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fractint-digest      Thursday, February 10 2000      Volume 01 : Number 445




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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 08:57:03 GMT
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) New Galleries

Sylie Gallet: Gallery 22 **ROCKS**! Where do you find the time...
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 14:20:55 EST
From: "Mitchell Berger" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Loading Formulae

I am using Fractint in Windows 98 and have very few problems struggling
along as a beginner/not-so-newbie. However I cannot seem to load any formula
other than those in fractint.frm.

When I use "t" to Load Formulae, the default is the fractint.frm Fractals
with no ability to access the *.frm Ihave loaded in the Frm directory. There
is no F6 toggle available. I have loaded sstools.ini properly and made the
modifications necessary to it to be able to access all the other features I
have tried.

Does anyone have any ideas, or am I overlooking something really simple?

Thanks,

Mitch Berger


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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:17:50 -0500
From: Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) New Galleries

Hi Andrew,

>> Sylie Gallet: Gallery 22 **ROCKS**!

  Thank you!

>> Where do you find the time...

  I spend all my free time in playing with fractals!

  Cheers,

        - Sylvie  =


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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:38:01 -0200
From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mitchell Berger <[e-mail]>
Monday, February 07, 2000 5:20 PM
Subject: (fractint) Loading Formulae


> I cannot seem to load any formula
> other than those in fractint.frm.

> Does anyone have any ideas, or am I overlooking something really simple?

Yes, very simple, indeed. press F6 when viewing the fractint.frm formulae.

BTW, I got a tremendously egoistic desire to send a nice RTFM message, but,
since Mitchell asked so politely, and we don┤t seem to have band-with
problems on this list (sofew posts lately), that I decided on being polite
again.

Jim, how do you color your FOTD? Do you use prefab maps or do you hit the
Enter key while in colorcycling? You got me inspired and now I┤m searching
for midgets all around. And your nice (is it really yours?) MandelbrotMix4
is so flexible, it┤s nice to use. Speaking of this formula, how do you
decide wich multipliers and exponents to use? I tried integers, square
roots, Pi, etc, and hoope to be in the right path. can you confirm that?

Just something els:
Where are you from, Mitchell?

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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:36:17 EST
From: "Mitchell Berger" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae

While viewing fractint.frm my F6 key unfortunately does not do anything. The
legend reads "Use cursor keys or type value to make a selection. Press F2
for a description of the highlighted type". No call for the F6 key?

BTW I did look in the manual before writing. Just cause I don't want to
waste band width either.
I'm from Toledo, Ohio (USA) and am an Organic Chemist by training.

Thanks for responding.

Mitch

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>Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae
>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:38:01 -0200
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mitchell Berger <[e-mail]>
>Monday, February 07, 2000 5:20 PM
>Subject: (fractint) Loading Formulae
>
>
> > I cannot seem to load any formula
> > other than those in fractint.frm.
>
> > Does anyone have any ideas, or am I overlooking something really simple?
>
Yes, very simple, indeed. press F6 when viewing the fractint.frm formulae.
>

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:51:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: Loading Formulae

At 06:36 PM 2/7/00 EST, you wrote:
>While viewing fractint.frm my F6 key unfortunately does not do anything. The
>legend reads "Use cursor keys or type value to make a selection. Press F2
>for a description of the highlighted type". No call for the F6 key?

Yor're trying to strike the F6 key while the 'select a fractal type' screen
is displayed.  The F6 key does not work until you highlight fractal
type=formula, strike enter, and have the list of formulae in fractint.frm
actually on the screen.

Jim M.


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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 00:13:16 -0200
From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Loading Formulae

Are you perhaps usein winfractint? I┤m not useed to it, but my versio (20.0)
and my previous one (19.6) work that way and _do_ have a call for F6, like
the one for F2. What┤s your verison??
Fernando



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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:25:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Coloring the FOTD

At 08:38 PM 2/7/00 -0200, Fernando wrote:

>Jim, how do you color your FOTD? Do you use prefab maps or do you=20
>hit the Enter key while in colorcycling? You got me inspired and now=20
>I=B4m searching for midgets all around. And your nice (is it really=20
>yours?) MandelbrotMix4 is so flexible, it=B4s nice to use. Speaking of=20
>this formula, how do you decide wich multipliers and exponents to=20
>use? I tried integers, square roots, Pi, etc, and hoope to be in the=20
>right path. can you confirm that?

I have no set means of coloring.  To color the FOTD I sometimes use=20
every means available in the fractint program.  On occasion I even go=20
so far as to post-process the image in a graphics program.  At other=20
times I simply strike <enter> once or twice, and a great color=20
palette appears almost by magic.

Yes, I wrote the MandelbrotMix4 program, though the idea for a formula=20
that would automatically initialize Z to a critical point came from=20
Jay Hill of 'Fractoon of the Night' fame.

You're picking the multipliers and exponents exactly as I do.  Many of=20
my choices are entirely whimsical.  With a little experience, you'll=20
discover which values give the best results.  BTW, when you get a blank=20
screen, don't give up.  If it's a blank blue screen, back off an=20
outzoom or two.  With this formula, the interesting part of the image=20
often lies far from the origin.  If it's a blank black screen of=20
trapped points, raise real(p3) until something appears.  Bracketing is=20
often necessary to find the optimal value here.

Jim M.


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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 21:48:22 EST
From: "Mitchell Berger" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Loading Formulae

I knew it had to be a simple solution. Thanks Jim.

BTW Love your FOTD.

Mitch


>From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
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>Subject: (fractint) Re: Loading Formulae
>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:51:57 -0500 (EST)
>
>At 06:36 PM 2/7/00 EST, you wrote:
> >While viewing fractint.frm my F6 key unfortunately does not do anything.
>The
> >legend reads "Use cursor keys or type value to make a selection. Press F2
> >for a description of the highlighted type". No call for the F6 key?
>
>Yor're trying to strike the F6 key while the 'select a fractal type' screen
>is displayed.  The F6 key does not work until you highlight fractal
>type=formula, strike enter, and have the list of formulae in fractint.frm
>actually on the screen.
>
>Jim M.
>
>
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 01:28:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 08-02-00 (Liftoff [6]) (c)

FOTD -- February 08, 2000  (Rating 6)

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is a fractal.  I make that rather redundant
statement because today's FOTD could be mistaken for a flight of
balloons that has just been released to celebrate some festive
event.  Or it could be mistaken for a scene in the sub-atomic
world of quantum uncertainty.  But it is none of these things;
it is in fact a fractal -- it is the Fractal of the Day for
today.  I rated it a 6, which equals a little above average.

The image resembles swirling, twisting chains of rust-colored
spheroids floating before a pale yellowish-green background.  I
named it "Liftoff".  The formula behind the picture is number
six in my series of 12 MandNewt formulas, which once were
mysteries, but which I recently discovered are actually
variations of the Ikenaga function.

The six minutes it takes the parameter file to run is enough to
make a download the wise choice.  The download may be found at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and at:

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

The fractal weather today sent the melting of the ice pack into
high gear.  The afternoon temperature of 50F (10C) cleared away
a few centimeters of the dead old snow, but there's still many
centimeters left to be eliminated.

Now that Percy Smedley has finished the decoration of his four-
dimensional room, there's little more to be said about his
efforts.  I had intended on more thoroughly describing the
600-tetrahedral-celled figure he painted into his out wall, but
I had gone only a little way into the description when I
realized that a complete description would be inordinately
lengthy and nearly incomprehensible.  I'll wrap up this current
multi-dimensional indulgence with some final words tomorrow.

Until then, take care, and see you in 24 hours.


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

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                     ;  Version 2000 Patchlevel 6
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm
  formulaname=MandNewt06 passes=1
  center-mag=+0.028997693664177/+0.2344292076324207/65\
  .01/1/-152.5 params=-1.82/-1.79/2.48/-1.18/1.28/1.63
  float=y bailout=25 inside=bof60 logmap=yes
  symmetry=none periodicity=0
  colors=000waN<6>nSKlRKlPJ<2>gLIfKIeIHdHHcGH<3>_AFZ9F\
  Y7E<3>T2DR1DQ4FP7HO9Jwwv<4>wwq<2>wwnwwnwwmwwmwwlwwlw\
  wkwvlwvkwumuun<8>luokupjup<3>ftpdspcsp<23>FpsEpsDps<\
  2>BpsAorAorAor<24>3oq2oq2oq<2>1oq1oq0qr<32>WHoXGoYFo\
  <2>`Co`BoaCn<22>nJTnKSoKR<3>qLNtKL<10>OSZLS_IT`<2>9V\
  d6We5We4Wf<3>CQVEPSFNP<2>LJGNIDNI8<14>TDPTDQUDRUCSVC\
  T<4>UCU
  }

frm:MandNewt06 {; Jim Muth
z=c=(pixel*p1):
a=z^3+(c-p2)*z-c
b=p3*z^2+c-1
z=z-1*a/b
.000000000000000000000000000001 <= |a|
}

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


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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 19:10:22 -0200
From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Coloring the FOTD

Jim, thanks a lot for your answer. Specially the blue blank screen tip, we
have met before several times (me and the blue...). I have some question
though...

>>>Yes, I wrote the MandelbrotMix4 program, though the idea for a formula
that would automatically initialize Z to a critical point came from
Jay Hill of 'Fractoon of the Night' fame.<<<

Could you please explain the idea of the critical point initilization? I
feel I┤m missing something here that could help me a lot...

>>>If it's a blank black screen of
trapped points, raise real(p3) until something appears.  Bracketing is
often necessary to find the optimal value here.<<<

And again I didn┤t understand something. What do you mean with bracketing??

Thanks a lot,
Fernando



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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 01:15:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 09-02-00 (Horns of Nimon [5]) (c)

FOTD -- February 09, 2000  (Rating 5)

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

I recently missed a numeric curiosity that fell on February 2.
The numeric representation of that date is 2-2-2000 -- the first
day without an odd digit since 8-28-888.  That's almost 1112
years.

Not being a numerologist, I have no idea of the importance of
this event, though I believe that in the occult world of
numerology the even digits are considered feminine and the odd
digits masculine.  If you missed the big event, don't worry.  It
was repeated on the 4th, 6th and 8th of this month, and will be
repeated on the 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th and 28th, as well as on
many more days in April, June and August of this year.

Today's fractal however will not be repeated.  If you miss it
today, there will never be another opportunity to see it.  I
have named the picture "Horns of Nimon" after one of my favorite
Dr. Who episodes.  It is a simple, symmetrical picture, with
little of the intricacy usually associated with fractals -- a
rather solemn, almost mystical image, created by number 11 in my
series of 12 MandNewt formulas.

The parameter file is rather slow, making the few minutes it
will take to download the image well worth the effort.  That
image has been posted to:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and to:

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

The fractal weather today was sunny but cold, with a temperature
of 32F (0C) that kept the fractal cats snug by their heaters.

After seeing the wondrous images our friend P. Smedley painted
into the six walls of his four-dimensional room, one might
wonder what figures Mr. Smedley's five-dimensional cousin, Q.
Smedley might paint into the eight hypercubic walls of his five-
dimensional room.  In 3-D space there are five regular poly-
hedrons, and in 4-D space there are six regular polytopes.
Surely 5-D space must hold regular polytopes by the dozens.

But alas, only disappointment awaits in the dimensions higher
than four.  Instead of increasing beyond limit, the number of
regular polytopes in all the higher dimensions is limited to
three.  These are the analogs of the tetrahedron, the cube and
the octahedron.  All is not lost however, for the sheer variety
of figures in these high dimensions more than makes up for the
lack of regular figures.

And now I must make up for a busy day by taking it easy for a
few moments.  Until tomorrow, take care, and if you could live
in a space of any number of dimensions you wished, what number
of dimensions would you choose?


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

Horns_of_Nimon     { ; time=0:22:11.08 SF5 on a P200
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm
  formulaname=MandNewt11 passes=1
  center-mag=-1.46088/0/0.2889142/1/-90
  params=-0.882/-0.409/1.861/-0.741/2.156/-2.207
  float=y maxiter=450 bailout=25 inside=bof60
  logmap=yes symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0
  colors=0006CV<44>RP5SP5SP4<8>ZT2_U2_U1<2>bW1bW1aV2<4\
  9>NMEMMEMME<3>LKFLKGLKGKKGKKG<2>MLGNLGOMGONF<25>jbCk\
  cCldCmeCneCofCngA<34>sYisYjsYk<2>sXnsXotZs<11>rLTrKR\
  rJP<3>qEGqCEqBCqA9q97q85q60<26>qVs
  }

frm:MandNewt11 {; Jim Muth
z=g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2),
d=imag(p2), e=real(p3), f=imag(p3):
h=z^a+(g-b)*z-f
j=c*z^d+g
z=z-e*h/j,
.0000000000000000000000000000005 <= |h|
}

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


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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:31:14 -0200
From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Some questions

I have two questions for now:

why is default.map the default map? I mean, somedody must have seen in it
some quality that made it a good choice for a starting map. What quality is
it?

About the diffusion drawing method, it┤s kind of strage to me. If I
understood it right, it should give a precision equal to one pass linear
method, while still giving a good preview possibility (I mean you don┤t have
to wait the image to be complete to guess what┤s there and continue
zoomign). But sometimes it seems to calculate forever... When should I use
it (or don┤t use it)? I couldn┤t get anything different using the fill color
doodad, it says it works under t, be and d, and I only got interesting
results with tesseral method (and I love it!). Humberto, the diffusion
method developer, happens to be the person who introduced me to fractals,
and it┤s nice to have something more real in this virtual world that
fractint and the list seem to be...

Ok, that was it for today, I┤m making so many questions lately because I┤m
in vacations, and have time to further explore fractint. It won┤t last long,
unfortunately (only till 21st...)

Awaiting answers,
Fernando




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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:44:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: Coloring the FOTD

At 07:10 PM 2/8/00 -0200, Fernando wrote:

          <some material snipped>
>Could you please explain the idea of the critical point initilization? I
>feel I=B4m missing something here that could help me a lot...

The critical point of a formula is the initial value of Z that draws=20
Mandeloid fractals without perturbation.  These are the Mandeloids with=20
the midgets.  The expression Z^2+C has a critical point of 0,0.  When=20
Z is initialized to 0,0, the true, unperturbed Mandelbrot set is drawn. =20
Other expressions, such as those determined by the parameters entered=20
into the MandelbrotMix4 formula, have non-zero critical points, which=20
must be calculated and applied to initial Z before the unperturbed=20
Mandeloid can be drawn.  The M-Mix4 formula determines these non-zero=20
critical points and initializes Z to them automatically.

>>>>If it's a blank black screen of
>trapped points, raise real(p3) until something appears.  Bracketing is
>often necessary to find the optimal value here.<<<
>
>And again I didn=B4t understand something. What do you mean with=
 bracketing??

By bracketing I simply mean narrowing the search.  For example if 100=20
is too small and 200 is too large, I try 150.  If 150 is too large, I=20
try 125.  If 125 is too small, I try 138.  I continue narrowing the=20
search in this manner until I find the optimal value.

Jim M.


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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 11:58:27 -0700
From: Phil McRevis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Some questions

In article <001401bf730a$9974d060$f086f6c8@default>,
    "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>  writes:

> why is default.map the default map?

I believe it is the default because long ago in the misty past that
colormap was the 'default, standard' colormap for a VGA card under
DOS.
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 19:50:55 -0200
From: "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Coloring the FOTD

Thanks, Jim, now I know why the middle part of the formula exists, and
learnt a bit of English too.

Another question:

As mentioned before, hitting enter while color cycling brings up a new map,
I would say a rnadom one. but sometimes it seems that this map generation
follows some rules. Is this correct? What rules are those?

Fernando bresslau


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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:58:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 10-02-00 (Waking Up [7]) (c)

FOTD -- February 10, 2000  (Rating 7)

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

Today's fractal is just good enough to rate a marginal 7 on my
totally arbitrary scale of fractal ratings.  It was created by
the MandelbrotMix4 formula calculating the expression
Z^(-3)-Z+C.  It's one of those combinations of parameters that
appears too simple to create a worthwhile fractal, but as with
so many combinations it packs a surprise.

I named the picture "Waking Up" because the black patches
surrounded by glowing rings remind me of the things I see when a
pleasant dream is beginning to break down and awakening is
approaching.  The parameter file runs in about three minutes.
If this is too slow, the GIF image has been JPEG'd and posted
without its data to:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

from where it may be downloaded with a minimum of hassle.

The image is also available at Paul Lee's web site at:

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

The all-unimportant fractal weather was quite pleasant today,
though shirtsleeve temperatures in the high 40'sF (9C) seemed a
bit out of place with snow still piled 2 meters deep at the
sides of the roads.  The mildness did bring the fractal cats
onto the porch to enjoy a few minutes sunshine however.

Before we leave our friend Percy Smedley and his fourth
dimension, there is one more hyper-feature to be discussed --
the regular tilings of hyperspace.  In two-dimensional space
there are three regular tilings.  These are with equilateral
triangles six at a point, squares four at a point, and hexagons
three at a point.  In three-dimensional space only one regular
tiling (perhaps better called a honeycomb) is possible.  This is
with cubes eight at a point.

In four-dimensional space three regular honeycomb tilings are
once again possible.  These are with 8-celled hypercubes 16 at a
point, 16-celled hexadecatopes 24 at a point, and 24-celled
icosatetratopes 8 at a point.

Just as is the case with the regular polytopes, the regular
honeycombs grow scarce in spaces of more than four dimensions.
The only regular honeycomb possible in these higher dimensions
is the 2n-celled hypercubical one, with 2^n hypercubes at a
point.

And now, before I work myself into a state of hyper activity,
it's time to shut down the fractal shoppe and call it an
evening.  Until tomorrow, take care, and if I had my choice, I'd
choose space of four-dimensions to live in.


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

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  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=+0.09710187528172434/+0.81270693394301880\
  /1273247/1/90 params=1/-3/-1/1/0.05/0 float=y
  maxiter=800 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=42
  symmetry=none periodicity=10
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  mW_m<2>vnG<3>bTWRQGGN18nx<2>DftRUVcH5<2>jj7<2>7GD<3>\
  YVFcYGjaGpdGdhPUkX<2>xEK<3>vpe<3>gVocQq`Ls<2>ggW<3>s\
  kNukLsgQ<3>nVhmSmlPrkMv<3>hcVhgPiV_iIji5t_PmRggIea`d\
  YrJV<3>f`hcdl`ioYmsVmvYht<3>ellgmkcnh<2>Rq`<3>TuVUvU\
  UwTVxSVyQ<2>WzNGzD<3>EzCDzCDzB<2>CzAkzflzemzd<3>vzrx\
  zuwzi<3>vz1<3>Yz8RzALzCFzE9zFKzQVz_<6>LzjKzkJzm<3>Ez\
  r<3>MzB<3>GzPQzG<3>xzg<3>2z3<2>TzO<3>bzWezYgz_iz`<3>\
  MzhHziOzl<3>kzuqzwqzuqzs<4>VzrUzpUzn
  }

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: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 23:15:45 -0600
From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) www.fractint.org

I have started an extremely crude web page at www.fractint.org. It
basically just points to the spanky fractint pages and to the files at
ftp.fractint.org.

Tim

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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 21:24:50 -0800
From: Mark Christenson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Some questions

At 11:58 AM 2/9/00 -0700, you wrote:
>In article <001401bf730a$9974d060$f086f6c8@default>,
>    "Fernando Henrique Bresslau" <[e-mail]>  writes:
>
>> why is default.map the default map?

You can set your own favorite default palette by adding
the line

colors=@mapname.map

to your sstools.ini file (substitute your own mapname).


Aloha,
        Bud


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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 23:47:09 -0600
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff?

Hey FractIntizens;

For a mere $1,995 you can buy a program called Clustor 2.0. This program will
enable one to generate movies with FractInt version 14. You read that
correctly--version 14!

For details, see http://www.activetools.com/examples/movie/movie.html .

What a joke.

Bob Margolis
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:24:15 -0600
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Collatz Problem

Read about the Collatz Problem and how it was coded for FractInt at:

http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~shapiraa/collatz.html

Bob Margolis
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:48:45 +0100
From: Thore Berntsen <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff?

I'm working on a new Windows animation tool for Fractint.
I hope it shall include a gif/avi animator.

I hope to have a beta version ready in a few months. I plan to make it
freeware...

Thore Berntsen
Norway

    -----Original Message-----
    From:    Bob Margolis [SMTP:[e-mail]]
    Sent:    10. februar 2000 06:47
    To:    FractInt
    Subject:    (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff?

    Hey FractIntizens;

    For a mere $1,995 you can buy a program called Clustor 2.0. This
program will
    enable one to generate movies with FractInt version 14. You read
that
    correctly--version 14!

    For details, see
http://www.activetools.com/examples/movie/movie.html .

    What a joke.

    Bob Margolis
    [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:27:46 -0500
From: Ian Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) A FractInt movie ripoff?

On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:47:09PM -0600, Bob Margolis wrote:
> Hey FractIntizens;
>
> For a mere $1,995 you can buy a program called Clustor 2.0. This program will
> enable one to generate movies with FractInt version 14. You read that
> correctly--version 14!
>
> For details, see http://www.activetools.com/examples/movie/movie.html .
>
> What a joke.

I think you missed the point there... Clustor is a clustering server, for
using multiple computers for any and all calculations. The fractal movie
was just an example.


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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:15:46 -0600
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: A FractInt movie ripoff?

Ian Kaplan wrote:
>
<snip>

> I think you missed the point there... Clustor is a clustering server, for
> using multiple computers for any and all calculations. The fractal movie
> was just an example.
>

Oh, I got the point all right--only after moving to other pages at the site and
reading about Clustor. But when you went to the site clicking on the URL I
provided, what was the first thing that hit your eyes boldly? It was this:

Computer Movies: Generating a Movie with Fractint.

Whoever wrote that page made it seem as if what was being advertised was an
accessory for FractInt. It did not say, "Computer Movies: Generating Fractal
Movies using Clustor 2.0."

I was drawn to the page because of the word, "Fractint," and not by the word,
"Clustor." Hence my assertion that if I wanted a FractInt movie maker, it would
be a joke for me to spend $1,995 to have one, when there are already several
good ones out there that cost very little money or are free.

Caveat emptor.

Bob Margolis
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 23:48:39 -0500
From: Charles Crocker <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) MAKEFCFG.EXE

Could someone point me in the right direction. Running MAKEFCFG.EXE that
came with Fractint 20 I get an error message that says:

Load error : no DPMI  - Get csdpmi*b.zip

I could guess that DPMI stands for Display Parameters Master Index and that
it is in the zip file. However the wild card in the file name can't be
correct and I can't get any results from a search for part of the name. No
hints at Spanky or the Fractint web site.

Thanks

Charles



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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:03:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD, 11-02-00 (Fractal Medallion [8]) (c)

FOTD -- February 11, 2000  (Rating 8)

Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries:

I really like today's fractal image.  That's why I gave it a
rating of 8, which is much above average.  The scene is part of
the fractal that results when Z is subtracted from Z^(-5) and
the difference multiplied by 1.1.

The midget in today's FOTD almost found itself, appearing almost
by magic at the end of my first random dive into the parent
fractal.

The brazen pattern around the central Minibrot reminds me of a
medallion.  I therefore named the picture "Fractal Medallion".
The color palette is another fine example of serendipity.  It
appeared with just two strikes of the <enter> key.  I manually
adjusted only a few registers to fine tune the colors.

The parameter file is a slow one, which takes 20 minutes on a
Pentium.  But salvation is at hand in the form of the JPEG file
of the image, which has been posted to Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and to the Web at:

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

The fractal weather today was unusually mild.  The warm sunshine
and temperature of 54F (12C) lured the fractal cats onto the
porch, where they spent nearly an hour enjoying the outdoors.
However, I was too busy with fractals and work to enjoy the
false spring, and spent the afternoon in front of my computers.

I'll likely do the same again tomorrow.  The result can be only
another FOTD, which may not rate another [8], but will be a fine
image nevertheless.

It's also time to get a bit of excitement stirred up on the
languishing philofractal list.  If I find the time in tomorrow's
FOTD, I'll take off my mask of rational thought, put on my mask
of magical thought, and post some wisdom.  If I fail to find the
time for wisdom, I'll still find time for a fractal.

Until 24 hours from now, take care, and I've yet to read a
mystery novel where the fractal was the culprit.


Jim Muth
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Fractal_Medallion  { ; time=0:20:37.34 SF5 on a P200
  reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=+0.11109321279469310/+0.06660199424500757\
  /3.560881e+012/1/-55 params=1/-5/-1/1/0.1/0 float=y
  maxiter=3000 bailout=25 inside=0
  logmap=405 symmetry=none periodicity=10
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  ub8vd7we6xf6yh<3>3zm2zn2zc1zU0zKKzHUzJazK<3>_zOMzY
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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
}

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