slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey) (09/30/88)
I've been off the net for about 4 weeks due to changing jobs, and I missed any reactions to the Mandelbrot program I posted. Did anyone try it? If so, what was the reaction? In the meantime, I added a bit of stuff to it, to allow easy close-ups to be shown using a joystick to select an area. It can get some pretty dramatic results. -Stan
rzimbins@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (robert zimbinski) (10/11/88)
I've been trying to write a decent program to display the M-set since the first Scientific American article, but then I found a really nice one from Analog (I think). It allows you to zoom in on any section of the displayed set with a joystick. Real nice. I liked yours because it used graphics 10 though, the program I have only uses 4 colors. Someone out there versed in ML should write a speedy version of this program! I hate waiting a day or more just to get one graphics screen displayed (I do it a lot though!). Bla bla bla... Anyway, why don't you post your new modified program. I, even if noone else is, am interested in seeing it. Bob Zimbinski
wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) (10/12/88)
Robert Zimbinski writes: >Why not post your updated version. I, if no one else would be >interested in seeing it. I would too. (I'd also be interested in a machine language version if anybody is so inclined to write one :-) -Ray
Thufir@cup.portal.com (10/13/88)
Believe it or not, I considered doing an action conversion of the simple Mandlebrot program that got posted to the net. I tried out Analog's program, but gave up after the first 10 minutes and first few lines. If the newer version of the program is posted and many people request that I do do a conversion, I might very well do so, providing that I have the time.
slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey) (10/14/88)
In article <10002@cup.portal.com> Thufir@cup.portal.com writes:
!Believe it or not, I considered doing an action conversion of the simple
!Mandlebrot program that got posted to the net. I tried out Analog's
!program, but gave up after the first 10 minutes and first few lines.
!If the newer version of the program is posted and many people request
!that I do do a conversion, I might very well do so, providing that
!I have the time.
OK! OK ! I'll post the %^&* thing! On Monday, though... I don't
have the listing with me today.
I just need to convert it from its currently hacked-up form which
includes some features I thought might be cute but weren't. BTW, I'm
not sure what can be done to speed it up without going to a LOT of
trouble. The only thing I can think of is to go from floating point
to fixed point, with a lot of scaling. This would at least make the
addition go faster; ther inner loop does something like 4 multiplies
and 7 add/sub's.
-Stan