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fractint-digest         Monday, June 22 1998         Volume 01 : Number 239




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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:09:14 -0400
From: Gedeon Peteri <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Where are the frm's?

Faye Williams wrote:

> I wanted to know why the pars and formulas are sent by text instead of being
> attached as a par file or frm file.

It is the policy of this list not to send attachments. The pars and formulas
which appear as text here are easily converted into par and frm files
respectively by copying and pasting them into Notepad or another text editor and
saving them with the proper extension. That is what all of us are doing.

> I don't have DOS on my computer.  I have DOS on a floppy that runs fractint
> for me.  So taking the formulas to fractint from Windows is not easy.

I have no idea how you do that, but I wonder: how can you have Windows without
having DOS? Fractint can also be run from Windows in a DOS box.--
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 04:31:23 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Where are the frm's?

In a message dated 98-06-21 23:43:22 EDT, you write:

<< I have DOS on a floppy that runs fractint
 for me.  So taking the formulas
 to fractint from Windows is not easy. >>
======================
Greetings,
     I believe the real reason that text is the required and prefered form of
communication is that there are so many different types of e-mail involved
here that the one most basic commonality we all share is text. Also some pay
by the hour for connection and to collect the mail is enough of a task.
Downloading attachments would take more time and effort.
======================
   Gedeon says fractint will run in a dos box ...meaning use the MS-Dos
prompt,
I'm sure it does for some but it won't on my machine....it always hangs
up...no matter.
I restart my machine in ms-dos mode.
Choose to change directories [ cd ] to your specific fractint directory
and type fractint.exe. { sometimes you can leave off the .exe }
cd \    means change to the highest directory ...namely the top of the C
drive... because... when you
restart in MS-DOS mode you are beginning in the windows directory which is
within the C drive.
This is why you see     WINDOWS>

     If this makes no sense let me know and I'll re - state the process in a
different way...
==========================================
i.e.at:WINDOWS>cd \                                  hit enter
at::::::C>cd frain196                                     hit enter
{ or what ever your fracint directory is called }
at::::::FRAIN196>fractint.exe                        hit enter
==========================================

well....there i did it anyways.   :-)

Out of the e-mail     highlight...   with  your cursor...
the part that is the frm and the par.
select copy.
Open note pad.
select paste...and paste the text to mote pad.
Now name the file    "list1.par"     or    "temp.par"
and save it in the fractint directory.  "   "    insures that the file doesn't
get named    temp.par.txt as note pad automatically adds a .txt extention if
you don't use "  "   .

Download a coupple of   copies of    fractint-digest and get familiar with the
way the frms and pars look.
     The architecture of the text is sometimes critical as to whether the par
or frm will be recognized by fractint as a valid file.
Also open a blank note pad { by now if you don't have one lying on your desk
top { short cut } you might want to
do that to save the time....     open a blank one and then select file \ open
and browse your way to the fractint
directory and look for a file that has the .par or .frm extention on it and
open one of the ones that function propperly.
Observe that there are no spaces in the text of the par or frm.
Observe the fact that there is no 3 dimentional looking wackiness...meaning
the left margin is straight.
Observe that at the end of all the lines in a par that denote color there is a
\ .
      Sometimes the text gets a little disrupted  as it was written in one e-
mail software and is opened by an other.   You'll get used to it.   Its good
therapy.    And you may learn things about computeres you never knew.
Hope this makes sense to you.
Sincerely,
Steve
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 04:46:54 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:(fractint)fractint

Greetings

At this page you will see the help documentation that is included in fractint.
Its a different view on this page and migh help with the command structure of
the program.

http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/commands.html

Steve

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 06:08:21 -0400
From: "Jason Hine" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Need help

Marie wrote:

>Jason, I'm not familiar with the zip version of Fractint.
>
>My DOS version of Fractint came in a file called fraint.exe.  Double
>clicking on the file expanded it, and then double clicking on fractint.exe
>runs the program.  Is the Windows version a zipped file?


Ah, it sounds like the Stone Soup group (or *someone*) has made the downloadable
file into a self-extracting file... wonderful!  I would guess that both the DOS
and Windows versions of Fractint are both self-extracting at this point, but I'm
not sure... if you download a .exe file, it is, and if it's a .zip file, then
you'll need PKUNZIP.

Thanks for the pointer, Marie!  Jason Hine


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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:57:50 -0500
From: "Damien M. Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Version of FractInt with 3DNow! support?

David Ellis,

 - 21 new instructions, all designed to operate on 4 floating point numbers
 - in a single clock cycle.

Small correction: two floating point numbers, not four.  (According to
AMD's "AMD-3D Technology Manual" PDF file, anyway.)

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:52:34 -0500
From: "Damien M. Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Version of FractInt with 3DNow! support?

Christian,

Actually, AMD *has* increased the speed of their FPU; they needed to do
that before 3DNow! would be worth anything.

3DNow! is more than just a few instructions.  The idea behind MMX is to use
a single instruction to process multiple sets of data in parallel (i.e.
four parallel multiplies).  The idea behind 3DNow! is the same: use a
single instruction to do two parallel floating-point operations.

The floating-point used in 3DNow! is single-precision, so it is of limited
use to fractals.  (Only low zooms would benefit.)  But 3DNow! also
accelerates several operations which are normally very slow: dividing and
finding square roots.  These can be done much faster with 3DNow! than with
ordinary floating-point operations, at the cost of lower precision.

Because of the low precision, I don't think 3DNow! will really offer that
much to fractal generating, much as MMX doesn't really offer much.  But in
the process of adding 3DNow!, AMD finally got around to taking care of the
general floating-point performance in the AMD K6, and now it uses a
pipelined, high-throughput FPU similar in speed to Intel's processors.

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:19:46 -0700
From: "Faye Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) pars & frms question

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Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 12:57 PM
Subject: (fractint) Where are the frm's?
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Ok, the par's are parameter files, and we can save them and launch them
>as is. But a lot of par's I see invoke formulas that aren't in any of
>the .frm files that came with Fractint (at least what I got). So I'm
>assuming that there are homebrew .frm files out there, or at least
>listings of formulas. Maybe people even swap them, like cookie recipes.
>Are there? Are they archived somewhere? Any lists of pages or FTP sites
>with .frm files? Somebody? Anybody? Hello? Is this thing on? :-)



I asked nearly the same question last weekend.  I wanted to know why the =
pars and formulas are sent by text instead of being attached as a par =
file or a frm file. I use to get them off the net that way.  Not one =
person gave me an answer. I got a lot personal replies from people =
agreeing with me - but I was left feeling that I had asked such a stupid =
question that no one wanted to answer me. I don't have DOS on my =
computer.  I have DOS on a floppy that runs fractint for me.  So taking =
the formulas to fractint from Windows is not easy.  That is why I asked =
the question.  Is any one out there?  Somebody? Anyone?  Hello!


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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 17:17:37 +0100
From: "John C. A. Misterio'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) PSP5 vs PSP4.12

Turner Rentz wrote:

> One note:
>
> PSP 5 uses MMX technology. It will run better on P200 class + and PII
> processors.

Yes, but a real fractalfan uses 486 or P133- to see every single pixel... ;-)




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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:28:23 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Need help

In a message dated 98-06-22 07:35:55 EDT, you write:

<< and if it's a .zip file, then
 you'll need PKUNZIP. >>

Greetings,
An other option is:::
Any zip of a DOS program or Win95 program can be un zipped while in Win95
using WinZip or WinPack or any unzipping utility.
All you need to do is provide a directory to put it in.
Then acces the program from dos... or in Win95....   whatever it expects.
Steve

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:36:05 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) pars & frms question

In a message dated 98-06-22 12:22:51 EDT, you write:

<< I don't have DOS on my computer.  I have DOS on a floppy that runs fractint
for me.  >>
What is your operating system???   Win95?  NT ??

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:22:27 +0100
From: "Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Where are the frm's?

Faye Williams wrote:

>I don't have DOS on my computer.  I have DOS on a floppy that runs fractint
>for me.

You're running Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 under win9x? Then you should have
dos 7.x, not? I guess you can choose dos by (1) pressing F8 at boot-up and
then choose the Command Line option; (2) Start | Shutdown in MS-DOS mode;
(3) run a dos box within windows.

Christian





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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:17:34 +0100
From: "Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Version of FractInt with 3DNow! support?

Kragen wrote:


>Not to be a jerk, but maybe you should go read some articles about the
>K6 and 3DNow! before you make remarks like this.
>
>
>Suggested reading:
>overview, benchmarks:
> http://hardware.pairnet.com/amdk62/review/3dnow.html
> http://www.gamecenter.com/Hardware/Components/Amd/
> http://walden.mo.net/~tmiller/k6review.html
> http://www.cyrellis.com/hardware/cpu/cpu006.htm
>discussion group:
> http://forums.delphi.com/preview/main.asp?sigdir=3dnow
>slightly more technical info, including cycle times:
> http://www.chiptech.com/jc/3DNow%21/3D_Code_Analysis.htm
>assembly code and cycle times:
> http://www.chiptech.com/jc/3DNow%21/3DNow%21.htm
>
>Kragen

Geez... Quite a list - do you work at AMD's?  :)

But okay, i may well have been a bit prejudiced. Sorry for that. And I
*will* take a look at these pages (that is, when my isp has finally finished
the migration actions).

Christian




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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:13:36 +0100
From: "Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Version of FractInt with 3DNow! support?

Kragen wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Christian Strik wrote:
>> Geez... a five-fold increase... I don't want to sound too condescending,
but
>> this is rather ridiculous.
>>
>> A five-fold increase compared to WHAT?
>
>Presumably a fivefold increase compared to the speed of the fractal
>generator when it was using the standard instruction set to do the same
>thing.
>

I meant, compared to what processor? An ordinary K6? At what speed?

Christian




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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:26:24 +0100
From: "Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Need help

>>My DOS version of Fractint came in a file called fraint.exe.  Double
>>clicking on the file expanded it, and then double clicking on fractint.exe
>>runs the program.  Is the Windows version a zipped file?
>
>Ah, it sounds like the Stone Soup group (or *someone*) has made the
downloadable
>file into a self-extracting file... wonderful!  I would guess that both the
DOS
>and Windows versions of Fractint are both self-extracting at this point,
but I'm
>not sure... if you download a .exe file, it is, and if it's a .zip file,
then
>you'll need PKUNZIP.


For windows WinZIP can be used instead of PKUNZIP. With winzip, even non-sfx
archives are easy to extract (and create).
This works for all zip files.

Christian




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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:20:06 +0100
From: "John C. A. Misterio'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) pars & frms question

Faye Williams wrote:
a HTML-Message

Please do not write HTML-Messages
I guess not everyone can read them ;-)

Markus





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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:37:00 +0200
From: "Kim Bach Petersen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) par-files

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Is there any specific reason (besides tradition) why .PAR files is pasted
into the email text rather than included as an attachment file? I for one
would find the latter more convenient.

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:41:10 +0100
From: "John C. A. Misterio'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) 6 pars

Well here are some of my fractals...

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Deformation        { ; try colorcycling !
  reset=1950 type=manfn+zsqrd function=sin passes=b
  center-mag=-0.49708557000000010/+0.00103759999999997/0.6671281/0.9996
  params=0/0 maxiter=82500 bailout=30 decomp=256 biomorph=0

colors=000zR0<16>zx0zz0zz1<29>zzxzzzzzz<61>zV1zU0zU0zT0<28>z10z00z00y00<\
  30>c00b11a11`22_22<23>GEEFFFFFFFFF<29>x11z00z10<11>zP0
  }

TwinHead           { ; Looks like two mandels
  reset=1910 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=LeeMandel1 center-mag=1.31725e-005/2.73285e-005/3.418406
  params=0/0/0/0/0/0 bailout=16 maxiter=82500

colors=000GEEFFFFFFFFF<29>x11z00z10<29>zx0zz0zz1<29>zzxzzzzzz<61>zV1zU0z\
  U0zT0<28>z10z00z00y00<30>c00b11a11`22_22<22>HEE
  }

Tripelbrot         { ; No, this is not one of the mandels
  reset=1950 type=mandel4

center-mag=-0.59162247194839710/+0.45721307388416420/4698.461/1/120.565/\
  -1.124 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=82500

colors=000FFF<29>x11z00z10<29>zx0zz0zz1<29>zzxzzzzzz<61>zV1zU0zU0zT0<28>\
  z10z00z00y00<30>c00b11a11`22_22<25>FFF
  }

Mandelbrot again   { ; Another one...
  reset=1910 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=LeeMandel2 center-mag=0.503529/1.11165e-005/4.902198
  params=0/0/0/0/0/0 inside=0 potential=255/500/500 maxiter=82500

colors=00000e0e00eee00e0eeL0eeeLLLLLzLzLLzzzLLzLzzzLzzz000555<3>HHHKKKOO\

OSSSWWW___ccchhhmmmssszzz00z<3>z0z<3>z00<3>zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<2>0GzVVz<3>zV\

z<3>zVV<3>zzV<3>VzV<3>Vzz<2>Vbzhhz<3>zhz<3>zhh<3>zzh<3>hzh<3>hzz<2>hlz00\

S<3>S0S<3>S00<3>SS0<3>0S0<3>0SS<2>07SEES<3>SES<3>SEE<3>SSE<3>ESE<3>ESS<2\

>EHSKKS<2>QKSSKSSKQSKOSKMSKK<2>SQKSSKQSKOSKMSKKSK<2>KSQKSSKQSKOSKMS00G<3\

>G0G<3>G00<3>GG0<3>0G0<3>0GG<2>04G88G<2>E8GG8GG8EG8CG8AG88<2>GE8GG8EG8CG\

8AG88G8<2>8GE8GG8EG8CG8AGBBG<2>FBGGBGGBFGBDGBCGBB<2>GFBGGBFGBDGBCGBBGB<2\
  >BGFBGGBFGBDGBCG8YC<2>1ZC<3>9SS
  }

Blue theme         { ; What is this ? - This is Blue
  reset=1950 type=julia(fn||fn) function=sinh/cosh
  center-mag=+0.00372314500000015/+0.00207519499999997/0.3335641/0.9996
  params=0/3/3.14159265358979 bailoutest=and maxiter=82500

colors=00000B<22>00k00m01m<29>0ky0mz1mz<30>zzz<46>2zz0zz0yz<45>02z00z00y\
  <59>002000000000<5>009
  }

Lenscare           { ; Huh, your eyes aren't as good as they were
yesterday...
                     ; (use 800*600*256 upwards !)
  reset=1910 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=Richard5
  center-mag=+1.20630404500000000/-0.00025174022000000/109.1957/0.9996
  params=0/0/0/0/0/0 inside=0 potential=255/600/500
  colors=0000Hh<60>0z00z01y0<82>z00z00y01<82>00z00z01y<20>0Hi
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:27:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Kragen)
Subject: Re: (fractint) par-files

On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Kim Bach Petersen wrote:
> Is there any specific reason (besides tradition) why .PAR files is pasted
> into the email text rather than included as an attachment file? I for one
> would find the latter more convenient.

This comes up frequently.

I prefer them inlined in the text because it's more convenient for *me*.

What mailer are you using?  What steps do you have to take to save and
run a par file from cutand paste?  What steps do you have to take to
save and run a par file from an attachment?

e.g.
1. Double-click on "Shortcut to mailing-list.par" icon.
2. Highlight par text in email.
3. HIt Control-C.
4. Click on mailing-list.par window.
5. Hit Control-V.
6. Alt-Tab to Fractint.
7. Hit @, etc.

Kragen


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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:27:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Kragen)
Subject: Re: (fractint) par-files

On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Kim Bach Petersen wrote:
> Is there any specific reason (besides tradition) why .PAR files is pasted
> into the email text rather than included as an attachment file? I for one
> would find the latter more convenient.

This comes up frequently.

I prefer them inlined in the text because it's more convenient for *me*.

What mailer are you using?  What steps do you have to take to save and
run a par file from cutand paste?  What steps do you have to take to
save and run a par file from an attachment?

e.g.
1. Double-click on "Shortcut to mailing-list.par" icon.
2. Highlight par text in email.
3. HIt Control-C.
4. Click on mailing-list.par window.
5. Hit Control-V.
6. Alt-Tab to Fractint.
7. Hit @, etc.

Kragen


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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:54:29 +0100
From: "John C. A. Misterio'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) par-files

Kim Bach Petersen wrote:

>  Is there any specific reason (besides tradition) why .PAR files is
> pasted into the email text rather than included as an attachment file?
> I for one would find the latter more convenient.


Besides tradition .. ;)

In this list you are not allowed to include files as attachements. So we
just copy them into the body.

Markus





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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:37:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Kragen)
Subject: Re: (fractint) par-files

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, John C. A. Misterio' wrote:
> In this list you are not allowed to include files as attachements.

When did this policy go into effect?  It would be sort of nice (it
would stop people from posting those darn multipart/alternative
text/html text/plain messages) but I haven't heard of it before.

Kragen


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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:26:48 +0100
From: "Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) par-files

John Misterio' wrote:
>In this list you are not allowed to include files as attachements. So we
>just copy them into the body.


Huh? Okay, atts aren't favored. We've had that disc. But "are not allowed" -
i never heard of such a rule. Or it should be said on the list before April
15 this year - the day i joined this list. But i guess not, for discussion
of the atts issue took (amongst other times?) place after this date.

Christian




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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:54:27 -0700
From: "Jon Camp" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) 3 pars

Here are three pars using a black and gold color map.....

| jon camp                                                   |
| valparaiso univerisity <><                                 |
| chaotic n-space network                                    |
| http://www.valpo.edu/home/student/jcamp/fractals_gate.html |

jcamp17            { ; jon camp, 1998
                     ; chaotic n-space network
  reset=1960 type=manlam(fn||fn) function=cosxx/cotan
  center-mag=+0.00639343000000014/-0.00006103499999988/0.3160104
  params=0.1/-0.25/15 float=y bailout=128 bailoutest=manh inside=bof60
  outside=summ
  colors=000<60>yyyzzzzzz<61>111000000000<61>mmUmmUllU<58>113002000000111
  }

jcamp18            { ; jon camp, 1998
                     ; chaotic n-space network
  reset=1960 type=manlam(fn||fn) function=cosxx/cotan
  center-mag=-3.56374958445327700/+0.03106613109903802/29.78512/1/17.5
  params=0.1/-0.25/15 float=y bailout=128 bailoutest=manh inside=bof60
  outside=summ
  colors=000<60>yyyzzzzzz<61>111000000000<61>mmUmmUllU<58>113002000000111
  }

jcamp19            { ; jon camp, 1998
                     ; chaotic n-space network
  reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=inandout04 function=cosxx passes=1
  center-mag=-0.0846982/-0.0970873/0.8081129/1/90
  params=-1.0435/-0.118/0/0 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=startrail
  invert=0.29126285169371/0/0 decomp=256 distest=1/1/1280/1024
  periodicity=0
  colors=000<62>zzzzzzyyy<60>111000000000<61>mmUmmUllU<58>113002000000
  }

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:41:15 -0400
From: davides <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) La_Nina1

(As this La Nina seems to be about as strong as the recent El Nino)

"Flipping" through more pars I came across dmj-Mand-Triangle. A couple of
small changes and color map gave the following par. There is obviously a
close relationship with dmj-Mand-Triangle par, but enough of a difference
also.

==========================================================================>

La_Nina1           { ;  (c) David Shanholtzer Jun 21, 1998 t=0:05:23.40
                     ;  P200 MMX 1024x768
                     ; color map: prpl
  reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=fractint.frm
  formulaname=dmj-mand-triangle passes=1
  center-mag=+0.27534889540567080/+0.00678633637548891/8538.251
  params=0/0/0/0/512/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=zmag outside=summ
  symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0
  colors=000L0G<16>403302000<20>VVQXXSYYT__V``W<7>llgnniookqqmrro<4>zzw<14\
  >YYUWWRUUQ<13>222000000<82>302<8>Y0P`0Ra0Sb0T<9>000B08<32>`0Sa0Sb0Tb0Tb0\
  Ua0T<15>M0H
  }

frm:dmj-Mand-Triangle(XAXIS) { ; outside = real: triangle inequality average
     ; original idea and formula from L. Kerry Mitchell
     ; modified for total continuity by dmj, 9-8-97

     IF (real(p3) == 0)       ; Invalid value for color scale.
       p3 = 75 + flip(imag(p3))    ; Substitute a default value.
     ENDIF
     IF (imag(p3) == 0)       ; Invalid value for bailout.
       p3 = (0,128) + real(p3)     ; Substitute a default value.
     ENDIF
     sum = 0                  ; Running total.
     done = 1            ; Iteration counter.
     ac = cabs(pixel)         ; Absolute value of pixel (precalc).
     il2 = 1/log(2.0)         ; Inverse log 2 (precalc).
     lp = log(log(imag(p3)))       ; log(log bailout) (precalc).
     f = -1                   ; No fractional iteration yet.

     z = pixel, c = pixel:         ; Mandelbrot initialization.
     az2 = |z|           ; Save absolute value of first term.
     z = sqr(z) + c           ; Mandelbrot calculation.

     lowbound = abs(az2 - ac) ; Calculate lower bound for sum.
     sum = sum + (cabs(z) - lowbound) / (az2+ac - lowbound)
                         ; Ratio between bounds.

     done = done + 1               ; Done one more iteration.
     IF (az2 > imag(p3))      ; Point exceeds bailout.
       IF (f < 0)             ; First time; let it go again.
         f = il2*lp - il2*log(log(cabs(z))) + 2; Fractional iteration.
         oldsum = sum / done       ; Save the average ratio so far.
       ELSE                   ; Second time past bailout.
         sum = sum / done          ; Average ratio.
         f = oldsum + (sum-oldsum) * (f-1) ; Interpolate sum.
         z = f * real(p3)          ; Apply color scale.
         z = z - 255*trunc(z/real(255)) ; Wrap at 255.
         z = z - done - 5          ; Return value.
         done = -1            ; Set flag to force an exit.
       ENDIF
     ENDIF

     done >= 0           ; Continue if the flag is clear.
}

Regards,
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:21:39 -0400
From: davides <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) DOS on a floppy?

At 08:33 PM 6/21/1998 -0700, Faye Williams wrote:

(snipped)

>I don't have DOS on my computer.  I have DOS on a floppy that runs fractint
>for me.

(snipped)

I am very puzzled by the above statement. I suspect what is intended is
that you have Fractint 19.x (DOS version) as opposed to Winfract, and you
have that copy of the program on a floppy - is that correct?


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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:15:44 -0700
From: "Faye Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) par-files

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