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CELLULAR AUTOMATONS v0.1 (8/31/88)
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This application calculates and displays the evolution of an array
of cellular automatons and was inspired by the August 1988 Computer
Recreations article by A.K. Dewdney in Scientific American. These
automatons function like the automatons of the "game" of life, but
instead of being dead or alive, each has a degree of "infection."
The array of cells with various states of health is displayed as
a color coded image. Because it uses Color Quickdraw, *this program
will only run on a Mac II* (or the rumored color SE!). It can run
in the background under MultiFinder and so a postage stamp size
window can sit on your desktop displaying the current state of the
automaton world while you work in other applications. If you choose
to calculate large arrays, adjust the memory allocation using Get Info
in the Finder. If the about box does not look right, open the Control
Panel CDEV Monitors and reset the system color table. (I'm working
on fixing this bug, any suggestions?)
The program was written with Lightspeed C v3.0, an excellent, easy to
use development system as evidenced by the fact that I only took up C
last month!
I hope you enjoy Automatons and hope that you give me some feedback--
it would be much appreciated. Look for future versions which fix
known, non-fatal bugs, and include new features and improvements.
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Douglas Wood DELPHI: DWOOD
Mail Stop 42 COMPUSERVE: 72727,2512
Center for Astrophysics SPAN: CFARG1::DWOOD
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138