rj@amiga.UUCP (Robert J. Mical) (01/11/86)
Here it comes!
OK, annouceth I the next iteration of Mandelbrot! This one is
Mandelbrot 2.01, by Robert S. French and =RJ Mical=.
This one is vastly improved over the last one. Included in the
improvements:
- This version is faster, anywhere from 10-25% faster,
depending on the complexity of the picture
- This one has a color change window, which allows you
modify the color palette to any color set that pleases you.
- TA-DAH, now you can save the picture you've generated in
IFF format, to be read into any of "the many Amiga art tools"
like Graphicraft or Deluxe Paint.
- There are sundry other improvements which make it more useable
and more understandable.
The greatest thing about this new version of Mandelbrot is that it's
*still* Public Domain, which means that you can examine -- and perhaps
llearn from -- the code that does the program. I hope you enjoy it.
So here it comes ... following this file are several LONG files of
Mandelbrot 2.01.
Power to the Progranmmer!
-=RJ Mical=-daemon@caip.UUCP (02/04/86)
From: George S. Musser Jr.
I've haven't seen any more postings about fixes to Mandelbrot 2.01.
To fix the problem with saving/loading, insert the following line in
main(), after fwrite(&start_r,sizeof(start.r),1,fp):
fwrite(&end_r,sizeof(end.r),1,fp);
Anyone come up with any more mods? One of my biggest complaints is that
you can't slide a hi-res screen out of the way to cut down on stolen
cycles.
George