Hello,
this is a very beta release of my fractal calculator (oh no, not another!).
I say it's beta because I have a whole lot of ideas I'd like to add, not
because it has not been tested (I actually use it daily), so you shouldn't
experience too many bugs.

  In relation to the above statement, please apply all standard
  disclaimers to Fractals. USE IT AT YOUR VERY OWN RISK.

My main goal was to provide a decent speed (achieved by using integer math),
a good collection of different fractal types (not only Mandelbrot and
eventually Julia sets), and some nice options I didn't see in any other
package (well, at least when I released the first version).

This release adds an enormous amount of enhancements over the previous
release of Fractals:
 - requires OS 2.0: new look, GadTools, ASL, IFFParse...
 - uses new features of OS 2.1 and 3.0 if applicable: ASL screen mode
   requester, new look menus...
 - fully multitasking: you can calculate as many images as your memory will
   fit at one time;
 - supports integer (fixed point), FFP and double precision arithmetic (not
   all fractal types support all three modes);
 - support for 24-bit color (even on non-24-bit Amigas, though you won't see
   more than the usual 4096 colors);

The documentation is very incomplete because it hasn't yet gone through a
major revision since the first and quite old (1991) release of Fractals,
however it should address the important things. There is another minor
drawback: it is in italian. ;) Non-italian users should use the good ol'
trial and error approach, which will be a good testing because it will
stress the robustness of Fractals much beyond my careful use (I created it,
shouldn't I know how to use it? ;)

IMPORTANT NOTE 1: The last addition was the Mandelbrot and Julia generators
for 68020 and above (see the Fractal Type window at the end of the list), but
since I have a plain 68000 they are absolutely untested; and, even worse,
there is no protection against using it on 68000s (a software failure is the
better you can expect), so be warned!

IMPORTANT NOTE 2: On OS versions previous to 2.1 the screen mode requester is
not available: you should either select your preferred screen mode using tool
types (this will require some knowledge of how mode ID's are handled by the
OS, in other words some programming skills) or update your OS. The latter is
definitely the best solution. Please note that you could simply steal
asl.library version 38 from a 2.1 Workbench disk or from some package that
includes it (Brilliance comes to my mind first).

Send bug reports and suggestions (and even donations, preferably long-haired
and under 21) to:
  Flavio Stanchina
  Loc. Montevaccino 39
  38040 Trento (Italy)

Electronic addresses (preferred):
  2:333/408.9@fidonet.org (main address, use this if you can)
  2:333/107.18@fidonet.org
  39:101/4.28@amiganet.ftn

You should be able to reach me from Usenet as:

  Flavio.Stanchina@p9.f408.n333.z2.fidonet.org

though I can't guarantee a reply.

I'd like to know in particular if it works well with fast processors and
Enforcer and MungWall, as well as graphic boards and other not-so-standard
configurations.

I'm willing to make source code available, but I think I will ask a small fee
for it (it took me a lot of time to develop).