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- Version 2.000
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- MAND2000 © Copyright 1993, Cygnus Software
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- Cygnus Software
- 33 University Square, #199
- Madison, WI, 53715
- USA
- CygnusSoft@cup.portal.com
-
- Mand2000D is the demo version of Mand2000, a fractal exploration
- program created by Cygnus Software. Mand2000 is a tryware program. You
- can use the demo version all you want, give it to your friends, put it on
- club disks and post it to bulletin boards, as long as you distribute this
- notice, the help file and the example ARexx scripts with it. If you wish
- to put Mand2000D on a cover disk, or otherwise benefit from the
- distribution, you must ask our permission first. The TweenPlayer can also
- be distributed, subject to the same restrictions.
-
- This demo version has had save disabled, and will occasionally
- bring up a text requester to remind you that it is a demo version. The
- release version does save of course, and no annoying requesters will
- appear. Additional features that the release version has include ARexx
- documentation, much more help, and some extra fractal programs, some with
- source code.
-
- The full version of Mand2000 can be purchased for US $44.95 direct
- from Cygnus Software, shipping included. Sorry, no credit cards. Cheques
- drawn on a US bank, money order, postal money order or US cash. Until Dec
- 1, 1994 Mand2000 2.0 is available for a special introductory offer of
- $34.95, shipping included.
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- New for version2.0
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- One of the most important improvements to version 2.0 of Mand2000
- is the addition of HAM rendering of fractals. Fractals which looked boring
- in 32 colours or merely average in 256 colours can now look stunning in
- 4096 colour HAM or 262,144 colours in HAM8. This also means that when you
- have multiple fractal images displayed, each image can have a separate
- palette, and each palette can be thousands of colours. As a side effect,
- Mand2000 2.0 makes a pretty good multi-window IFF image viewer - it loads
- all standard IFF images, including IFF24.
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- The other major improvement is improved animation support. When
- rendering morph movies (from the morph requester) or iteration or julia
- movies (from the ARexx added menus in the user menu) Mand2000 can create
- animation files directly. This is faster, uses less disk space, and is far
- more convenient than creating the frames and later assembling them into an
- animation.
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- Read the help for `Rendering mode' and `Set colours' for more
- information.
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- For more information on what makes Mand2000 unique and worthwhile,
- run Mand2000D and select the `Help and Info' menu, then select the
- `Overview' gadget.
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- Installation:
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- If you received the Mand2000 demo as a file with a .lha extension
- you will need a program called `lha'. Open up a CLI and type the following
- command: lha x Mand2000Demo.lha. This will create a directory called
- "Mand2000Demo" in your current directory with all of the Mand2000 files.
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- If you received the Mand2000 demo as a set of files, simply copy
- these files into a directory on your harddrive.
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- Then you should copy the arexx from the Mand2000Demo directory to
- your REXX: directory. This will cause several excellent new commands to
- appear in Mand2000's `user' menu.
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- Trouble shooting:
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- Mand2000 runs on all Amigas with AmigaDOS 2.0 or higher and makes
- full use of the AGA chipset when present. It has been tested for
- compatibility on Amiga 2000s, 3000s, 4000s, 500s and 1200s, with 68000,
- 68020, 68030 and 68040 processors, and should run on all other models as
- well. Mand2000 has also been tested and found to work well on many
- different third party graphics boards. If you have AmigaDOS 3.0 or higher,
- Mand2000 will run in 256 colour mode on these boards.
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- If Mand2000 fails to run properly on your machine, the problem is
- usually due to some other program on your Amiga which is corrupting
- Mand2000's memory. Try removing all non-Commodore programs from your
- WBStartup and user-startup and see if this fixes the problem. Some dongles
- can cause problems with Mand2000's joystick scrolling - if this is a
- problem, turn off joystick scrolling in the 'setmisc' requester.
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- If you still have problems, please contact us, preferably at our
- e-mail address (listed above) and we'll try to help you out.
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- What is Mand2000?
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- Mand2000 is meant to be nothing less than the finest Mandelbrot
- exploration program available on any computer. We have attempted to
- combine speed, power and simplicity with a few unique features, all
- designed to make it easy for you to discover uncharted regions of the
- Mandelbrot and Julia sets.
-
- The TweenPlayer is for playing TweenMovies, which are created from
- the `Make zoom movie' menu in Mand2000D. Read the online help for further
- information.
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- How do you use Mand2000?
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- To start using Mand2000, the simplest thing to do is to place the
- mouse over an interesting area, one of the areas with lots of detail, and
- then double click the left mouse button. The picture will zoom in, placing
- the area under the mouse in the centre of the screen. You can continue
- doing this as many times as you like, searching for interesting areas. To
- zoom out press `D'. To scroll the picture around, hold down the left mouse
- button and drag, or use the arrow keys, the numeric keypad, or a joystick.
-
- For full information on how to use Mand2000, read the help
- associated with the individual menu items. Just highlight a menu item and
- press the HELP key or press the HELP key any time a requester is active.
-
- For more information on what makes Mand2000 unique and worthwhile,
- run Mand2000D and select the `Help and Info' menu, then select the
- `Overview' gadget.
-
-
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- Also by Cygnus Software:
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- Cygnus Software's other major product is CygnusEd. CygnusEd is a
- high performance text editor, featuring what is probably still the fastest
- scrolling and text rendering of any editor on the Amiga today. Add to that
- such invaluable features as unlimited undo, etc., etc. Version 3.5 of
- CygnusEd was extensively updated to take advantage of the features that 2.0
- has to offer. 3-D gadgets, public screens, the standard file, font and
- screen requesters, and the full AGA screen resolutions. Meanwhile CygnusEd
- still maintains full compatibility with version 1.3 of the operating
- system, bringing the 3-D gadgetry to 1.3. CygnusEd 3.5's macro and
- configuration files and ARexx scripts are almost 100% compatible with
- earlier versions. CygnusEd is published by Elastic Reality, Inc., and is
- available in Amiga stores for a suggested retail price of $119.95.
- Remember, although CygnusEd was written by Cygnus Software, it is sold
- through Elastic Reality, Inc., and NOT through Cygnus Software.
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- Mand2000 was created with CygnusEd and Aztec C.
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- Enjoy!
-
- Bruce and Helen Dawson,
- Cygnus Software.
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- You can order Mand2000 direct from Cygnus Software. Just fill out
- this order form:
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- Cygnus Software
- 33 University Square, #199
- Madison, WI, 53715, USA
-
- Dear Ma'am/Sir,
-
- I would like to order a copy of Mand2000 for my Amiga __00. I
- have enclosed US $44.95 (in a cheque drawn on a US bank, a money
- order, postal order, or US cash, if before Dec 1, 1994, enclose $34.95
- only). I understand that this not only pays for Mand2000, but also
- for shipping and handling to anywhere in the world. Wow, what a great
- deal.
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- I heard about Mand2000 through...
- My favourite features are...
- My least favourite feature is...
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- Thanks for writing such a __________ product. Please send my
- registered copy to:
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- Sincerely,
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