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New Fractal Music from Albrecht: "Contemplation, & Contrapoints"
by Harold Lane 13 Oct '17

13 Oct '17

Albrecht Niekamp made two new fractal music pieces and gave me permission to put them on my server and post links to them on the Fractint list. If I understand it correctly, the quality of the sound generated by the MIDI sound hardware and software can vary from computer to computer. That said, on my computer the MIDI versions of Albrecht's 1st piece, Contemplation, is has a nice -- yes -- contemplative, always advancing feel to it, with pleasant syncopation felt from time to time. His second piece, Contrapoints, is similar, but with, perhaps, a more relaxed feel to it. As is often the case with Albrecht's fractal music, both pieces do not have an ending cadence, but just sort of stop. When the first piece ended, I initially felt, "Hey. I was listening to that. Where did it go?" More careful listening to the ending left me feeling better about it. Here they are: 1st part: http://tinyurl.com/Contemplation-NAM90P79-MID or: www.emarketingiseasy.com/Albrecht/Music/2017-10-12_Contemplation_NAM90P79.M… 2nd part: http://tinyurl.com/Contrapoints-NAM90P80-MID or: www.emarketingiseasy.com/Albrecht/Music/2017-10-12_Contrapoints_NAM90P80.MID The music's source fractal image is the same one as he used for his fractal music piece, Flying: http://tinyurl.com/2017-03-19-Flying-Move3-jpg or: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/Albrecht/Music/2017-03-19_Flying_Move3.jpg (Albrecht actually uses the (larger) .BMP version of the image.) Enjoy! - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [Fractint] Update to SDL version
by Jonathan Osuch 10 Oct '17

10 Oct '17

David, > When I run DOS Fractint under DOSBox here, it can change resolutions > but DOSBox doesn't allow resizing the window. > > I have a 1920x1080 disk video mode set up for DOSFractint that works. > Would be nice if DOSFractint allowed me to use a non-disk window that > size. :) You can put any window size you want into fractint.cfg. If it is too big, fractint 'should' send you back to the selection screen. Also, if you rename fractint.cfg to something else (say fractint_old.cfg), then the available window sizes will be auto detected and you can see them using the <DEL> key. It currently won't save a new fractint.cfg file. It is in the works. Write down the suitable window sized, change your fractint.cfg file back, and then edit the entries as needed. Full screen may not work very well because of differences between the actual physical screen size and the allowable area for writing to the screen without drawing on the task bar, etc. Jonathan

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Re: [Fractint] Update to SDL version
by Jonathan Osuch 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

Hal, > Can someone else try changing the resolution of the output fractal in > *non-SDL* Xfractint with the Delete key, and report their results > here? Xfractint is run from the command line with the desired resolution. It has no capability to change the resolution once running. Jonathan

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Re: [Fractint] Update to SDL version
by Jonathan Osuch 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

I put the pre-compiled 64-bit Linux version on the developers web site as: http://www.fractint.net/ftp/experimental/SDL2-Xfractint-20.05alpha-2017 -10-08.tar.gz Jonathan

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Re: [Fractint] Update to SDL version
by Jonathan Osuch 08 Oct '17

08 Oct '17

Folks, I've updated the SDL port to support the palette color editor. Use the cursor keys, since the mouse support is unusable at this time. Disk video modes other than 2-color modes work now. Video modes (other than disk video) larger than the current screen size will now send you back to the video selection screen. https://fractint.net/ftp/experimental/SDL2-fractint-20.05alpha-2017-10- 08.zip or the directory: https://fractint.net/ftp/experimental/ Jonathan

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Re: [Fractint] Update to SDL version
by Jonathan Osuch 08 Oct '17

08 Oct '17

I did get my Linux development environment working again. The Linux version of the SDL port works with some differences. The 2-color disk video modes run with no problems. The large disk video modes in fractint.cfg run in computer memory and not using the hard disk. Jonathan

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Re: [Fractint] Update to SDL version
by Jonathan Osuch 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

Folks, I've updated the SDL port to support color cycling. The color editor still doesn't work. I added disk video modes for the largest sizes supported to the end of fractint.cfg. If you want to be able to run them more than once before having to restart Fractint, assign them to key codes (like AF6 & AF7). I am working on fixing this. https://fractint.net/ftp/experimental/SDL2-fractint-20.05alpha-2017-10- 01.zip or the directory: https://fractint.net/ftp/experimental/ Jonathan

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Re: [Fractint] REquest for a lil basic FractInt info
by Knute 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Knute asked: ...I miss FractInt; I am only able to use Windows 7 (64-bit). My question is this: As of October, 2017 is it really still impossible to run FractInt on Windows (esp. Win 7)?... (Not "virtually" and not WinFract). Timothy Wegner replied: Jonathan (Osuch) has rebuilt Fractint using the SDL library, and this versions does indeed run natively under Windows 10. Knute: Thanks very much Timothy for responding! Although I do not have Windows 10, I rushed to download the file you designated (SDL2-fractint-20.05alpha-2017-10-01.zip) to try it on my Windows 7. The result: The Fractint.exe file opened a small window labelled "Fractint" at the upper-left, but no Menu, no controls whatsoever. Right-click did nothing - no dialog, no controls. The small window was resizeable, but after re-sizing it a couple times the program crashed. What this program DID do was show a picture of a basic Mandelbrot, and a Left-click-drag resulted in Zooms. Lastly, I opened the included FRACTINT.HLP file in Windows but it was empty. Then I forced FRACTINT.HLP to open in Fractint.exe. All that did was to open Fractint. AND THEN I REMEMBERED TO OLD "F1" KEY in ancient FractInt! So, with Jonathan Osuch's FractInt open I pressed the F1 key and VOILA! there was FractInt (all the controls). *_So it does work in Windows 7!_* *_So it does work in Windows 7!_* *_So it does work in Windows 7!_* (If only someone had mentioned the F1 Help Key at the first. Hope it goes into your FAQs.)

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REquest for a lil basic FractInt info
by Knute 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

I loved FractInt since 1994-5 when I got my first PC. Now I just miss FractInt; I am only able to use Windows 7 (64-bit). Yes, I tried to install a Linux a few years ago but gave up. I also did try out two Virtual things when I was using Windows XP so I might have FractInt, but they were unsatisfactory and FractInt kept crashing. My question is this: As of October, 2017 is it really still impossible to run FractInt on Windows (esp. Win 7)?... (Not "virtually" and not WinFract). If so, then... If you were me, stuck with only Windows 7, then would someone kindly suggest how you would get FractInt to run (even if it has to involve some virtual program)? Thank you much for your time!

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Update to SDL version
by osuchj＠mediacombb.net 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Folks, I've updated the experimental SDL version on the Developers website. It now runs a disk video mode, but only once, then it crashes. Jonathan

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