MandelBrute 1.0
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A brute-force, high-color Mandelbrot set generator


Contents
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Legal information
Requirements
Features
Philosophy
Usage
Thanks to
How to reach the author
Development information
Revision history

Legal information
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MandelBrute 1.0
Copyright (C) 1993 George Leonidas Coulouris

	The  author  is  not  responsible for any damage, whether direct or
consequential, resulting from the use of this program.

	This  program  is  free  software;  you  can redistribute it and/or
modify  it  under  the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 as
published by the Free Software Foundation.

	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or  FITNESS  FOR  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
for more details.

	You  should  have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along  with  this  program;  if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Requirements
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	· An ANSI-compatible C compiler

Features
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	· Accurate.   Doesn't  use distance estimator or divide-and-conquer
routines.  MandelBrute calculates every pixel.

	· Colorful. Regardless of iteration count, MandelBrute will
routinely crank out pictures with upwards of 40,000 colors.

Philosophy
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	It  is  said  that  necessity is the mother of invention.  I hadn't
been able to find any software which would generate 24-bit Mandelbrot sets,
so  I  sat down for a few hours and cranked out the framework of what I now
call MandelBrute.

	MandelBrute generates beautiful, colorful Mandelbrot sets, viewable
with any software supporting the ppm RAWBITS image format.

Usage
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	1) Compile MandelBrute. As far as I can tell, it is 100%
ANSI-compliant, so you shouldn't have very much trouble. Tweak the code as
necessary.

	2) When run, MandelBrute takes eight arguments. They are:

<file>
	This is the output PPM file.

<xmin>,<xmax>,<ymin>,<ymax>
	These are the Mandelbrot set coordinates.

<iterations>
	This is the maximum number of iterations per pixel. 

<width>
	This is the width (in pixels) of the output PPM file.

<height>
	This is the height (in pixels) of the output PPM file.

Thanks to
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	· Bob Livingston, for his friendly competition
	· Bill Talkiewicz, for math and C help

How to reach the author
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Send feedback, suggestions, flames, etc. to:

	deltax@hermes.acm.rpi.edu

Help to put me through college! Send donations to:

	George L. Coulouris
	9 Madison Avenue
	Ravena, NY 12143-1210
	USA

If you get in *real* jam give me a call at:

	(518)756-6136, between 1800 and 2100 EST

Development information
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	MandelBrute  was developed with SAS/C 6.3, running on an Amiga 2000
with 8 megabytes RAM, and a 68030/68882 accelerator.

Revision history
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	1.0 - First public release (18 Sep 93)