Version 1.102 MAND2000 © Copyright 1993, Cygnus Software Cygnus Software 33 University Square, #199 Madison, WI, 53715 USA CygnusSoft@cup.portal.com Mand2000D is the demo version of Mand2000, a fractal exploration program created by Cygnus Software. Mand2000 is a tryware program. You can use the demo version all you want, give it to your friends, put it on club disks and post it to bulletin boards, as long as you distribute this notice, the help file and the example ARexx scripts with it. The TweenPlayer can also be distributed, subject to the same restrictions. The pictures supplied on the demo disk may be freely distributed with no restrictions. However, this demo version has had save crippled (saving from ARexx only, no saving of fractal location information, a maximum save size, and a stripe along the right edge of some pictures), and will occasionally bring up a text requester to remind you that it is a demo version. The release version does save of course, and no annoying requesters will appear. Additional features that the release version has include ARexx documentation, much more help, and some extra fractal programs, some with source code. The full version of Mand2000 can be purchased for US $34.95 direct from Cygnus Software. Sorry, no credit cards. Changes: A number of changes have been made since the original (1.001) demo version. These include: AppIcon. Delete function. Optional disabling of joystick zooming. New ARexx commands. New ARexx scripts. Remembers the resolution you like to run in. Bug fixes: Fixed disappearing icon bug! Fixed tween player crash on non-AGA machines running 3.0 or higher. Fixed crash on Picasso systems running 2.0. Various minor bug fixes. Most of these changes were put in before the release version went out. If you have purchased a release version of Mand2000 that lacks some of these features, please contact us for a very inexpensive upgrade. Installation: To install the Mand2000 demo, make a directory on your hard drive, or format a floppy disk, and copy the Mand2000D and TweenPlayer programs, and Mand2000Demo.help to that directory. This can be done by just dragging the icons to the drawer using Workbench. Then you should copy the ARexx scripts to your rexx: directory. Even if you don't program in ARexx you should still copy these scripts because they add some very nice menu commands. To copy the ARexx scripts to rexx: simply double click on the InstallRexx icon. You may also want to adjust the `Tool directory' in the `Set misc' menu to point to the drawer where you install Mand2000, or else assign Mand2000: to the installation drawer. Trouble shooting: Mand2000 runs on all Amigas with AmigaDOS 2.0 or higher and makes full use of the AGA chipset when present. It has been tested for compatibility on Amiga 2000s, 3000s, 4000s, 500s and 1200s, with 68000, 68020, 68030 and 68040 processors, and should run on all other models as well. If Mand2000 fails to run properly on your machine, the problem is usually due to some other program on your Amiga which is corrupting Mand2000's memory. Try removing all non-Commodore programs from your WBStartup and user-startup and see if this fixes the problem. What is Mand2000? Mand2000 is meant to be nothing less than the finest Mandelbrot exploration program available on any computer. We have attempted to combine speed, power and simplicity with a few unique features, all designed to make it easy for you to discover uncharted regions of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets. The TweenPlayer is for playing TweenMovies, which are created from the `Make zoom movie' menu in Mand2000D. Read the online help for further information. How do you use Mand2000? To start using Mand2000, the simplest thing to do is to place the mouse over an interesting area, one of the areas with lots of detail, and then double click the left mouse button. The picture will zoom in, placing the area under the mouse in the centre of the screen. You can continue doing this as many times as you like, searching for interesting areas. To zoom out press `D'. To scroll the picture around, hold down the left mouse button and drag, use the arrow keys, the numeric keypad, or a joystick. For full information on how to use Mand2000, read the help associated with the individual menu items. Just highlight a menu item and press the HELP key or press the HELP key any time a requester is active. Testimonials: Instead of us telling you how wonderful Mand2000 is, let's here from some of our users: > Wow, is this a neat program! ... With the introduction of Mand2000, put > aside all the other Mandelbrot programs, this one is really stunning. > Move around the Mandelbrot set with a joystick, or the mouse, double > click to zoom in, cycle colours in weird and wonderful ways, create > movies, tween the Mandelbrot to whatever you want. It's terrific. > > Fully Amigaised, with all sorts of hoopy requestors, precision down to > 10^300 (some 1,000 'zooms' into the Mandelbrot set!) variable priority, > sizable screens, fully multi-tasking, full AREXX interface - the list > goes on and on. ... > > Mand2000Demo is available on Aminet under the GFX heirarchy, and you'll > do yourself a favour if you get hold of it. > > To buy the real thing is $US34.95. I think I'll send off a money order > Real Soon Now. ... > > David Andrew Clayton. // _| _ _ > Canberra, Australia \X/ (_](_](_ > Excellent program... one of the best uploads I've seen all year. Harv > It is far and away the most entertaining peice of software I have > purchased this year. Brick Eksten Eco Development > I -really- like Mand2000! Coz > Mand2000 is the coolest generator I've ever seen. ... nahtan > It's definitely a cool program, Bruce. The innovative features do make > it the best mandelbrot program on the Amiga, certainly that I've seen. > Steve Tibbett For more information on what makes Mand2000 unique and worthwhile, run the Mand2000D and select the `Help and Info' menu, then select the `Overview' gadget. Also by Cygnus Software: Cygnus Software's other major product is CygnusEd. CygnusEd is a high performance text editor, featuring what is probably still the fastest scrolling and text rendering of any editor on the Amiga today. Add to that such invaluable features as unlimited undo, etc., etc. Version 3.5 of CygnusEd was extensively updated to take advantage of the features that 2.0 has to offer. 3-D gadgets, public screens, the standard file, font and screen requesters, and the full AGA screen resolutions. Meanwhile CygnusEd still maintains full compatibility with version 1.3 of the operating system, bringing the 3-D gadgetry to 1.3. CygnusEd 3.5's macro and configuration files and ARexx scripts are almost 100% compatible with earlier versions. CygnusEd is published by ASDG Inc., and is available in Amiga stores for a suggested retail price of $119.95. Remember, although CygnusEd was written by Cygnus Software, it is sold through ASDG, and NOT through Cygnus Software. Mand2000 was created with CygnusEd and Aztec C. Enjoy! Bruce and Helen Dawson, Cygnus Software.