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- |rA ÅÉæÆôæö Experience
- |wBy David Wright
-
- This program was written to give students a
- better understanding behind the amazing
- phenomenon of |rfractals.|w
-
- Any student who has taken |yAlgebra I|w or
- higher should be able to get a basic understanding
- of the process. Students who have taken |yAlgebra II
- |wshould be able to understand all the math that
- is used.
-
- It was written during the |g'95-'96|w school year
- by Computer Science I student |rDavid Wright.
- |wIt is 99% |gpascal|w and 1% |ablack magic.|w
- The source code may be obtained upon request if
- you are interested. You may contact David at:
- |ywgwright`@mnsinc.com|w or,
- |yDavid Wright
- c/o C.D. Hylton High School
- 14051 Spriggs Rd
- Woodbridge VA 22193
- |w
- Any other comments are appreciated as well.
- |r
- @Press any key for a summary of commands ...
- |gIn the Instructional Section:
- |r[Q]:|w Quit reading
- |r[PAGEUP]:|w Previous Page
-
- |gWhile the fractal is being drawn:
- |rAny key:|w Stop the fractal graphing
- You will be left at the interactive screen
-
- |gAt the interactive screen:
- |rLeft Mouse:|w A box will be started at the
- current cursor position, drag to the size of
- the area you want to zoom to and release.
- |rRight Mouse:|w Quit to main menu or procede
- with example.
-
- |r[BACKSPACE]:|w Zoom out by a factor of 10x
- |r']':|w Zoom out by a factor of 5x
-
- |r[ENTER]:|w Load another palette, every fourth
- palette is random.
-
- |r[SPACE]:|w Change the mouse cursor.
-
- |r[C]:|w Start color cycling mode
-
- |gIn color cycling mode:
- |r[+]:|w Speed up
- |r[-]:|w Slow down
-
- |r[ENTER]:|w New palette
- |rAny other key: |wStop cycling|r
-
- @Press [ENTER] for technical info...
- |wInformation about the different file
- formats used in the program is available
- in the file |rfracexp.txt|w that accompanies
- this program.|r
-
- @Press [ENTER] for the main menu...
-