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rttyman1 is a *very* nice fractal
by Hal Lane 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

######################################################## >Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:56:07 -0300 >From: "marcusadriana" <marcusadriana(a)mls.com.br> >Subject: [Fractint] Found it !!! >To: <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Message-ID: <001201c5b67c$5bea5150$0601070a@user81d6f07b1c> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I was looking for the right fractal under a different name: "Rytman" >doesnÂ´t exist, but RTTYman does, thanks again to Bob Margolis. >As it is almost 8 years old (and difficult to find), I take the liberty >of reproducing it. ItÂ´s pure Moire. >JUST TRY IT - again ! rttyman1 is a *very* nice Moire fractal. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Marcus. I think I may have actually seen it 8 years ago! Great job, Bob Margolis! - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane(a)earthlink.net # ######################### ######################################################## -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.23/99 - Release Date: 9/12/05

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Re: [Fractint] Fractint
by nick.grasso＠nasrecruitment.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Albrecht Niekamp wrote: >The monitor shuts off whatvever >I do after the splash screen. The textwindow >can be called by the cool switch and the monitor >reawakens, but the image is gone. >Translated Windows error message: > "Fractint cannot be restored" > >Is there anything else I can do? >"Real Dos", the switched WIN98 DOS mode doesnt work >either because the performance is unacceptable. >All I can do is to boot DOS7 from the second harddisk. Albrecht, You could try buying a new video card. Be sure to get one that supports the old DOS VESA modes. The old Matrox cards used to be good. Nick

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FOTD 12-09-05 (12-09-05 [NA])
by Jim Muth 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

FOTD -- September 12, 2005 (Rating NA) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image has been given no name and no rating. It is part of the parent fractal that results when negative Z and negative (1/Z) are combined and C is added. Most of the interest was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'summ'. With a render time of 4-3/4 minutes, the parameter file finishes fast. And as always, the finished image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> I am giving my FOTD fractals no names or ratings because all my energy is being directed toward the philosophy, which continues in the philofractal version of this discussion. I will resume giving the FOTD images names and ratings when the current out- burst of philofractal philosophy runs its course. The weather here at Fractal Central on Sunday was totally perfect, as were the fractal cats. The great cat is indeed rewarding their good behavior. My day was fair enough, and today, which is starting absolutely perfect, promises to be equally good. The philosophy and fractals will continue in the next FOTD, due to appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be ever alert. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= 12-09-05 { ; time=0:05:30.38--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=b center-mag=+2.50254758491256500/+0.035589830846933\ 83/5.380148e+008/1/-65.0002910944613319/0.00032455\ 338348423568 params=-1/1/-1/-1/0/-50 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=255 outside=summ periodicity=10 colors=000u9fu4ip8glBehEcdIa`L_XOYTRWPVULYSH`QDdO9\ gM5jK1mJ3eG4YD5RB6J87B584376768B6AF5CJ5DN4FR3HV3JZ\ 2Lb2MfHLbVKZhJWiHYjG_kFalEcmDenCfmBdlBckBbjB`iB_hB\ ZgBXfBWfBVeBUdBTdBScBRcBQbBPbBOaBOaBN`BM`BL_BK_BJZ\ BIZBITAGNAEMFHMJKLONLSPKXSK`VJeYJi_rDEqFFpHGoJHnLH\ nNImPJlRJkTKjVLjWLe_NacOYfQTjRPmTLqUHtVy0jw4lu7mtA\ nrEpqHqoKrnNskPjhQaeRTbSK`TBYZ9Vd8Ti7Wg8Yf9_eAbdBd\ cCfbDefIdjNcnSbrXava`zeXsdUldRedOZcKScHLcEEbB7b80b\ klznntqootqjwreuofslfqjgoggmdhkahi_igXieUjcSjeWeg_\ aicXkgTmkOooKqrGRTE14C59F8EICJLFPOIVRM_UPeXSi_WmbZ\ qeatg3ue2mi1el1Zo0Rr0Ku2Lr4Mp6Nm8NkAOhCPfEQcFQaHR_\ JSXLTVNTSPUQRVNTWLUWJXRKdMLkIMzDNzZOoFVQ0`80U20U20\ U20U20U20U10U10U10U10U10Z00c00c00c00h00k10l20n3An4\ Km5Pn6Wo7_o8bo8eo9dmAdkBdiCdhDdfDddEdbFdaGd_HdYHdX\ IcRIbMIaHI`CI`7PYEVVL`SSfPZlNekNekMfkLfjKfjJgiIgiH\ giGhhGhhFhgEigDigCiuFb000 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Found it !!!
by marcusadriana 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I was looking for the right fractal under a different name: "Rytman" doesn´t exist, but RTTYman does, thanks again to Bob Margolis. As it is almost 8 years old (and difficult to find), I take the liberty of reproducing it. It´s pure Moire. JUST TRY IT - again ! rttyman1.gif { ; Bob Margolis <rttyman(a)wwa.com> ; spiral #1 ; Fri. 28 Nov. 1997 reset=1960 type=formula formulaname=contest4 passes=1 center-mag=-0.59936347650278510/-0.04191765499206602/5701.719/1/79.999 params=0.75/0.15 float=y maxiter=600 inside=bof60 outside=real logmap=58 invert=0.5/0/0 distest=2/1/640/480 colors=000<3>00111100222200333300444400555500555500666600777700888800999 \ 900AAAA00AAAA00BBBB00CCCC00DDDD00EEEE00FFFF00FFFF00GGGG00HHHH00IIII00JJJ \ J00KKKK00LLLL00LLLL00MMMM00NNNN00OOOO00PPPP00QQQQ00QQQQ00RRRR00SSSS00TTT \ T00UUUU00VVVV00VVVV00WWWW00XXXX00YYYY00ZZZZ00____00____00````00aaaa00bbb \ b00cccc00dddd00eeee00eeee00ffff00gggg00hhhh00iiii00jjjj00jjjj00kkkk00lll \ l00mmmm00nnnn00oooo00oooo00pppp00qqqq00rrrr00ssss00tttt00tttt00uuuu00vvv \ v00wwww00xxxx00yyyy00zzzz00fzzz00zyyy00yxxx00xwww00wvvv00vttt00tsss00srr \ r00rqqq00qppp00onnn00nmmm00mlll00lkkk00jjjj00ihhh00hggg00gfff00eeee00dcc \ c00cbbb00baaa00a```00____00ZYYY00YXXX00XWWW00VVVV00UUUU00TSSS00SRRR00QQQ \ Q00PPPP00OOOO00NMMM00LLLL00KKKK00JJJJ00IHHH00HGGG00FFFF00EEEE00DDDD00CBB \ B00AAAA009999008888007777005555004444003333002222 cyclerange=1/1 } contest4 {; Kerry Mitchell ; slightly optimized version of Contest formula z=p1, c=pixel: z2=sqr(z), z=z*z2+c*(1+z-z2), |z| <= 4 } Thank you Marcus Rezende

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RE: textsafe=save in sstools.ini "...should work on all adapters in all modes..."
by Hal Lane 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

> Maybe the drivers [are the probblem], the graphics card > works perfectly with booted DOS 7. Perhaps the manufacturer of your graphics card has an updated set of drivers for Windows operating systems. ---------------------------- >> Did this happen with: textsafe=save in sstools.ini? > >Yes, it does not help in my case. Its surprising that textsafe=save doesn't work because textsafe=save "tells Fractint to save/restore the entire image. Expanded or extended memory is used for the save if you have enough available..." It looks like your graphics card drivers are not implementing the image save and restore correctly. Maybe the manufacturer of your graphics card has an updated set of drivers for Windows operating systems. -------------------------- >> >and the monitor reawakens If by "monitor reawakens" you mean that you let the power management timer routine dim the brightness of your monitor after a specified period of time, I also get bad pixels in Fractint when my monitor powers down automatically. To prevent this while running fractint I tell the Power Management routine (the icon is a picture of a gray battery behind a gray electrical plug) to no longer dim my monitor. (Set "Turn off Monitor" to "Never" and click OK). When I am no longer using Fractint I turn the automatic monitor power down feature ("Turn off Monitor") back to "5 minutes". Since the monitor never dims while I am viewing an image being calculated, I never get bad pixels from the monitor being powered off and on. ----------------------------- You probably want to use your computer to do other things while an image is being calculated -- as I do. Here is what I do: I use a Win98 screen resolution of 1280 x 1024. (The exact resolution is not important.) I use the Fractint View Window <v> option "Preview Display" set to "yes" and an "Auto Window Size Reduction Factor" of 4 (6 for very slow images) to quickly find the image I want to calculate. Calculating these small images using Fractint's View Window speeds up calculating an image while looking for a pleasing image. If it will take a long time to calculate the final full resolution image (with "Preview Display" set to "no"), I use a Disk Video mode to start the calculation. Since the "Disk Video is in progress" screen is a text screen I can type <alt><enter>. This changes the Fractint program to a window on the Win98 desktop and I can use my computer for other tasks while the image is being calculated. I have even had multiple instances of Fractint running at the same time in Disk Video mode in Win98 windows. They seemed to share the CPU cycles approximately equally. I don't get too bad a slowdown of the other Win98 tasks I do while Fractint is running windowed in Disk Video mode even though my CPU is only 400 MHz. -------------------------- By the way, to return to full screen Fractint -- to save the image calculated in Disk Video mode -- after selecting the windowed DOS Fractint text window with <alt><tab> I use <alt><enter> to maximize the window to full screen. <alt><tab> is only used to *select* windows on my -- system, it does not to change their size. <alt><enter> is used to change a program from windowed to full screen or full screen to windowed. If using <alt><tab> to select the Fractint window also changes its size to full screen on your system, it could be that the default window size for your DOS session window is full screen instead of windowed. This can be changed in the properties of the link or icon used to run the DOS session window. So that I didn't have to permanently change my DOS session icon's window properties I created an icon to run Fractint. To create the icon on my task bar I "right dragged" FRACTINT.EXE to the my task bar and released the right mouse button and then chose "Create shortcut(s) here". On the icon's Properties (right click the icon) "Screen" tab I set its default window size to "Full Screen". I also have "Display toolbar", "Restore settings on Startup" and "Fast ROM emulation" checked. On the "Memory" tab I have the Memory settings set as all "Auto". On the "Misc" tab "Allow screen saver" is unchecked. And "Idle sensitivity" is set to "High". "Always suspend" is unchecked -- this is very important! If you don't uncheck this box Fractint will not get any CPU cycles when it is windowed. On the "Program" tab, "Run" is set to "Maximized" and "Close on exit" is checked. ------------------------------- I have just realized that when you say: >a restored image is >destroyed, partly >overwritten >by the text you may be using the word "restore" to refer to when you undim your monitor. I had assumed that you were referring to images restored using Fractint's "restore image" function that you get to by typing the <r> key. Are you using the word "restore" to refer to when you power your monitor back on? <---<< ------------------------------- Please let me know if not letting your monitor dim stops this form of pixel corruption in Fractint. - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane(a)earthlink.net <mailto:hallane@earthlink.net> # ######################### >-----Original Message----- >From: Albrecht Niekamp [mailto:Albrecht.niekamp@t-online.de] >Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 5:57 AM >To: Hal Lane >Subject: Re: textsafe=save in sstools.ini "...should work on all >adapters in all modes..." > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Hal Lane" <hallane(a)earthlink.net> >To: "Philofractal" <philofractal(a)lists.fractalus.com>; "Fractint_msg" ><fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com>; <Albrecht.niekamp(a)t-online.de> >Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 1:39 AM >Subject: textsafe=save in sstools.ini "...should work on all >adapters in all >modes..." > >> Did this happen with: textsafe=save in sstools.ini? > > >Yes, it does not helpin my case. Only if Fractint is started from a " >windowed" DOS Commander >I have text and image, but even then a restored image is >destroyed, partly >overwritten >by the text. > > > >> >> >> I use textsafe=save on my vanilla Gateway 400MHz Pentium II >> under Win98 and I don't lose restored images when I switch >> to a text screen and back -- and the speed is OK. >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >The textwindow >> >can be called by the cool switch and the monitor >> >reawakens, but the image is gone. >> >> What are you referring to by the phrase "cool switch"? >Alt_tab> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> These problems are almost certainly related to your graphics card >> and/or its drivers. > Maybe the drivers, the graphics card works perfectly > with booted DOS 7. The WIN98 "Real DOS" performance is not acceptable, > calculation time increases 3 or 4 times. >> As a last resort: >> I note that nick.grasso(a)nasrecruitment.com writes: >> >> "You could try buying a new video card. Be sure to >> get one that supports the old DOS VESA modes. The old >> Matrox cards used to be good." >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.21/96 - Release Date: 9/10/05

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FOTD 11-09-05 (11-09-05 [NA])
by Jim Muth 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

FOTD -- September 11, 2005 (Rating NA) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene along the eastern shoreline of the main bay of the fractal that results when the formula Z^(1.9)+C is iterated by the MandelbrotBC2 formula. I gave it no name and no rating. Its render time is a short 3-3/4 minutes, but even this short time may be cut further by downloading the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Most of today's discussion does not directly concern fractals, and appears only in the philofractal version. The weather on Saturday here at Fractal Central was quite perfect. But the fractal cats seemed unusually subdued. They must be mourning all the cats that perished in the disaster. I'll be pondering various things for the rest of the day. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care and all one needs to do is be himself. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= 11-09-05 { ; time=0:03:42.12--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 center-mag=+0.19278290085102230/+0.157030841853844\ 90/2.836628e+008 params=1.9/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000hfZie`jcakbbladm_enZfr`fnYgjWhfUibSjZPkV\ NlRLmNJnJGoFEpBCq7Ar48r58n58k68h68e78b78_88X88U98R\ 98OA8LA8IKDEUIBbP6cN8cMAcLCcKDcJFdIHdHJdGKdEMdDOeC\ QeBReATe9Ve8X_8Pe7Yj6fo6on9pmCplEplHpkKqjMqiPqiRqh\ UrgXrfZrfaredsdfsciscks_flWaeSYZPTSLOLHKEDF7AB1BA4\ CA6CA8D9AE9CE9EF8GF8IG8LH7NH7PI7RJ6TJ6VK6XK6ZN8YPA\ YRCXUDXWFWYHW`IVbKVdMUgNUiPTkRTnSSpUSrWRtXRsWQsVPs\ VOsUNsUMsTLsTKsSJsSIsRHtTCsRGsQKsOOsNRsLVsKZsIasHe\ sFisElsCpsBtsAwtButCsuDquEpvFnvGlvHjwIiwJgxKexLcxL\ bvPauS`sW_rZZpbYoeXmiWllVjpUisTjuQhtSgrTfnVdkWcgYb\ cZ```_XaZTbXQdWMeVIgUIhSBjR7kR0hO4fK8bECY8GT2KQ4NN\ 6PQ8ST9VWBYZD`aEcdGfgIijJjlLjkNikOikQhkRgkTgkUfkWe\ kXekZdk`dn_dk_dhZdeZdbYd_YdXXdUXdRWdOUc4WdLraZr`ap\ _`nYZlWYjUXhSVfRUdPSbNR`LQZJOXHNVGMQFPMFRHFUDFW8FZ\ 4F`p4N0Fb6H`BJ_GLZLNYAzhQPXQOZQNaQMcQLfQKhQJkW8tQI\ mKRfF__bnRcmTdlUejVfiXghY } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Fractint
by Albrecht Niekamp 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

Hi, as I received no reply here is my question again as I am certain that some one of those DOS scientists knows the answer: Under WIN98 in the DOS/shell what can I do to keep image and text window from interfering ? Regards, Al -------------start-par---------------------------------------------------- multi215a { ; Time 00.03.07.09 AMD3500+ 1600/1200 ; Brassware_1 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 2 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=mfrn.frm formulaname=multifrac_215 function=exp passes=t center-mag=-1.68383803411977200/+1.75215500932782900/36.04383/1/-60.0000\ 000000002132/1.2760625889285393e-013 params=768/1024/512/245/0.75/0.375 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=maxiter outside=tdis periodicity=0 rseed=-2436 colors=000<3>000<7>Q0UU0YX0a_0dc0hf0l<2>p0w<4>_0dX0aU0Y<2>K0NH0JG0NE1R<3\ >7UX6`Z4h_2oa0wc<10>2WI2TG2RE<3>4G54D36F5<16>kkammcpoe<3>zwm<3>mhZjdVfaS\ <3>VMCRI8OE4KA0000<43>000<4>000330<11>110110110<3>000KA4<7>gcOjgRmjT<3>z\ zc<9>UOFRKDOGA<3>A00<9>f0Ci0Dl0F<3>z0K<6>Z0EV0DR0C<3>A08004000<27>000 } multi215b { ; Time 00.05.06.54 AMD3500+ 1600/1200 ; Brassware_2 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 2 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=mfrn.frm formulaname=multifrac_215 function=exp passes=t center-mag=0.512832/-3.88578e-015/3.205128/1/-90/3.88578058618804789e-01\ 6 params=768/1024/512/245/0.75/0.375 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=maxiter outside=tdis periodicity=0 rseed=-2436 colors=000<3>000<7>Q0UU0YX0a_0dc0hf0l<2>p0w<4>_0dX0aU0Y<2>K0NH0JG0NE1R<3\ >7UX6`Z4h_2oa0wc<10>2WI2TG2RE<3>4G54D36F5<16>kkammcpoe<3>zwm<3>mhZjdVfaS\ <3>VMCRI8OE4KA0000<43>000<4>000330<11>110110110<3>000KA4<7>gcOjgRmjT<3>z\ zc<9>UOFRKDOGA<3>A00<9>f0Ci0Dl0F<3>z0K<6>Z0EV0DR0C<3>A08004000<27>000 } ----------------------------------start-frm-------------------------------- FRM:Multifrac_215 { ; Albrecht Niekamp feb,03 ;p3=julia seed fac=real (p1) bailout=imag(p1) out=real (p2) border=imag(p2) z=pixel c=p3 t=0 start=1 x=0 y=0 : y2=y*y x2=x*x x=x2-y2-real(c) y=2*x*y-imag(c) z=(z*x)^(z*y) if (start) t=t+1 if (|z|>=border) || (t>out) u=2*(fn1(t/fac)) z=pixel c=p3*u start=0 x=0 y=0 endif endif |z| <=bailout } --------------------------------------end---------------------------------

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FOTD 10-09-05 (10-09-05 [NA])
by Jim Muth 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

FOTD -- September 10, 2005 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image subtracts 10 parts of Z^(-0.4) from Z and adds (1/C). The resulting parent fractal is a Mandelbrot set distor- ted into a hyperbola. The scene is located on the shoreline of this hyperbola. The special effects were achieved by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'atan'. Since I put almost no effort into the image, I gave it no name or rating. The render time of 22 minutes is a bit dragging. The most efficient way of viewing the image is to visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and download the completed GIF image from there. The philosophy appears in the philofractal version of this discussion. Only some haze and a few clouds kept the day from being absolute- ly perfect here at Fractal Central on Friday. The fractal cats were angelic. Today is starting the same but with light fog. I expect good things from the duo. For me the work is minimal, which should give lots of time to ponder my philosophy. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and what would it mean if nothing but nothing really were real? Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= 10-09-05 { ; time=0:22:07.22--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.27895512845111370/+0.137434054018250\ 30/801544.6/1/-37.5/1.57385299515144794e-008 params=-10/-0.4/1/1/0/1500 float=y maxiter=3500 inside=0 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000UYgUXfUXfNckHipAou4uz5jo5_d6PU6EJ9GICIHF\ KGIMGLOFOQERSEUPJWMNYJR_HVaEZcBbe9fSUPFn7jyf7LCBKK\ FJRIIYMHdQGkTGrREjPCbNAVM8OK6GI48H21O98UFF_LLcPRfT\ XjXbm`hqdnthtwkzUeg1_P3WT5SW7PZ9LaBHdDEgEKiEPjFUkF\ ZlKYoOYrSYuWYx_YzdXshXmlXgpWatWWxWQqVSjVUcVWXVYQV_\ JVaDVcG`gIfjLlmNqpOtqPwqQulQsgRrbRpZSnUSmPTkKTjG_d\ Ie_JlVLrQMxLNyLMyLLyLKyLJyLIyLHyLGyLGnSRdZaVelLlvS\ hhYeVcbHi_3aU8VPDOJIB5NA9UKLWUU_cecmsfksdhsb4Mt4Mt\ 4Mu4Mv4Mv5Ot5Ps6Qr6RqJsL6Sp7Tn7Um8Vl8Wk8Xj9Yi9ZgA_\ fA`eAadBbcBcaCd`Ce_CfZDgYDhXEiVEjUEkTFlSFmRGnPGoOG\ pNHqMHrLwwkuvjtvisvhrvgqvgovfnvemvdlvdkuciubhuagu`\ fu`eu_cuZbuYauY`tX_tWYtVXtUWtUVtTUtSStRRtRQsQPsPOs\ OMsNLsNKsMJsLIsKQNxPQtOTpNWlMZiLaeLdaKgYJjVImRHpNc\ 4zb6ya7xa8w`9v`Bu_Ct_DsZErZFqYHpYIoXJnXKmWLlVNkVOj\ UPiUQhTRgTTfSUeSVdRWcRYbQZaQ_`P`_PaZOcYNdXNeWMfVMg\ ULiTLjSKkRKlQV`kV_jVZiUZh } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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textsafe=save in sstools.ini "...should work on all adapters in all modes..."
by Hal Lane 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

################################################################# From: "Albrecht Niekamp" <Albrecht.niekamp(a)t-online.de> > But if I restore > a saved image, it also is destroyed as soon I try to call a text screen. Did this happen with: textsafe=save in sstools.ini? I use textsafe=save on my vanilla Gateway 400MHz Pentium II under Win98 and I don't lose restored images when I switch to a text screen and back -- and the speed is OK. ----------------------------------------------------------- >The textwindow >can be called by the cool switch and the monitor >reawakens, but the image is gone. What are you referring to by the phrase "cool switch"? ----------------------------------------------------------- These problems are almost certainly related to your graphics card and/or its drivers. As a last resort: I note that nick.grasso(a)nasrecruitment.com writes: "You could try buying a new video card. Be sure to get one that supports the old DOS VESA modes. The old Matrox cards used to be good." ------------------------------------------------------------ This is what the Fractint 20.04 docs say about textsafe= : "TEXTSAFE=yes|no|bios|save When you switch from a graphics image to text mode (e.g. when you use <F1> while a fractal is on display), Fractint remembers the graphics image, and restores it when you return from the text mode. This should be no big deal - there are a number of well-defined ways Fractint could do this which *should* work on any video adapter. They don't - every fast approach we've tried runs into a bug on one video adapter or another. So, we've implemented a fast way which works on most adapters in most modes as the default, and added this parameter for use when the default approach doesn't work. If you experience the following problems, please fool around with this parameter to try to fix the problem: o Garbled image, or lines or dashes on image, when returning to image after going to menu, <tab> display, or help. o Blank screen when starting Fractint. The problems most often occur in higher resolution modes. We have not encountered them at all in modes under 320x200x256 - for those modes Fractint always uses a fast image save/restore approach. Textsafe options: yes: This is the default. When switching to/from graphics, Fractint saves just that part of video memory which EGA/VGA adapters are supposed to modify during the mode changes. no: This forces use of monochrome 640x200x2 mode for text displays (when there is a high resolution graphics image to be saved.) This choice is fast but uses chunky and colorless characters. If it turns out to be the best choice for you, you might want to also specify "textcolors=mono" for a more consistent appearance in text screens. Fractint Version 20.04 Page 136 bios: This saves memory in the same way as textsafe=yes, but uses the adapter's BIOS routines to save/restore the graphics state. This approach is fast and ought to work on all adapters. Sadly, we've found that very few adapters implement this function perfectly. save: It should work on all adapters in all modes but it can be slow. It tells Fractint to save/restore the entire image. Expanded or extended memory is used for the save if you have enough available; otherwise a temporary disk file is used. The speed of textsafe=save will be acceptable on some machines but not others. If this method is too slow, try the other textsafe modes. The speed depends on: o Cpu and video adapter speed. o Whether enough expanded or extended memory is available. o Video mode of image being remembered. A few special modes are *very* slow compared to the rest. The slow ones are: 2 and 4 color modes with resolution higher than 640x480; custom modes for ATI EGA Wonder, Paradise EGA-480, STB, Compaq portable 386, AT&T 6300, and roll your own video modes implemented with customized YOURVID.C code. If you want to tune Fractint to use different "textsafe" options for different video modes, see "Customized Video Modes, FRACTINT.CFG" (p. 155). (E.g. you might want to use the slower textsafe=save approach just for a few high-resolution modes which have problems with textsafe=yes.)" (Get the complete docs by typing FRACTINT MAKEDOC in a DOS window whose current directory is the Fractint directory. This creates the file: FRACTINT.DOC I renamed FRACTINT.DOC to FRACTINT.TXT to associate it with a text editor that starts up more quickly than MS Word.) - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane(a)earthlink.net # ######################### ################################################################# -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.19/93 - Release Date: 9/8/05

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Re: Fractal Monk
by JackOfTradeZ 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

ok ok OK! - I get it! I feel like a dork - I oughtta hunt that F@#! down for that! Well try these then, animations of Russ Wallsmith images posted a short time ago: Psychotic Sunset. WMV 640x480 55 sec 10 meg: http://www.fractal-animation.net/sunset.zip Rainbows and Crop Circles. WMV 640x480 32 sec 6 meg: http://www.fractal-animation.net/rcc.zip Cheers JoTz

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