a special port
> to OS/2 if its essentially Windows?  Just use the
> Windows version.

Well, there's more to OS/2 than "Windows" - the WorkPlace
Shell is much more capable than the W9x interface.

> > I still think the idea of separating the
> > engine from the front end, and coding the engine to make
> > it as portable as possible would really open up Fractint.
> > Consider Fractint as a collection of APIs for generating
> > fractals, and make it compilable and callable from other
> > programming languages, and just think of the army of
> > people who could brew up front ends!
>
> That's easier said than done; have you looked at the
> code?

Nope! I understand there's a lot of x86 Assembler in
Fractint. C or C++ or Java I could understand. My x86
Assembler is non-existent. When I was doing Assembler
stuff, it was 6502 and 68000 ...

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
May the Monster of Memory never ram you! (D.Jones)



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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 18-12-99 (Merlin the Magician) (c)
Date: 18 Dec 1999 03:04:44 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 18, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Nothing is less interesting than a story about a relationship --
the manner in which two people, ususally a man and woman, get
along together.  Really, who would be interested in something as
trite as whether Jane gets John, or whether Mary will ever stop
crying because Jim left her.  These things are important when
they happen to oneself, but they are great sleep producers when
they are presented happening to others as entertainment.  Yet
the book racks, TV airwaves, movie theaters and video stores are
filled with stories about relationships.

But apparently, just because I find it silly to become interes-
ted in how two fictitious characters are interacting, doesn't
mean everyone finds stories of relationships dull and boring.
After all, they're not writing relationship stories to go unread
and unviewed.  And even fractals can have relationships.

Today's picture shows two mandel-midget-like objects so close
together that they could only be having a relationship.  I
therefore named the picture "Midget Relationship".  The image
was quickly produced by number 11 in my series of MandNewt
formulas, all of which use variations of the Ikenaga function.

Today's FOTD is also a product of Fractint's evolver.  Lacking
the time for a proper fractal search, I fed the formula into the
evolver and let the parameters vary at random.  Then, when the
screen was filled with thumbnails, I chose the most interesting
looking sketch and rendered it full size, which for the FOTD is
640x480.

The result is a rather blocky but still interesting picture
showing two objects that look like but are not Mandeloid
midgets.  The buds of these objects are surrounded by clouds of
smaller midgets, both single and double.

A close look at today's image will reveal that it is split
neatly down the center, the split passing precisely between the
two midgets.  And many of the smaller midgets in the surrounding
clouds are also split in exactly the same way.

The parameter file renders in less than 3 minutes, relatively
quickly but still slow enough to make a download of the finished
image more efficient.

That image may be found at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather today was a somewhat above normal 50F (10C),
a bit too chilly for cats who are designed for the heat of
northern Africa, but perfect for fractals.

I've just passed my peak.  The hour is growing late and the
fractal cats are calling for their midnight snacks.  Until next
time, which will be tomorrow, take care, and remember that a bit
of belief is good for your health.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandNewt11 {; Jim Muth
z=g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2),
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j=c*z^d+g
z=z-e*h/j,
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}

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j=c*z^d+g
z=z-e*h/j,
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}

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Subject: (fractint) Re; Aloha & a Q
Date: 18 Dec 1999 09:35:33 -1000

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The more technical part, for now, I'm exploring myself; along with the =
slightly less recently acquired computer.

But I had one of those burning questions, and no need get technical; Can =
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From: Phil McRevis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?
Date: 18 Dec 1999 19:45:28 -0700


In article <[e-mail]>,
    "David Jones" <[e-mail]>  writes:

> Well, there's more to OS/2 than "Windows" - the WorkPlace
> Shell is much more capable than the W9x interface.

Does an application needs to be coded differently on OS/2 vs.
Windows for this?

> Nope! I understand there's a lot of x86 Assembler in
> Fractint.

There is assembly in fractint, but there is also corresponding C code
that does all the same things, only slower.  Its not the assembly
portion of fractint that makes it hard to move to another environment,
its the 640K limit that causes the code to go through all sorts of
contortions.  That's what has the most pervasive influence on the code
and the polling I/O style instead of being event-driven.  The memory
contortions (its amazing really what they pulled off in a 640K overlay
environment) of the DOS "process" model compared to modern systems and
the polling are the two things that make porting fractint hard.  We
are working on making this easier, but there's just no way to make
this tough job easy and it sort of has to be done all or mostly by one
person to make sure everything is consistent.
--
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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 19-12-99 (Sandy Bottom) (c)
Date: 18 Dec 1999 22:47:45 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 19, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today we have a fractal that looks as though it had been scraped
from the bottom of Chesapeake Bay -- a fractal so filled with
holes that its pattern is almost totally obscured in a chaos of
sand.  I named the grainy scene "Sandy Bottom" because it
resembles the sandy bottom of our local estuary.

It is quite a slow image when calculated from the parameter
file, so the JPEG'd image has been posted as usual to:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

as well as to:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

But the JPEG version that I just retrieved from ABPF has lost
much of its sparkle.  I'm therefore going to cancel the JPEG
version and post the GIF version in its place.  If you find a
stray copy of the JPEG version, do not download it.  Download
only the GIF version.

The formula behind the image is once again the MandelbrotMix4,
this time calculating 0.0002(Z^6)+6(1/Z)+C, and doing a rather
fair job of it at that.

The fractal weather today was every bit as nondescript as it has
been over the past several days, the partly cloudy sky and
temperature of 50F (10C) being perfect for cats, fractals and
philosophizing.  Taking advantage of the perfection, the cats
chased the sun, I chased fractals, and then I philosophized.

But my philosophy, which once again concerns skepticism,
fractals and reality, has not yet ripened.  It may be ripe by
tomorrow, or it may be over-ripe by tomorrow . . . or it may
still be unripe by tomorrow.  Check then for possible enlighten-
ment, but more likely for a display of confusion.  Until then,
take care, and may you have a peaceful next 14 days.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 20-12-99 (Wrap-Around Midget) (c)
Date: 20 Dec 1999 01:15:05 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 20, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is a real quickie.  Being busy with seasonal
chores on this last Sunday before the holidays, I had little
time for a proper fractal search.  In a bit of desperation, I
brought up my MandelbrotMiN formula, which calculates Mandeloids
of the type (-Z)^n+C.  For today's image I set p1 so that the
(-Z)^1.618+C Mandeloid was calculated.  I always calculate (-Z)
instead of Z when the exponent is less than 2.  (-Z) creates far
more interesting images.

When the exponent of Z is set to a value less than 2, the
midgets become very difficult to find, though in today's case we
have an exception.  The midget in the picture is located near
the shoreline of a larger midget, which in turn is located
rather conspicuously in the chaos near the eastern shore of the
parent fractal.  I named the picture "Wrap-Around Midget"
because the midget seems to be wrapping around some unseen point.

In fact, the curiously distorted midget doesn't seem to be quite
all there.  It almost looks as though some of it has folded
under itself and slipped into some vague imaginary dimension
known only to fractals.  The extremely chaotic appearance of the
surrounding fractal material is typical of the midgets found in
fractals in this exponent range.  Yet even through the chaos,
the familiar fractal filaments are there.  And still smaller
midgets are waiting on several filaments to be discovered and
turned into the next FOTD.  I hate to disappoint these tiny
midgets, but they all look the same as the large midget in the
picture today -- not worth the hour or so it would take to
render them.

As a rule, the midgets in Mandeloids of order n have n-1 lobes.
Since today's Mandeloid is of order 1.618, the midgets in it
have 0.618 lobes.  What part of the single lobe is the remaining
0.382 subtracted from?, one might wonder.  My explorations to
this point have led me to believe that the 0.382 lobe can be
taken from almost any part of the Z^2 shape.  There is no
standard shape for midgets in this exponent range, and this is
one of the things that makes exploring between Z and Z^2
interesting.

Today's parameter file requires 1/2 hour to complete.  The JPEG
image file downloads from:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

or from:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

in far less time.

The fractal weather today was more of the same thing -- partly
cloudy with a temperature of 44F (7C), which was perfect for
both cats and fractals.  It was also good for philosophy, though
I got most of that out of me earlier this evening.  Maybe I'll
call a halt to new philosophy until after the holidays, and give
everyone a chance to have a peaceful new millennium.

But the fractals will continue, and the next one is less than 24
hours away.  Until then, take care, and I wonder how many
fractals Santa could pack in that bag of his.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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|z| <= 16
}

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b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel:
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|z| <= 16
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 21-12-99 (Mandelbay Madhouse) (c)
Date: 20 Dec 1999 21:22:38 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 21, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Every now and then I find a fractal that defies description, a
fractal so outrageously bizarre that it even defies naming.
Today's fractal is one of these indescribable images.

The picture was created by number four of my series of 12
formulas, which I named MandNewt before I realized they were
variations of the Ikenaga function.  I named the picture
"Mandelbay Madhouse" when, after thinking for 15 minutes, I
could find no better name.

Actually, the name isn't that far off the mark.  It's hard to
find a central theme for this gloriously abstract image, filled
as it is with clusters of bof60 bubbles and remnants of Mandel-
buds, and colored according to no rules that I am familiar with.
After scanning the image for several minutes, my eye finally
settled on the prominent almost-perfect Mandel-bay somewhat left
of center, which became the inspiration for the name.

The parameter file is slow; a download is fast.  I recommend the
download.  The JPEG image can be found on Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and on the Web at Paul's site at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather today was cloudy and chilly, with occasional
rain and a temperature of 45F (7C) making things extra
miserable.  Unable to go outdoors, the fractal cats grew sulky
and eventually got into a squabble.  A serving of their favorite
food treat restored their good humor.

Due to a relative slack in the work, it was also a good day for
philosophizing.  Never one to let an opportunity slip by, I
philosophized.  I found some interesting new angles on some
controversial old problems, but I've decided to withhold comment
until after Y2K, when we're more knowledgeable about what will
happen when the clock makes the big turnover.  Also, it's the
time of year when peace on earth is the goal.  We might not have
actual peace on earth, but we'll have it on the philofractal
list -- at least until the next millennium.

Until tomorrow, when I'll return with another fractal and a few
words about the fractal, take care, and why is there so little
peace on earth when peace is the universal wish of mankind?


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandNewt04 {; variation of Ikenaga function
z=c=pixel:
a=z^3+(c-1)*z-c
b=p1*z^2+c-1
z=z-p2*a/b
p3 <= |a|
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm
  formulaname=MandNewt04 passes=1
  center-mag=1.15118/0.00540926/1.718213/1/97.499
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frm:MandNewt04 {; variation of Ikenaga function
z=c=pixel:
a=z^3+(c-1)*z-c
b=p1*z^2+c-1
z=z-p2*a/b
p3 <= |a|
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD 22-12-99 (A Fractal Secret) (c)
Date: 21 Dec 1999 23:01:21 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 22, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is a somber one, filled with darkness and
relieved only by sharply defined shafts of deep violet, almost
an ultra-violet.  It could be a stylized exploding galaxy, or it
could be a design in a stained-glass window of some grotesque
cathedral.  It could be these and much more, but it is a fractal.

It is today's fractal -- a scene cut in the Rectangular
direction through the four-dimensional figure defined by the
formula 3.5*((-z)^1.1+z^1.1)+c.  The Rectangular direction is my
own name for the orientation determined by the imag(z) and
imag(c) axes.

It is probably the darkest in overall value as well as in mood
of all my FOTD's, quite in keeping with the season of Advent
which is rapidly coming to a close as the big day approaches.  I
named the picture "A Fractal Secret" because I'm not sure what
it reminds me of, and I didn't want to call it "I Don't Know".

The formula behind the image is my RectPMnew -- a formula that I
rarely pull out -- not because it is worthless, but rather
because I have so many other formulas to investigate and not all
that much time to do the investigation.

In contrast to some of my recent FOTD's, today's parameter file
takes less than 6 seconds to run on a Pentium 200mhz, that is
after the minute or two it will take to copy this message to
your Fractint parameter directory and run it from there.

For those who would rather download the finished JPEG image,
that image is available on the Usenet binary newsgroup:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

The image is also available on the web at Paul Lee's FOTD web
site at the following URL:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The weather began turning winterish today here at Fractal
Central -- cloudy, cold, bleak and raw, with a few periods of
sleet and a promise of perhaps a little light snow overnight.
The temperature of 38F (3C) was far too chilly for the fractal
cats to venture outdoors, so they spent the day alternately
chasing each other and stretched out by a radiator.

Chilly days are also great for philosophizing, and I had a
pretty good day with the philosophy, though I'll hold it until
after the holidays, when the world will be in an entirely new
era.

Until tomorrow, same time same place, take care, and never give
up on a fractal unless it gives up on you.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

RectPMnew {; Jim Muth
z=flip(real(pixel))+p2,
c=flip(imag(pixel))+p3,
a=real(p1)+1, b=imag(p1):
z=a*((-z)^b+z^b)+c,
|z| <= 250
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=plusmin.frm
  formulaname=RectPMnew
  center-mag=-1.73195e-014/-3.55271e-015/0.07305376/1/\
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frm:RectPMnew {; Jim Muth
z=flip(real(pixel))+p2,
c=flip(imag(pixel))+p3,
a=real(p1)+1, b=imag(p1):
z=a*((-z)^b+z^b)+c,
|z| <= 250
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: "J.P. Louvet" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) A new fractal FAQ?
Date: 22 Dec 1999 23:06:38 +0100

Somebody asking to repost the sci.fractal FAQ in this newsgroup I have
posted the text below. The question of an updated FAQ is open. What do you
think about it ?
----------- Text of my reply -----------
The main server for the FAQ (maintained by Michael Taylor) is closed. The
FAQ is somehow outdated for several aspects. As it is, it can be consulted
at www.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr/fractals/faq/.
I was co-editor of the FAQ (for some parts which are in my field my
competence), but I have hardly any time to update it and no competence for
the mathematical questions. I have no news from Michael for a long time but
I think that he retains his copyright. Maybe somebody has ideas to start
another new FAQ (with another name). I can help for some parts (programs,
galleries, references for web tutorials, mailing lists...).

Any suggestion ?

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 23-12-99 (Timewarped Midget) (c)
Date: 22 Dec 1999 20:33:31 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 23, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's midget, which was created by the MandelbrotMix4 formula
calculating Z-3Z^(-3)+C reminds me of a time warp.  Time warps,
of course, are the things fiction writers tell of.  They do not
exist . . . or do they.  A time warp could perhaps best be
defined as a discontinuity in the time dimension.  But if this
definition is accepted, time warps become an every day reality.

Last Saturday evening I experienced a time warp.  When I
finished my FOTD, I ensconced myself in my favorite chair to
watch one of those junky old sci-fi thriller movies that they
don't make any longer.  (For good reason)  I inserted the tape
into the VCR and saw the movie begin.  Then, there was a sudden
time warp and the movie was ending.  I thought the VCR might
have malfunctioned until I checked the clock and saw that the
time actually was 75 minutes later than it had been only 5
minutes previously.  The time stream had instantly jumped more
than one hour into the future.

But the time stream had not jumped; I had fallen asleep and for
75 minutes been unaware of the passage of time.  I then began
thinking of my experience.  It could be seen in two different
ways.  Had I been unconscious for 75 minutes, or had time
instantly jumped 75 minutes into the future?  From my individual
point of view, there was no way of knowing, since both events
would have seemed exactly the same to me.  Common sense tells me
to explain the time discontinuity by claiming that I had fallen
asleep and been unaware of time for 75 minutes.  But I wonder if
this is just another way of saying that my private time-stream
experienced a discontinuous leap of 75 minutes into the future.

I thought of that event today when I was studying today's
picture, which I named "Timewarped Midget".  The image is one of
a midget sitting back in time, which exists along the Z axis of
the image.  I'd estimate the midget to be around 30 minutes in
the past of the areas around the edge of the image.  I have
given the scene a dark blue color palette to emphasize the
mystery of time.

And speaking of time, it becomes relatively unimportant when the
parameter file is run.  Even the slowest Pentium will finish the
image in less than 2 minutes.  As always, the JPEG file has been
posted to:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and to:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was rather winterish today.  Just a trace of
snow fell during the overnight, and that little bit melted by
the late morning when the sun broke through.  But the tempera-
ture of 41F (5C) was too cold for the delicate fractal cats, who
passed the afternoon watching the birds at the feeder.

Though conditions were good, I exhausted today's philosophical
energies thinking about the nature of time.  But tomorrow is a
new day, and a new opportunity for new philosophy.

Until tomorrow at this same time, take care, and time waits for
no one.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Timewarped_Midget  { ; time=0:00:54.16 on a p200, SF5
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  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [fractal-art] A new fractal FAQ?
Date: 23 Dec 1999 00:59:10 -0600

J.P. Louvet wrote:
>
> Somebody asking to repost the sci.fractal FAQ in
> this newsgroup I have posted the text below. The
> question of an updated FAQ is open. What do you
> think about it ?
>

If you want a list of various web links and other information for these
topics:
    Software
    Animations
    Various Products
    Movies
    Music
    Interactive
    Newsgroups
    Copy Sites of Usenet Postings
    Mail Listings
    CHAT Related References
    Documentation
    Books, Magazines, Articles, etc.
    Fractal Galleries
    Tutorials on Software use
    Tutorials on Fractal Creation
    Various Other Information

Then try the following URL:

    http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Fractal_Links.txt


P.N.L.
http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) question on printing fractals
Date: 23 Dec 1999 19:27:56 EST

About a year ago there was info on fractal image size to create, how to do
it,  and recommended service bureaus to get  higher resolution prints made,
suitable for framing- ie bigger than 8 by 10's...perhaps more poster sized.

Does anyone have this info?  My system crashed and I can't find the message
threads regarding this.

Thanks

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From: Kerry Mitchell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) question on printing fractals
Date: 23 Dec 1999 18:25:24 -0700 (MST)

This may have a slight Ultra Fractal bias to it, but the basic information
is pretty general:

http://www.parkenet.org/jp/print.html

Kerry

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From: Phil McRevis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) question on printing fractals
Date: 23 Dec 1999 18:25:34 -0700


In article <[e-mail]>,
    [e-mail]  writes:

> About a year ago there was info on [...]
> Does anyone have this info?

You can probably find it in the FTP archives
<ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/fractint/>
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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD 24-12-99 (Deep Blue Midget) (c)
Date: 23 Dec 1999 22:29:52 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 24, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

We've just passed the night of what was supposed to be the
brightest full moon in 133 years.  The viewing conditions here
at Fractal Central were perfect, with skies as clear as they
ever get around these parts.  The moon as I saw it was
brilliant, and it did seem a bit larger and brighter than the
normal full moon, but the difference was tiny, and I'm not about
ready to argue that I witnessed the brightest moon in 133 years.

There's nothing loony about today's FOTD.  The name I gave it is
"Deep Blue Midget", which would have been more appropriate for
yesterday's spectacularly blue midget.  But today's midget has a
blue heart, making it at least somewhat worthy of the name.  The
little midget is part of the fractal that results from iterating
a critical plane of the formula Z^1.5-2*(Z^2.5)+C.

The most interesting feature in the picture is the ring of 16
sausage-shaped open areas arranged symmetrically around the
midget.  Such theme-holes often appear in the Mandelbrot aspect
of fractals created when two different powers of Z are combined.
I'm not enough of a math expert to know why these holes appear,
but when they do appear, it is usually in only certain areas of
the fractal.

Today's fractal was calculated in 50 minutes while I attended to
some last-minute Christmas chores.  That time is slow enough to
make the a download of the GIF file almost imperative.  I posted
today's image in GIF format because it suffered too much
deterioration when I JPEG'd it.  The image has been posted to
the Usenet group:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and to Paul Lee's web site at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was seasonal today, with variable skies and
a temperature of 43F (6C) that kept the fractal cats indoors
chasing sunbeams.  The weather was also ideal for thinking deep
thoughts, though I'm holding my deepest thoughts until next
century, when anything could happen.

Until tomorrow, take care, and have a happy instead of a hectic
holiday season.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=+0.92778257319408740/+0.03987525463564205\
  /7.287883e+009/1/144.999 params=1/1.5/-2/2.5/0/0
  float=y maxiter=12000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=493
  symmetry=none periodicity=10
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  /7.287883e+009/1/144.999 params=1/1.5/-2/2.5/0/0
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a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: Abhishek Roy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Sci.fractal faq
Date: 22 Dec 1999 11:00:20 +0500

    A few weeks ago someone had posted the location of the sci.fractal faq.
Could anyone please repost the ftp path/url?
                                    Thank you,
                                        Abhishek Roy


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From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Sci.fractal faq
Date: 24 Dec 1999 13:16:42 -0600

Abhishek Roy wrote:
>
> A few weeks ago someone had posted the
> location of the sci.fractal faq.
> Could anyone please repost the ftp path/url?
>

Various Links that have been used over the past few years:

http://fractal.mta.ca/sci.fractals-faq/
http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/docs/SCI_FRACTALS.FAQ
http://www.mta.ca/~mctaylor/sci.fractals-faq/
http://non.com/news.answers/fractal-faq.html
 ftp://pit-manager.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/fractal-faq
 ftp://pit-manager.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/sci/fractals-faq
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/fractal-faq
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/sci/fractals-faq/
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~stepp/fractal-faq/faq.html
http://www.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr/fractals/faq/
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/sci/fractals/
 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/sci.fractals/


P.N.L.
http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 25-12-99 (Greetings) (c)
Date: 24 Dec 1999 18:36:45 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 25, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

I've noticed a thread over on the UF list about favorite
fractals.  The discussion set me to thinking -- what is my
favorite fractal?  This is a most difficult question indeed.
I doubt if any of my FOTD's would qualify, as even the best of
them fall from favor within a week of their creation.

If the question refers to a particular fractal image, then I
have no definite answer, because my favorite image is rarely the
same two days in a row.  But if the question refers to a
particular abstract fractal object, then the four-dimensional
Julibrot object created by the formula Z^2+C is my favorite.

I never tire of discovering new slices of this single object,
which holds within its unfathomable intricacies not only every
Julia set, but the Mandelbrot set along with all the perturbed
M-sets as well.

Though the Julibrot object is my favorite fractal, the
MandelbrotMix4 is my favorite formula.  (At least until I update
it.)  This formula almost automatically finds and draws one
never-before-seen minibrot after another.  Today's image, which
results from subtracting a portion of Z^2.5 from Z^2, is a
typical example of the formula's efficiency.

Being bogged down in holiday activities, I had next to no time
to find a fractal worthy of the big day.  Then the M-Mix4
formula came to the rescue by creating a fractal that is filled
with interesting midgets.  The midget I selected is found deep
in an elephant-trunk spiral in the East Valley area of the
parent image.  I named the festive picture "Greetings" both
because of the season and because I thought of nothing better.

Taking 10 minutes to render from the parameter file, the image
may be downloaded in much less time from:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and from:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was partly cloudy and quite cold today, with
an afternoon temperature around 25F (-4C), which kept the
fractal cats from even thinking of putting their noses outside.

My philosophical muse was as cold as the temperature, so no
brilliant new ideas emerged.  But it's still 7 days until the
next century -- plenty of time to solve some cosmic mysteries.

And now I've got to solve the more mundane mystery of wrapping
presents and keeping the ever-curious fractal cats out of the
wrapping paper.  Until next time, take special care, and the
best is yet to come.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=-3.47737558637312900/-0.34798533512990480\
  /8.466862e+008/1/-35
  params=0.25/2/-0.044/2.5/0/10000 float=y maxiter=1600
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  periodicity=10
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  }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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  params=0.25/2/-0.044/2.5/0/10000 float=y maxiter=1600
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) question on printing fractals
Date: 25 Dec 1999 01:41:59 EST

Found It  Took a very long while, but found it-  Thanks

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) Sci.fractal faq
Date: 25 Dec 1999 10:28:50 EST

I don't know if there is a more current version, but the FAQ I'm aware of is
at:
http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/docs/SCI_FRACTALS.FAQ
-Bill
http://members.aol.com/billatny/fractopi.htm

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From: "Les St Clair" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Merry Christmas (Tree)
Date: 25 Dec 1999 19:35:01 -0000

Merry Christmas...

lesifs009          { ; "Christmas Tree with Lights"         t=  0:06:46.73
                     ; t=calc time [h:mm:ss.] using a PII-266 at 1600x1200
                     ; (c) 1998 by Les St Clair [Par date: Nov 21, 1998]
                     ; e-mail to: [e-mail]
  reset=1960 type=ifs ifsfile=les.ifs ifs=lesifs009
  center-mag=-0.28121945000000000/+5.14996337500000000/0.1558758/0.9998/14\
  7.578 params=1 float=y maxiter=10000
  colors=0000zF0zFzNIz00SDzzz9z8zzX0zz88zzXNmzzzz0ZzaN0kzc0zzZ0000<236>000
  cyclerange=6/41
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IFS:lesifs009 { ; Les St Clair 11/98
            ; ported from Fdesign
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-0.094776 -0.065346 -0.000000 0.065346 -2.258020 2.268096 0.030986
}

- Les




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From: Mark Christenson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractal Gallery update
Date: 25 Dec 1999 18:35:34 -0800

I have just completed phase one of a much-needed fractal website
update.  Follow the links through "What's New" from my home page,

http://www.hooked.net/~mchris/fractals.htm

Included are my Fractal Art '99 contest entries, 3 of 5 also-rans,
and two new "mandelfn" images.


Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

        Bud


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) The 256 color barrier
Date: 26 Dec 1999 10:10:52 EST

I have a par that I've created.  Is there a way to break the 256 color
barrier with this par, to get more colors for better dithering (also the
larger images)?  I'm using fractint  v 19.6

Thanks...

Paul

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 26-12-99 (Joyful) (c)
Date: 26 Dec 1999 10:36:47 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 26, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

I'm a little late with the discussion of today's FOTD for a good
reason -- I found no chance to write it when it was due.  So I'm
writing it now, the morning of the day after it was due.  The
reason I'm late of course is that there was just too much
visiting and other merry-making yesterday, which was December 25.

The image itself is one I had on file for just such an
emergency.  It has been posted to:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and to:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

for almost 24 hours.  There's not much to be said about today's
picture, so I'll not say much.  It was created by the
MandelbrotMix4 formula calculating Z^(1.5)+Z(2.5)+C.  It's a
picture of a standard quadratic baby M-set, surrounded by
'S'-shaped areas of chaos on stalks.  The image is actually a
bit beyond the limit of resolution, thus the mathtolerance=/0.18
in the parameter file, which will force Fractint to calculate at
the correct magnitude.  I named the picture "Joyful" because it
reminds me of a Christmas decoration.

The fractal weather was continued sunny but very cold, with a
temperature of 26F (-3C) which kept the Fractal cats well
ensconced indoors.  Such weather is also perfect for
philosophizing, and there's no time of the year better suited
for philosophy than the Christmas season, when everyone gets all
nostalgic about things that they can't even define.  Despite the
rush, I found time for much deep philosophical thinking.  I'll
share my thoughts starting January 3, 2000.

Until next time, which will be in only 12 hours, take care, and
thank goodness Christmas comes only once a year.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  formulaname=mandelbrotmix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=-0.42590222577768970/+0.26971530247950280\
  /4.440764e+013/1.0001/77.505/-0.034
  params=-1/1.5/1/2.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800
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  zN<3>pzB<4>dz6bz5`z5<3>Sz1EzHEzG
  }

frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 27-12-99 (Experimental) (c)
Date: 27 Dec 1999 00:33:13 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 27, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is another one that I scrounged from my backlog
of images that didn't quite measure up to FOTD standards.  But
due to the continuing rush of the season, the standards have
been lowered just enough for today's image to qualify.

It is a slow image -- not really worth the two hours required to
render it from the parameter file.  At the center lies the usual
baby 'brot, surrounded by a near perfect square that in turn is
decorated with fireworks-like explosions.  I named the picture
"Experimental" because that's exactly what it is.

There could be a hint in the fireworks.  Perhaps I am preparing
a massive fractal fireworks display for the turn of the
millennium, but if I am, don't expect to see it in a just few
days.  My millennium celebration will not appear until midnight
of December 31, 2000, which is when the 21st century and third
millennium actually arrives.

Today's image was once again created with the MandelbrotMix4
formula, this time calculating Z^10-10Z+C.  As I have already
stated, the image is unbearably slow considering the final
result, making a download of the finished image almost a
necessity.  That download may be obtained by going to:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

or:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was warmer and partly cloudy today.  The
afternoon temperature of 43F (6C) was just warm enough for the
fractal cats to venture onto the porch for a few minutes.

The fractosophy thrived in the perfect weather, but was filed
away, not to appear until the new century is safely established.
The next fractal will appear in 24 hours however.  Until then,
wait with bated breath, take care, and rest secure in the
knowledge that you are surrounded by fractals.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Experimental       { ; time=2:08:07.44 on a p200, SF5
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=-0.02880709516286024/+0.39478333211850460\
  /2.381966e+008/1/-127.5 params=1/10/-10/1/-0.885/0
  float=y maxiter=16000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=2817
  symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10
  colors=000X7P<5>`8Sa8Tb8U<3>e9WCZM<3>BbKAcJAdJAeI9fH\
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  2>NzHOzGNzH<10>WzO
  }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

Experimental       { ; time=2:08:07.44 on a p200, SF5
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=-0.02880709516286024/+0.39478333211850460\
  /2.381966e+008/1/-127.5 params=1/10/-10/1/-0.885/0
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  symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: "Rupert Millard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Freeware GIF Animators for Dos / Windows 3.1
Date: 27 Dec 1999 11:01:42 GMT

Hello all,
          I'd like to create animated fractal gifs to put on my website (
http://www.geocities.com/kanagrupert ) but I don't have a suitable gif
animator, for DOS or Windows 3.1 If anyone has any information I'd be very
glad to hear from them.

           Merry Christmas and a Happy New Millenium,

                       From Rupert


P.S. If anybody has any comments about my website I'd like to read them too.
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From: Phil McRevis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) The 256 color barrier
Date: 27 Dec 1999 15:44:21 -0700


In article <[e-mail]>,
    [e-mail]  writes:

> I have a par that I've created.  Is there a way to break the 256 color
> barrier with this par, to get more colors for better dithering (also the
> larger images)?  I'm using fractint  v 19.6

Various hacks have been devised within and without of fractint in order
to do this.  One technique is to create N different renderings of a
single fractal and combine them outside of fractint.  This is
basically doing layers manually.  You could write out three monochrome
images as the red/green/blue channels and combine them that way too.

Another hack is to antia-alias the 256 color rendering.  This does
produce more than 256 colors, but the introduced colors are blended
shades between two existing colormap entries.  Generally one
anti-aliases by supersampling.  Use disk video mode to render at high
resolution and then use an anti-aliasing resampling program like
photoshop or zoom to reduce the supersampled image to its final size.

Another alternative is to render your image as a potential and then
use this as a height field in a raytracer with texture or whatever
other effects you want to apply to the height field.  Alternatively
you could take the height field and treat it as an indexed-color image
with a 64K lookup table (16 bits).  This would require some
programming.

A Deep Hack is to use the TRUECOLOR=yes option and write a program
which parses the iterates.tga output and generates a deeper color
rendering.

Genuine "true color" rendering in fractint is something that is being
worked on by volunteers.
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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 28-12-99 (Two to Teleport) (c)
Date: 28 Dec 1999 00:35:33 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 28, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal image has not a single Mandelbrot midget in it,
which is a bit unusual for me.  In fact it was a bit of an over-
sight.  The explanation, however, is simple.

This afternoon, while browsing through the fractal created by
the formula 0.1*(Z^(-10)+10Z)+C, I stumbled upon the scene of
today's FOTD.  At first the image reminded me of two radio
transmitting towers on an alien planet.  I should have stopped
there, but then I began wondering what it is that the tower-like
things are actually transmitting.

The fantastic answer came to me almost at once -- the towers are
transmitting matter.  They have been caught in the act of tele-
porting material from one location to a distant location, at the
velocity of light.  (The possibility of such a feat is up to the
viewer to accept or dismiss.)

The structure of the towers tells much about the imaginary
planet on which they are located.  To begin, the gravity must be
very weak, or the top-heavy towers would have collapsed of their
own weight a long time ago.  Also, the pale pink sky in the back-
ground shows that the atmosphere is filled with dust, and is
most likely extremely thin and composed of some gas other than
nitrogen -- an atmosphere that would be totally unable to
support human life.

This is no problem, since no humans live there.

When coloring the image, I tried to come as close to the appear-
ance of a pastel true-color palette as is possible with only 256
colors.  Unfortunately, the variation in the color balance of
different monitors makes this an impossible task.  But if you
squint your eyes, the result is not all that bad.

I named the picture "Two to Teleport" as soon as the teleporta-
tion idea came to me.  The parameter file runs quite fast,
leaving little advantage in downloading the JPEG image file from:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

or from:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was cloudy and chilly today, with a few
flurries of snow in the morning and an afternoon temperature of
35F (1.5C).  Such conditions made it an inside, by-the-radiator
day for the fractal cats.

The day was pretty good for philosophizing also.  The gems of
wisdom I came up with were filed away to be revealed next year,
when the current philosophical hiatus expires.

And now it's once again time to shut down the fractal shoppe and
call it an evening.  Until tomorrow, take care, and maybe cats
know more about fractals than we do.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Two_to_Teleport    { ; time=0:01:59.72 on a p233, SF5
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=-0.08200629539896986/+0.15173726987315590\
  /223.9541/1/-5 params=1/-10/10/1/-0.9/0 float=y
  maxiter=1200 bailout=25 inside=253 logmap=5
  symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10
  colors=000G05F96F67<3>D89D89C9ACAACBBBBBBDC<2>AFE9F9\
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  }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

Two_to_Teleport    { ; time=0:01:59.72 on a p233, SF5
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) The 256 color barrier
Date: 28 Dec 1999 21:45:07 EST

In a message dated 12/27/1999 3:46:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< A Deep Hack is to use the TRUECOLOR=yes option and write a program
 which parses the iterates.tga output and generates a deeper color
 rendering. >>

I'm not ready for that level of programming.  I can barely write macros in
Excel.
<G>
 Thanks for the info.  the other options sounded interesting.... I might try
the overlays for effect...it might create some interesting images.
Generating the color maps might be fun.

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 29-12-99 (Saponine) (c)
Date: 29 Dec 1999 00:40:17 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 29, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is a bubbly one which needed a bubbly name.  The
first word that came to mind was 'bubbles', but that seemed more
like the name of an exotic dancer than a fractal.  I needed a
classier name.  I moment's thought produced the name "Saponine",
which is a variation of 'saponin', a group of soapy substances
that form foamy bubbles in water.

The formula behind the image is once again the warhorse
MandelbrotMix4, this time calculating Z^(-3)-25Z+C.  The image
itself is another in the endless variety of midgets this formula
finds.  And it's all done with nothing fancier than 256 colors,
inside=0, and the standard old-fashioned equal-iteration bands.

But the old-fashioned bands do new things when applied to new
formulas, such as forming the froth of bubbles that surrounds
the central midget in today's picture.  The coloring is hasty
and whimsical, but effective.

With a draw time of a little over 3 minutes, the parameter file
is just slow enough to make a download of the image more
efficient.  That image may be found in JPEG format on Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and on the WWW at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was cloudy with snow flurries today -- just
enough to whiten the ground.  The temperature of 30F (-1C) was
perfect for finding fractals, but not so good for the fractal
cats, who spent the day by the radiator.

At this time, I see that it's time to shut down the fractal
shoppe and call it an evening.  Until next time, take care, and
though we may not believe in dragons, the dragons still believe
in us.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START FORMULA==============================================

MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END FORMULA================================================

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Saponine           { ; time=0:03:11.47 on a p200, SF5
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=+0.18815153309154160/-0.60192771834084910\
  /270.5058/1/-107.499 params=1/-3/-25/1/-0.958/1000
  float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=7
  symmetry=none periodicity=10
  colors=000zRF<3>zNFyLFxLF<3>tJEtIEtIE<3>sFFsEFrDFqCG\
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  ezzezzg<22>zzE
  }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

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  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) 2 pars ~
Date: 29 Dec 1999 02:16:16 EST

 Happy Millenium to All,

   Just a couple of recent images here,..... Enjoy~

 Jim Weaver
____________________________________

sngod007.gif       { ; image(c)1999 Jim Weaver
  reset=1960 type=manlam(fn||fn) function=exp/ident passes=t
  center-mag=-5.20478/-1.59872e-014/0.1696683/1/-90 params=0/0/1
  float=y maxiter=255 bailoutest=manh inside=bof60 outside=real
  invert=1/0.9/0
  colors=000112000<26>325325325436534423<8>wuu<9>aQH_MDYJ9VF4SD4<5>421445<\
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  CK7CI5BH5AG59F49E4873D<8>213
  }

lesprl11.gif       { ; image(c)1999 Jim Weaver
  reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=_l.frm formulaname=Lesfrm16
  function=ident/tanh passes=t
  center-mag=-1.36786866382967500/+0.91810921134873150/165.8727/1/22.5
  params=1.6/0/1.5/0 float=y maxiter=255 inside=bof60
  colors=`__<11>100<24>W0OX0P_0R`0Sa0Tc0U<30>_0lZ0mY0l<29>102000000<8>U32X\
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  >gbahcchcc<29>vvvwwwutt<5>cbb cyclerange=0/255
  }

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) 1 more par (the missing N)
Date: 29 Dec 1999 02:28:19 EST

Oh Well !!   My mistake,......here's another weird one!

  Nite~

Jim Weaver
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  }

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 30-12-99 (Next to the Last) (c)
Date: 30 Dec 1999 01:23:23 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 30, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

If the formula 0.2*(0.01Z^(101)+101Z^(0.01))+C is iterated with
Z initialized at a critical point, a flattened oval appears,
with 100 tiny bays around its perimeter.  In the center of the
oval lies a tiny dot.  When enlarged, this dot becomes an amoeba-
like shape with scalloped edges.

From all appearances, this shapeless blob holds nothing of
interest.  All but the most intrepid fractal explorers would
stop here, but being one of the most intrepid explorers, I
pushed onward.  Knowing that unexpected things sometimes lie
where least expected, I zoomed in on the eastern edge of this
blob.

Two enlargements revealed another tiny dot hugging the
shoreline.  Another enlargement showed that the dot consisted of
two smaller but symmetrically arranged blobs.  Experience has
taught me that where two symmetrical shapes come together, a
midget often lies at the center of symmetry.  Curious, I zoomed
into the center of symmetry.

There, near the limit of resolution, I found today's Minibrot.
To create the final image, I enlarged the midget until it filled
the frame.  Then I named the picture "Next to the Last".  I
chose this name because it is the next to last FOTD of this
year.  (But not the last of this century)

It is a most curious midget.  In fact, the midget is not really
there.  The only things in the picture are more of those
disconnected amoeba-shaped objects, which are arranged to form a
phantom Minibrot.  But the illusion is quite convincing, and if
one wants a midget to be there, the midget is there.

Requiring about 6-1/2 minutes to run, the parameter file is a
bit too slow for convenience.  I advise a download of the image
file from Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

or from the web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was boringly average today, with a partly
cloudy sky and a temperature of 41F (5C), which was just chilly
enough to keep the fractal cats at bay.

The philosophy thrived in the average conditions, and was filed
away to be released in about one week, when the pseudo New
Millennium excitement has abated.

Regretfully, I see that it's once again time to shutter the
fractal shoppe, dowse the lights, and call it a night.  Until
tomorrow, take care and rest easy.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) project idea
Date: 30 Dec 1999 09:33:38 EST

I was wondering whether anyone would find use in a project(s) I have in mind-

a:  compiling the fractint doc into windows(95+) help file format...
b:  compiling a fractint FAQ into windows(95+) help file format...

This would be something I could do as my thanks to the Stone Soup Group for
the program.....and it would allow others of us non-programmers to help
contribute to this tremendous group effort.  Of course this entire work would
be subject to the final  editorial comments of the Stone Soup Group or
designated spokesperson(s).....

Of course I could use small amounts of help (tidbits of FAQ's submitted by
readers, and ideas for keywords, links and jumps in each section of the
fractint.doc to facilitate looking up different topics in the help file.

I'd envision this as an evolving work, issued periodically much as fractint,
so that periodically the suggestions and improvements would be introduced in
rev level format.

While I've been dabbling (and poorly) in visual basic programming for 7 or 8
years, I do fairly well with the help file part, so whipping this up with the
WYSIWYG editor I have makes this project fairly simple...

Would this be of help?  Comments, suggestions?  If this thread is off-topic,
email privately for the thread to continue, and I'll keep all informed on
this concept and whether its worthy of launching.  I've gotten the first few
pages into a shell for "demo purposes"

Thanks
Paul
[e-mail]

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From: Tonton Th <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) project idea
Date: 30 Dec 1999 15:58:30 +0100

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> a:  compiling the fractint doc into windows(95+) help file format...
> b:  compiling a fractint FAQ into windows(95+) help file format...
>

    c: compiling a "windows(95+) help file format" viewer for
       all my unicies  :-)

--
            ----------------------------------------------
       <  tonton Th  /  Thierry Boudet  /  Mr Oulala  >
        ----------------------------------------------

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From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 31-12-99 (Party Time) (c)
Date: 31 Dec 1999 01:07:57 -0500 (EST)


FOTD -- December 31, 1999

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is a lively one, so lively in fact that I named
it "Party Time".  It is an image quite in keeping with the
spirit that will be expressed worldwide at midnight tonight, as
the day, month, year, century and millennium end.  The turnover
of the century and millennium are a matter of personal opinion,
but since the world seems to feel that this is the big year,
I'll go along with it.

The midget in the picture is part of the fractal that results
when the formula 0.12*(Z^(-11)-10Z)+C is iterated.  There's not
much to say about the picture except that it's filled with the
colorful balloons, streamers, funny hats, etc. that make a New
Years Eve party so much fun.  At just under 15 minutes, the
parameter file is slow enough to make a download of the image
the logical choice.  That download may be found on Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and on the web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather was unexpectedly mild today.  The partly
cloudy skies and temperature of 56F (13C) were pleasant enough
to lure the fractal cats onto the porch.  Since I found today's
fractal several days ago, I did little fractal searching,
enjoying instead the perfect weather.

And now it's time to close down the fractal shoppe for the final
time this year and get ready for the big rollover.  But I'll be
here at this same time tomorrow with another fractal and another
few words.  My confidence shows that I have no concern about the
over-hyped Y2K bug.

Until next time, take care, and if the bug bites, bite it back.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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|z| < l
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From: JoWeber <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Updated Page
Date: 31 Dec 1999 04:34:08 -0500

Hi All,

I updated my page with many images. Comments are welcome.

Best wishes to you for the year 2000.

http://www.joweber.de

Cheers --Jochen Weber--

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From: Mark Christenson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) FOTD / Fractal Art
Date: 31 Dec 1999 13:28:06 -0800

At ??:?? (I lost the e-mail when I closed Eudora Light instead of
the message) 12/15/99 -0500, Jim Muth wrote:
>...
>Starting tomorrow, I will no longer be posting my FOTD's to the Fractal-Art
list...

Hi, Jim.  I just finished reviewing the last three weeks' worth of the
FOTD.  I have been working an absurd amount of overtime lately
and am in "digging out" mode.

I just wanted to let you know a couple of things.

First, for a guy who has officially jumped off the fractal art
bandwagon, you are still producing work that I enjoy.
I especially liked Tornado, Merlin, Mandelbrot Madhouse,
Deep Blue, and Greetings.

Second, as I hinted in my most recent fractal gallery update
<http://www.hooked.net/~mchris/fractin1.htm#contest99>,
I also wonder whether I am a fractal artist or just an explorer
who occasionally produces some beautiful images.  Just
what I need, another identity crisis! ;-)

Seriously though, I have to wonder if this is a division between
fractal art and elegant mathematical images, or just a bifurcation
*within* fractal art.  Call it a difference in style.


Regards and a Happy Fractal Y2K to all,
        Bud


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