---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FracXtra v2.0: Fractint Extras Collection by Dan Goldwater, 1/27/93 release. distributed as FRACXTR2.ZIP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- upgrading from fracxtra release 1: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- notes on specific files: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- --Dan Goldwater-- ----------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------