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fractint-digest      Thursday, December 16 1999      Volume 01 : Number 428




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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 14:23:39 -0300
From: "Alejandro Gustavo Kainer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (fractint) Fractal Creations 2nd Edition

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

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

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

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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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:39:42 -1000
From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractalus down?

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

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

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

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

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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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:25:21 -0600
From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New to fractint, and have a technical problem

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

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

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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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:17:35 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) Color Cycling - Longer than 256 colors?

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

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

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

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

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
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  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\
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  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\
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  <30>_0lZ0mY0l<29>102
  }


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

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

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I ain't no rat. You can race without me. (D.Jones)



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

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

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

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

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

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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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:57:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 17-12-99 (Merlin the Magician) (c)

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]


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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  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
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END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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

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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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