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Compatible with Windows 2000?
by Russell A Parsons 31 May '06

31 May '06

Hello, I am interested in using fractint (the dos version) but could not get the program to run on my computer. My computer is Windows 2000, with a fairly good processor (3.4 Ghz), lots of space on my hard drive (> 100 GB) and plenty of ram (2 GB). When I ran the dos program I got this error message: run-time error R6009 - not enough space for environment Is this a problem you have encountered before? Thanks, Russell A. Parsons Fire Sciences Laboratory P.O. Box 8089 Missoula, MT 59807 Phone: 406-329-4872 FAX: 406-329-4877 email: rparsons(a)fs.fed.us

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Re: Ancient Fractint
by jackoftradez＠comcast.net 29 May '06

29 May '06

Those early fractint versions are way cool to play with - amazing how the program has evolved over the years. I had an idea that they might actually render deep zooms quicker due to simpler code etc., but alas, they do not. I can't even use current sstools.ini or fractint.cfg file, saved pars, etc. or current resolution levels. But it's cool. Thanx for posting them. JoTz

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Re: Deep ZooM
by jackoftradez＠comcast.net 28 May '06

28 May '06

Glad everyone likes it! <g> I have others on my web site, but lower resolution. Internet wildfire spread? I thought noone or very few would try to download 175 meg. But my server log says over 100 downloads in past 3 days! Someone posted a link on a photography forum, a couple other sites. How'd this happen so fast!? I hope my server don't crash. Or I might get surcharged. Fortunately I have a real good ISP. JoTz

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Re: [Fractint] Re: Deepest Mandelbrot ZooM
by Russell Walsmith 28 May '06

28 May '06

Magnifique! Let me know if you get the bandwidth thing worked out. I can probably get you a few thousand hits... Russell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jackoftradez(a)comcast.net > To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: [Fractint] Re: Deepest Mandelbrot ZooM > Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 04:19:18 +0000 > > > If NY1 has patience for 175 MEG download, I have posted (as an > experiment, see how it goes) a 800x600 AVI of my Mandelbrot zoom to > E+89 ("Universe #3"). > Goto: http://www.fractal-animation.net/special/u3.html > . > JoTz > > _______________________________________________ > Fractint mailing list > Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint >

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Re: old fractint versions
by Paul N. Lee 27 May '06

27 May '06

On Sat, 27 May 2006 at 09:51:31, Tim Wegner wrote: > > Have you uploaded the old versions uet? > I am a bit mystified as to which version > you have - my oldest version, 7.3, dates > from 5/15/1989. > > If you have uploaded them. please send > a link. Thanks. > I am replying to the whole discussion list so that others can get some of these really older versions, if they wish. As most people should know, if they have read through the History portion of the FractInt documentation, it was not until February 1989 when versin 06.00 came out that the current name of FractInt was used. Prior to that it was called Fract386. I have not put them all on the site yet, am waiting to see if Tim finds anything else within his archives and old hardrives. If he does not have (nor anyone else) any more to fill in the blanks with, then I will upload the rest of what I have (which goes back to v02.10). http://www.Nahee.com/Software/ Follow the folder for FractInt items. Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/

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Re: Fractint Digest, Vol 39, Issue 8
by Bill Jemison 27 May '06

27 May '06

> Someone posted a link on a photography forum... > Guilty! Great zoom animation.

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Re: Deep ZooMz
by jackoftradez＠comcast.net 27 May '06

27 May '06

Lee say: ""I think I can explain. I don't believe that there is such an arbitrary precision bug in later versions of Fractint. In your deepest zoom at a magnification of e^89, and using a maxiter of over 2 billion, the image does "freeze" once the showdot reaches the edge of the minibrot. But, unless you had a very powerful machine (much faster than your P3-733), it would be expected to take a very long time per pixel, and thus appear to freeze up."" No. That is the first thing I thought of. But if that was it ALL versions of fractint would show the same behavior. They do not. It does take longer to get through the lake area, but if you hit TAB a couple minutes apart, you will see different number for row/column etc showing it is still working, albiet slowly. When I say it freezes I mean it locks up on one pixel and doesn't procede any further - same row/column for hours. No problem with the E+55 minibrot (the second one) in the video, but on the final E+89 brot, shortly after the tiny black spot in the center begins to resolve itself, the freeze happens and I switch to Fractint95 and it works. I call it fractint95 because the date on the file is 1995, I think it is version 19.3 or 19.6. The freeze happens at the boundary of the minibrot, about half way through it. Exactly why or what is going on I do not know, I suspect an endless loop - it never bails for some reason. If I save the image at this point and reload it into fractint95 it continues normally. As to the depth at which it occurs, it is between E+55 and E+89 obviously, but I recall this happening many years ago also before I started making animations, just deep stills. I have all fractint versions since the "fractal creations" CD, which I recall is version 16. They do not all behave the same! Some work for some things and others don't. You may find this out if you do a lot of experimenting. I wish I could get the old versions just to check out - starting with version 1.0 in 1987! Anyone know where / if these are available? JoTz

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Re: Fractint Digest, Vol 39, Issue 7
by jackoftradez＠comcast.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

Tim say: ""I have a whole lot of things on my plate right now (as always - it's good news, I have a very full and fulfilling life :-), "" How I envy you ... And how big is a CD-ISO image? I may be able to host it. JoTz

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Re: Deepest Mandelbrot ZooM
by jackoftradez＠comcast.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

If NY1 has patience for 175 MEG download, I have posted (as an experiment, see how it goes) a 800x600 AVI of my Mandelbrot zoom to E+89 ("Universe #3"). Goto: http://www.fractal-animation.net/special/u3.html . JoTz

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FOTD 26-05-06 (FOTD for 26-05-06 [No Rating])
by Jim Muth 26 May '06

26 May '06

FOTD -- May 26, 2006 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's unscheduled FOTD is an extra one. I posted it to let everyone know that the FOTD is in no danger of coming to an end. But there is still a long way to go before things will be under control here at New Fractal Central. Fractal Lady is worrying herself to distraction trying to decide how to arrange the furniture in the new larger house. I keep telling her to put the tables and chairs on the floor and hang the pictures on the walls, but when she does this, it never seems to work out. At least fractals are not so complicated. Today's un-named and un-rated image is a hastily found scene in the fractal that results when 0.1 part of Z^(-15.5) is subtracted from Z^(-1.6) and (1/C) is added. The special effects were created by the outside=tdis option. The render time of 18-1/2 minutes is not too bad, and hopefully the finished GIF image is or soon will be posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather was cloudy and mild here at New Fractal Central on Thursday. I hear it was about the same back at Old Fractal Central, where my sister gave the old fractal cats a great day in the yard. Since total confusion still reigns supreme here, the next FOTD will not appear until about June 1, when things should be at least on the road to normalcy. Until then, take care, and where did we pack the remote controls for the elec- tronic devices? Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_for_26-05-06 { ; time=0:18:25.98--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.1157011531935/+1.0013970286092/38318\ 5.4/1/57.5/-1.80870956295597907e-007 params=1/-1.6/-0.1/-15.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=0003_B5QI7GP96W2Of1Oc1Oa1OZ1OX1OU1OS1OQ2VN2\ `K2fI2lF2rDbWTXVVSUXNTZIT`DSb8Rd3RfDNgNJhWGieCjo8k\ x5kjIjYVjLgj8sjFnaMjTTeL_aCeY4`UBWQHRMNMIUHE_CBeGE\ ZKGTNINRLHVNBYP5KHrRLkXPebS_hWUnZOobNoeMphLpkLqoKq\ rJruIrxIjrHbmGVgFNbEGYDCQD8ID5ADBFJHKPNPVSU_YZecck\ hhpgckfZffUaePXdKSdFNcAIc6DbANbDWbGdbJmbMvfTpi_kmf\ epm`ttVwzQlmVba_SPcIDh81lGKmObnWunYig_Z`aOVcDOd2I_\ HKVWMQjOLyPhiPZfPQdPHbPLdMPeKSfHWhFZiCbjAek8fm7gn7\ gp6hq6ir5it5ju4jv4ko7liAlcCMFDHEEDDF9CG5BH1BIAGHIL\ GRQFZUFgZEocDwgDra9mX6hS3cN0aK7_HDYFKWCQU9XS7bQ4iO\ 2oG2e92W22MUIOuXPqaWmfbijheooasuWsiQsYLsNFsBAs0Ho6\ OlCViH`eNgbSn_YtXbpWhmVmjUriYfhaVgeJgh8`cPV_eV`hVa\ jVblVboVcqVdsVduSgcPiMSfQUdUWaYY_a_XeaVicSmeQqMMi3\ IbCS_L`XYJkj1zkFlkT_lfMlt9guDbuHZuKUuOQuRLuVHuYKgQ\ MVIPIAR53P45O36N38M29K1AJ1CI0DH0EL7JOEORKTURYYYb`c\ gcjlfpq`kpVfpQapKXp6i91i4 } 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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