Back on 10 March I made a rare posting to this list. I was primarily responding to the query from Tim Wegner about the platform, graphics, and monitor that people use. I said that I am a lurker and I have been subscribed to the Fractint list since 1991, and have followed it closely ever since. I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth. I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group. My message sparked some correspondence off the list with Hal Lane, mostly about things other than fractals. In turn this prompts me to say a BIG THANK YOU to The Stone Soup Group, and those like Tim Wegner who are still working away Others like Richard who have built new software All those like Jim Muth, Paul Lee and Hal Lane who have discovered fractals, enhanced them, and maintained great web sites, and now of course Albrecht People like Jack of Iradez who have posted animations (I especially like those with baroque music) ... and the rest of the Fractint community. THANK YOU *Barry W Smith* 7 Gidabal Street, Aranda ACT 2614, Australia Tel +61 2 6251 2119 e-mail barrys@grapevine.net.au
Barry W. Smith wrote:
Back on 10 March I made a rare posting to this list. .......... In turn this prompts me to say a BIG THANK YOU.....
I think most of us do what we do because we are a bit fanatical about fractals, and FractInt was one of our original applications which made such explorations possible. And we try to share our enthusiasm with as many people as we can influence and convert. :-)
....I have been subscribed to the Fractint list since 1991, and have followed it closely ever since.
Then that must include the old GRAPHDEV forum on CompuServe, because this particular FractInt List was initiated via XMission on August 09, 1997 at 15:21:15 (CT) when Tim Wegner made the first "test" posting saying: "Just seeing if this works." This list was a spin-off of the Fractal-Art list run on the Aros.net, and both lists back then used Majordomo. Sincerely, P.N.L.
Barry, you are certainly welcome! I share your thanks yous to all the folks you mentioned too. And by the way, even though I suddenly got silent after discussing booting FreeDos via USB for Fractint, I will put something together, looks worthwhile. That effort just got temporarily pushed down the stack by other higher priority activities. I will resume before too long and finish off the project. I enjoyed looking up your address in Canberra, and see you live near a park. Well before Fractint was created I used to live on Lefevre Terrace in Adelaide, which faced outward toward a ring of green open space. I can't remember the exact address, but I do remember a park being almost exactly across the street. If you you put "Lefevre Terrace, Adelaide, Australia" into Google Maps, it seems to take you right about where I lived, and there's a park there called Glover Park. What a crazy world we live in, I strolled down Lefevre Terrace with street view trying to recognize the house. The open space and even the small playground looks like I remember. I think it's near here, at an address in the 50's. This view faces the park: https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.904847,138.600217,3a,75y,81.38h,84.8t/data=... I saw Paul N Lee's note while I was posting this. Ah so, Compuserve Graphdev! I'm trying to remember if I found Fractint first and then came to Graphdev or the other way around. My memory is that I read Gleick's "Chaos" book, found Bert Tyler and Fractint, then found Graphdev in a search for code to save Fractal images to GIFs. Or it maybe Fractint and Bert were there before me. I do distinctly remember that one of my first contributions was saving fractal information inside the GIF, and adding code to read the image and the fractal data back. In any case, Graphdev was a lively place in those days! Tim On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Barry Smith <barrys@grapevine.net.au> wrote:
Back on 10 March I made a rare posting to this list.
I was primarily responding to the query from Tim Wegner about the platform, graphics, and monitor that people use.
I said that I am a lurker and I have been subscribed to the Fractint list since 1991, and have followed it closely ever since.
I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth.
I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group.
My message sparked some correspondence off the list with Hal Lane, mostly about things other than fractals.
In turn this prompts me to say a BIG THANK YOU to
The Stone Soup Group, and those like Tim Wegner who are still working away
Others like Richard who have built new software
All those like Jim Muth, Paul Lee and Hal Lane who have discovered fractals, enhanced them, and maintained great web sites, and now of course Albrecht
People like Jack of Iradez who have posted animations (I especially like those with baroque music)
... and the rest of the Fractint community.
THANK YOU *Barry W Smith*
7 Gidabal Street, Aranda ACT 2614, Australia Tel +61 2 6251 2119 e-mail barrys@grapevine.net.au
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I too want to thank you all who have worked, are working and continue to work on and in Fractint and fractals in general, and who share your work. I scraped through high school math with a final mark of 50% in Canada in 1985 , *then* discovered fractals. Glieck's Chaos book was a great joy. Then a friend introduced me to Fractint in about 1991, and my world has never been the same since. The possibility of making AND programming new discoveries (such as my finds of infinite tiles of the regular rep-tiles in all dimensions above 1) led me on and on. Like the boy from 'The Sixth Sense", I too see things... but not dead people: I see fractals everywhere I look! My gratitude to you is as large as my enjoyment. Tony Hanmer Etseri, Republic of Georgia On 5 April 2014 08:48, Timothy Wegner <tim@tswegner.net> wrote:
Barry, you are certainly welcome! I share your thanks yous to all the folks you mentioned too.
And by the way, even though I suddenly got silent after discussing booting FreeDos via USB for Fractint, I will put something together, looks worthwhile. That effort just got temporarily pushed down the stack by other higher priority activities. I will resume before too long and finish off the project.
I enjoyed looking up your address in Canberra, and see you live near a park. Well before Fractint was created I used to live on Lefevre Terrace in Adelaide, which faced outward toward a ring of green open space. I can't remember the exact address, but I do remember a park being almost exactly across the street. If you you put "Lefevre Terrace, Adelaide, Australia" into Google Maps, it seems to take you right about where I lived, and there's a park there called Glover Park. What a crazy world we live in, I strolled down Lefevre Terrace with street view trying to recognize the house. The open space and even the small playground looks like I remember.
I think it's near here, at an address in the 50's. This view faces the park:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.904847,138.600217,3a,75y,81.38h,84.8t/data=...
I saw Paul N Lee's note while I was posting this. Ah so, Compuserve Graphdev! I'm trying to remember if I found Fractint first and then came to Graphdev or the other way around. My memory is that I read Gleick's "Chaos" book, found Bert Tyler and Fractint, then found Graphdev in a search for code to save Fractal images to GIFs. Or it maybe Fractint and Bert were there before me. I do distinctly remember that one of my first contributions was saving fractal information inside the GIF, and adding code to read the image and the fractal data back. In any case, Graphdev was a lively place in those days!
Tim
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Barry Smith <barrys@grapevine.net.au>wrote:
Back on 10 March I made a rare posting to this list.
I was primarily responding to the query from Tim Wegner about the platform, graphics, and monitor that people use.
I said that I am a lurker and I have been subscribed to the Fractint list since 1991, and have followed it closely ever since.
I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth.
I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group.
My message sparked some correspondence off the list with Hal Lane, mostly about things other than fractals.
In turn this prompts me to say a BIG THANK YOU to
The Stone Soup Group, and those like Tim Wegner who are still working away
Others like Richard who have built new software
All those like Jim Muth, Paul Lee and Hal Lane who have discovered fractals, enhanced them, and maintained great web sites, and now of course Albrecht
People like Jack of Iradez who have posted animations (I especially like those with baroque music)
... and the rest of the Fractint community.
THANK YOU *Barry W Smith*
7 Gidabal Street, Aranda ACT 2614, Australia Tel +61 2 6251 2119 e-mail barrys@grapevine.net.au
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Am 05.04.2014 04:32, schrieb Barry Smith:
I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth.
I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group.
And a BIG BIG thank you from me too. Like Bary and others I got addicted by fractals a long long time ago, writing my first fractal software for the Atari XL computer, name (of course) multifrac because it already had the ability to produce "3d" fractals and my own kind of a julia under a different name of course. I´m with Fractint almost as long as Jim, about 12 or 13 years maybe, producing software and images as both is a highly fascinating game. Although momentarily taking a creative break - having rediscovered the MSTS Microsoft Train Simulator with some hundred routes from all over the world, which is highly addictive too . I will be back soon with more and good images. One more thing: What really made me a fractint fan for the rest of my life was the way, the community helped and assisted when I wrote the first and very experimental version of MFR. I´ll always be grateful for that experience. Thanks again! Albrecht
I too thank everyone involved with Fractint and give thanks for all the amazing images we share. I bought a 3 1/2 inch floppy with the name 'Fractint', about 30 years ago, because I liked the name (and thought 'tint' may have something to do with computer graphics). I put the disk in the machine and after about an hour I was admiring a low resolution image of the Mandelbrot set. I printed the documentation and began a very rewarding journey of exploration. I wrote many formulae and shared my images with the community on Compuserve's Fractal section, I haven't written anything for many years... I am too busy with photography and video work these days to explore - I admire and appreciate the images posted on the list. Thank you Tim and everyone else involved. Alex Dukay
Yes, Fractint. Been using it since the beginning also. Read through one of the earlier user guides. The authors also have a great sense of humor. Tony This Email has been Determined by Zone Labs. to be virus free. ZoneAlarm Extreme Security Pro. version: 12.0.104.000 Anti Virus and Spam updated every 4 Hours -----Original Message----- From: fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of alex dukay Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 10:12 PM To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion Subject: Re: [Fractint] Thank you I too thank everyone involved with Fractint and give thanks for all the amazing images we share. I bought a 3 1/2 inch floppy with the name 'Fractint', about 30 years ago, because I liked the name (and thought 'tint' may have something to do with computer graphics). I put the disk in the machine and after about an hour I was admiring a low resolution image of the Mandelbrot set. I printed the documentation and began a very rewarding journey of exploration. I wrote many formulae and shared my images with the community on Compuserve's Fractal section, I haven't written anything for many years... I am too busy with photography and video work these days to explore - I admire and appreciate the images posted on the list. Thank you Tim and everyone else involved. Alex Dukay _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint
Ha, I had an Atari XL. Actually two. First one with 512k and second with 1024k. Anyone remember k? Lol. Tony MakwaSmall This Email has been Determined by Zone Labs. to be virus free. ZoneAlarm Extreme Security Pro. version: 12.0.104.000 Anti Virus and Spam updated every 4 Hours From: fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Albrechtx Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 2:46 PM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fractint] Thank you Am 05.04.2014 04:32, schrieb Barry Smith: I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth. I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group. And a BIG BIG thank you from me too. Like Bary and others I got addicted by fractals a long long time ago, writing my first fractal software for the Atari XL computer, name (of course) multifrac because it already had the ability to produce "3d" fractals and my own kind of a julia under a different name of course. I´m with Fractint almost as long as Jim, about 12 or 13 years maybe, producing software and images as both is a highly fascinating game. Although momentarily taking a creative break - having rediscovered the MSTS Microsoft Train Simulator with some hundred routes from all over the world, which is highly addictive too . I will be back soon with more and good images. One more thing: What really made me a fractint fan for the rest of my life was the way, the community helped and assisted when I wrote the first and very experimental version of MFR. I´ll always be grateful for that experience. Thanks again! Albrecht
Yup. Used to sell them, along with Amigas, an old CP/M system and a short-lived Apple II clone. The Atari monochrome display is still the sharpest, steadiest display image I've ever seen. On 04/06/2014 04:39 AM, Tony wrote:
Ha, I had an Atari XL. Actually two. First one with 512k and second with 1024k.
Anyone remember k? Lol.
Tony
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Am 05.04.2014 04:32, schrieb Barry Smith:
I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth.
I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group.
And a BIG BIG thank you from me too. Like Bary and others I got addicted by fractals a long long time ago, writing my first fractal software for the Atari XL computer, name (of course) multifrac because it already had the ability to produce "3d" fractals and my own kind of a julia under a different name of course. I´m with Fractint almost as long as Jim, about 12 or 13 years maybe, producing software and images as both is a highly fascinating game. Although momentarily taking a creative break - having rediscovered the MSTS Microsoft Train Simulator with some hundred routes from all over the world, which is highly addictive too . I will be back soon with more and good images. One more thing: What really made me a fractint fan for the rest of my life was the way, the community helped and assisted when I wrote the first and very experimental version of MFR. I´ll always be grateful for that experience. Thanks again! Albrecht
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Barry, You perfectly expressed my feelings. Thanks and keep enjoying! Kind regards, Ton Met vriendelijke groet, Ton Koppens Boogjes 90 331 VC Dordrecht 078-6147867 06-57348033 <http://www.tonkoppens.nl> www.tonkoppens.nl Van: fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] Namens Barry Smith Verzonden: zaterdag 5 april 2014 4:32 Aan: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion Onderwerp: [Fractint] Thank you Back on 10 March I made a rare posting to this list. I was primarily responding to the query from Tim Wegner about the platform, graphics, and monitor that people use. I said that I am a lurker and I have been subscribed to the Fractint list since 1991, and have followed it closely ever since. I did say to Albrecht that I greatly enjoy his fractals, as I have for more than twenty years those from Jim Muth. I also passed my thanks to the Stone Soup group. My message sparked some correspondence off the list with Hal Lane, mostly about things other than fractals. In turn this prompts me to say a BIG THANK YOU to The Stone Soup Group, and those like Tim Wegner who are still working away Others like Richard who have built new software All those like Jim Muth, Paul Lee and Hal Lane who have discovered fractals, enhanced them, and maintained great web sites, and now of course Albrecht People like Jack of Iradez who have posted animations (I especially like those with baroque music) ... and the rest of the Fractint community. THANK YOU Barry W Smith 7 Gidabal Street, Aranda ACT 2614, Australia Tel +61 2 6251 2119 e-mail barrys@grapevine.net.au
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Richard, Did you overlook Jim Muth's FOTD for April 27, 2014 (Saucer Convention)? I don't see it either on your RSS feed or website. Regards, Lee
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