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Read Me file for Fractal Engine 2 - unregistered copy
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Relevant to version 2.1 - 29th July 1993
Disk contents:
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README.TXT - This file!
FRACENG2.PRG - The Fractal Engine 2 main program.
DISPANI2.PRG - Program for displaying FE2 animation sequences.
/DOCUMENT.FE2/
MANUAL.TXT - Full 30 page reference guide.
MANUAL.DOC - Manual in Word for Windows format.
QUICKREF.TXT - Quick reference guide and tutorial.
/DEFAULTS.FE2/
TITLE.SCR - FE2 title screen
*.CDF - Default fractal parameters.
FRACENG2.EXE - 68000 Machine code drawing routines.
PALETTE.DAT - Default colour palette information.
/NICEPICS.FE2/
*.FUL - Ace full-size pictures.
/MOREPICS.FE2/
*.FUL - Some other not so hot piccies.
/QUIKCDFS.FE2/
*.CDF - Some example co-ordinate files
Please note: FE2 should always be run from a disk or directory containing
the sub-directory DEFAULTS.FE2 and ALL of its contents. DISPANI2.PRG is only
for displaying FE2 animation sequences and will NOT work with version one
files.
Updates from version 2.0
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The following is a list of modifications and additions to the 2.0 version
of the Fractal Engine:
* Refinements made to the Julia option as this was changing from the current
method and palette selected.
* Refinements made to the Zoom option as this was also changing from the
current method and palette selected. In addition the zoom-out 'o' key option
did not work correctly.
* The colouring of floating point images differed from the integer ones. This
was not a problem unless a deep zoom animation was underway. It caused a
sudden jump in the colour levels outside the set.
* The ability to abort whilst in the middle of a drawing operation has been
added and can be achieved by pressing the right mouse button. Some slightly
strange effects may be caused due to the jumping out of the iteration loop but
this does not effect program operation. One point to note is that you CANNOT
resume after breaking but an alert box asks you to confirm first. This option
is not available for the cloud fractal type or during a batch operation. Note
this facility is not documented in the manual.
* A peculiar error whilst drawing spheres of fractal zooms has been fixed,
this may have produced some weird results, especially when performing a zoom
animation.
Register your copy now!
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Send a cheque for £10 ($20 US, $25 AUS/NZ, etc.) made payable to
'Daniel Grace' to:
Fractal Engine 2,
Garden Flat,
20 Bristol Road Lower,
Weston-Super-Mare,
Avon, BS23 2PW,
England.
Registration gives you a warm feeling inside as well as a couple of extra
programs, which are excellent. Also we can keep you informed as to any
future updates. Please allow 14 days to recieve your goods (21 days for
overseas).