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- FracXtra v2.0: Fractint Extras Collection by Dan Goldwater, 1/27/93 release.
- distributed as FRACXTR2.ZIP
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- intro:
-
- WOW! VERSION 2 ALREADY!
- well, the first release of the fracxtra collection was
- undocumented and anonymous, mostly because i didnt think there
- would be such a big demand for it. but, there was, so i
- am now including a 'readme' file, and i'm going to expend
- a little more effort maintaining the collection (what generosity!).
-
- description:
-
- FracXtra is a huge collection of .map, .par, .frm, .ifs, .l, .key, and .bat
- files, as well as some small external programs for the best fractal generator
- ever made, Fractint, by the Stone Soup Group (they want glory. they
- deserve glory. give them glory). version 17 or higher of fractint is
- needed for some of the files in this collection. The files are
- by no means all made by me, although i did make quite a few of
- the .map and .par files myself. The FracXtra collection
- is really just a collection of all the fractint .map, .par, etc.
- files i have found on the internet and on bulletin
- boards.
-
- #IFDEF LEGAL_CRAP
- I make absolutely no
- claim to ownership of most of the files or programs
- contained here, and some of them may be shareware, although most
- are freeware or public domain. Many of the files
- are copyrighted in the specific files by whoever made them. Due to
- the methods and time period over which this
- collection was/is gathered, it
- would be impossible to list all the contributors whose names are not
- specifically in a file contained herein.
- basically i think what i want to say here is all
- the legal stuff that gets me off the hook when
- you sue me for something. just insert
- any and all disclaimers here. i am not trying to
- make any money from this, anyway. if any author of something
- in this collection doesn't like what i am doing, just email or real-mail
- me and i'll correct the situation.
- #ENDIF LEGAL_CRAP
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- using the collection:
-
- while the various types of fractint files are separated into their own
- directories in this archive, you may want to put them all in your
- fractint main directory, because using them is easier that way.
- but, if you really don't want all 300 files in one directory, unzip this
- file with -d to recreate the directory structure. note that the
- .frm, .bat, and possibly some of the other files in the collection
- may not work as expected if they aren't in the same directory as fractint.exe.
- maybe newer versions of fractint will allow a defined directory
- for each type of file.
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- upgrading from fracxtra release 1:
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- everything in the previous release of fracxtra is in this release, but some
- files have been renamed, some conglomerated to reduce the number of files, and
- some deleted if they duplicated other files. as a result, you can delete
- every file in the original collection and then unzip this collection. the
- problem is that if you have made any fractint files of your own, you will
- have to avoid deleting them (heh heh). unfortunately i did not keep track
- of the filenames which no longer exist in the collection (i will next time).
- there were a lot of changes in the .par and .ifs filenames particularly.
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- notes on specific files:
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- the following files were made by me: about half of the .map files, including
- almost all the various rainbow and volcano ones. i made the dgeneral.par
- and the dcontpot.par files, both are (c), but you can use them for any
- non-profit purpose you wish, as long as you don't claim you made them.
-
- many of the .txt files in /txt correspond to a .par and/or .frm file, and
- describe how to use it or who wrote it or something like that.
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- version history:
-
- version 1:
- the initial release. totally undocumented and disorganized and incomplete.
- everyone kept bugging me and bugging me to re-upload it everywhere <g>.
-
- version 2:
- i got a whole bunch of new .par, .frm, .l, and .bat files, and a few .map's
- i made this readme file, and the file_id.diz.
- i discovered that none of the .ifs files were in the correct format. i fixed
- them, and consolidated all the new ones into one file, moreifs.ifs.
- i consolidated a few of the .par files that had only a few .par's
- in them into the misc.par file.
- i eliminated duplication in a few of the .par files (like wohlers.par
- and all of the .par files i made myself), and i consolidated my own .par's.
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- -----------------
- --Dan Goldwater--
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-
- preferred email: daniel_goldwater@brown.edu
- alternate email: dgold@math.umass.edu
-
- since i'm a student, feel free to send money if that's your desire:
-
- Dan Goldwater
- 9 Forest Edge Rd
- Amherst, MA 01002-1533
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