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MandelJourney V0.8
by Christian Schneider (Power Point)
INTRODUCTION
Although this program is 100% SYSTEM friendly and OS 1.3 and 2.0 compatible
*NO* time has been taken to make it USER friendly... So be warned :-)
COPYRIGHT NOTICES
This program is GimmeGimmeFortyWare and hence freely distributable but
copyright 1991 by Christian Schneider.
DISCLAIMER
No warranties at all are given. You may loose everything, sanity, time
or anything else by using this program!
NEEDS
It really *NEEDS* an FPU to run, otherwise it will quit immediately! To
get any error messages, usage and a quick help, run it from CLI. WB users
won't get any help (but you don't really need help if you read this doc
file anyway...).
WHAT IT DOES
MandelJourney calculates MandelBrot pictures (What a surprise :-) ..).
It does this in a fast and (IMHO) easy way which makes it fun to explore
the MandelBrot set.
MandelJourney has been created to make the FPU performance visible in
a easily understandable way. With this program, you're prepared for the
MC68040 and check its speed (I'm still WAITING for a close encounter of
the fortieth kind :-(..).
HOW TO HANDLE
As mentioned before, only a somehow outdated user interface has been
implemented, using several keys to control the MandelBrot set.
Mouse: Click with the left mousebutton to center position in picture.
Keyboard:
8 / 6 / 4 / 2 = Scroll UP / RIGHT / DOWN / LEFT
I = Zoom in
SHIFT-I = Fast zoom in
O = Zoom out
SHIFT-O = Fast zoom out
M = Increase max iteration by 16
B = Make MandelBrot picture bigger
S = Make MandelBrot picture smaller
F = Full size
D = Default size
R = Reset coordinates to Root of Mandelbrot
C = Toggle copy mode
ESC / Q = Quit
Explanation:
- Copy mode: The program will either calculate the picture directly to
the screen or first store it to a second buffer (fast memory) and copy
the buffer when finished (DEFAULT). The copy mode may be toggled
by pressing 'C'. The default copy mode may be changed from CLI with the
'-c' switch.
- CTRL-C: You may press CTRL-C to abort the calculation in progress.
FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS
- Ability to store and replay a journey through the MandelBrot set.
- More intution like interface (menus, help windows, ...)
- Ability to save single pictures AND/OR a journey as ANIM.
HISTORY:
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0.8 Minor bugs removed (LMB to center now works)
Zoom out, Fast zoom in/out added
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0.7 First public release
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CONGRATULATIONS / SUGGESTION / BUG REPORTS / FLAMES (in that order) to
BIX: hschneider
cschneid@amiga.physik.unizh.ch