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Off-topic - C++ for Windows 10
by mchris＠value.net - Webmail 26 Jun '23

26 Jun '23

I know this is off-topic, but I figured I could find developers here with good advice. Anyone out there working in C++ for Windows 10? I need to port a bunch of MS-DOS Borland Turbo C++ code and would really like to avoid learning a new programming language if possible. I've done some preliminary research on compiler options, but would like input from trusted sources. Thanks in advance! - Bud (AKA Mark Christenson)

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Practical fractal
by Edward Montague 24 Jun '23

24 Jun '23

As mentioned in previous threads, and attempted through a frm and par file; I'm also interested in the application of Fractals to the classical representations of Nature. In particular the solution of non linear differential equations. At the inception of Fractint, there was the discrete representation of differential equations; the Lorenz attractor being one of these. Has this progressed; is there accompanying documentation ?

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Fractint compatibility
by Giacomo Belbo 12 May '23

12 May '23

Hi all, Just wondering if this mailing list is still alive, I noticed the forums are not active, I hope people still use Fractint. A more practical question: I have v20 of Fractint and just installed v16. I’ve tried to run some of the formulas that come with v20 on v16: the main formulas (FractInt.frm) of v20 run fine on v16 however all the rest of the formulas under /frm do not run (I get error messages) - I thought there was compatibility, am I doing something wrong? Cheers!

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FW: Re: Funding of Fractint mailing lists
by Jason Hine 11 May '23

11 May '23

---------- Richard said: ------------ > I think it was free initially and then that changed and I just folded it into my existing xmission bill. It doesn't cost much, so no need to change it. ---------------------------------------- Echoing others: Thank you Richard, both for paying the bills and the ways you've contributed to the list and community over the decades, as Hal and others have recounted. The Fractint software and community was critically formative for me in my youth, and though I've mostly lurked the past dozen years, I've tried to always read the digests. Thanks to all who've kept the software, servers, and community intact. May Paul rest in peace! Jason --- Science and religion interdigitate in patterns of complex fingering, and at every fractal scale of self-similarity. - Stephen Jay Gould.

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Funding of Fractint mailing lists
by Timothy Wegner 09 May '23

09 May '23

Richard wrote (concerning the fractint and fractdev mailing lists at xmission): > Actually, I pay for it. I appreciate the correction. Of course I knew you were instrumental in getting the fractint lists set up with xmission, but all these years I was under the impression xmission was providing a free service that you had organized. So we owe that thanks to you also for paying for it as well as the thanks for getting it set up! I have an account at Dreamhost where I manage mailing lists for some other organizations, as well as host the fractint web sites. I could host the fractint and fractdev mailing lists there for no additional cost to me, but this late in Fractint's life cycle, I don't think that's a good idea. And while most aspects of moving the mailing lists would not be too hard, I don't like to think about dealing with the archives! Not to mention that the email address of the lists would change. So as long as the current hosting of fractint and fractdev mailing lists by xmission suits you, I think we should continue it. If you ever want to change your support, just let me know,. Tim

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Question about XFractint
by david 08 Jan '23

08 Jan '23

Good afternoon from balmy Hawaii! I came up with a fractal at 3840x2160 (4K resolution) that I saved and would like to reload and render in a 30000x30000 disk video mode but when I pick that disk video mode selection to change the mode, generate it, and save the resulting image, it's only 3840x2160 resolution. Running SDL2-Xfractint-20.05alpha-2021-07-03.tar.xz downloaded from fractint.org/experimental on 64-bit Debian 11, i9 processor with 64GB of RAM and 780GB of disk space free, so neither memory nor disk space should be a limitation. Ideas? -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com "My password is the last 8 digits of π."

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Any chance these Ultrafractal formulae would work in Fractint?
by David W. Jones 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

http://formulas.ultrafractal.com/cgi/formuladb?view;file=rvr.ufm;type=.txt --- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com exploring the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail.

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Looking through the holes in a piece of intricate lace at variously colored, parallel, metallic tubes in the far distance.
by Harold Lane 10 Nov '22

10 Nov '22

An interesting composition from Albrecht Niekamp again - with the very appropriate title: "Games Colors Play". When I first glance at this fractal, my brain momentarily interprets it incorrectly as a spiral. When looking more closely, I always find that it's not. The overall effect is a little like looking through the holes in a piece of intricate lace at variously colored, parallel, metallic tubes in the far distance. Albrecht's fractal "Games Colors Play": https://bit.ly/57508T16-GIF .and it's PAR: https://bit.ly/57508T16-PAR - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ########################

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Albrecht's fractal in this post is a 90-degree rotation...
by Harold Lane 04 Nov '22

04 Nov '22

Albrecht's fractal in this post is a 90-degree rotation of a zoom into the previously posted: "The Atomic Mandel" https://bit.ly/57508X22-GIF Albrecht says this... "This is the central Mandel I talked about, in a very complex environment still needing to be explored." ...about this post's fractal. Here's today's zoom into that previous post's fractal: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This fractal's file is named "ATOMANDE.GIF," which I'm guessing is a 8-letter DOS shortening of "Atomic Mandel." This rendering of the fractal is a generous 1280 x 1024 pixels that allow for close inspection of its features. I still like these images' overall blue tone with red and gold accents. There's a hanging feature in the upper left and right corners (and repeated elsewhere) that looks like it could be fun to explore... https://bit.ly/Atomic-Mandel-Zoom Since today's image is just a rotation and modest zoom of a previously posted fractal, it effectively shares the same PAR file: "The Atomic Mandel" PAR file: https://bit.ly/57508X22-PAR P. S. What looks to be the same (or similar) hanging feature is also present at 11 o-clock and one o-clock in: that previously posted fractal:... https://bit.ly/57508X22-GIF - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ########################

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My hacked server at emarketingiseasy.com has been certified as cleaned and is back online!
by Harold Lane 04 Nov '22

04 Nov '22

My hacked server at emarketingiseasy.com has been certified as cleaned and is back online! Please let me know if you have any problems accessing fractal images on it. Thanks! I have a few recent images of Albrect's I plan to post soon. Sorry for the interruption. For reference, the online archive of the Fractint list's posts is here -- and doesn't take a login: https://mailman.xmission.com/hyperkitty/list/fractint@mailman.xmission.com/ - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ########################

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