FractKal
- Initial Release Date
- September 27, 1994
- Color Palette
- 8/18b
- Max Resolution
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- MS-DOS: 320x200
- Windows: Display Max
- License Status
- Freeware © Richard E. Barlow
- Codebase
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- MS-DOS: Pascal (Turbo Pascal), x86 Assembly
- Windows:Visual Basic
- Platform(s)
- MS-DOS, Windows
- Author(s)
- Richard E. Barlow
Description
FractKal rapidly renders screens based on a small mirrored window of a Mandelbrot or Julia fractal with a randomized palette. Even at it's highest detail setting, the MS-DOS version can produce many fractal images per second, though a few formula seem to take significantly longer to render.
Generation of new images can be paused with 'space', and the palette rotated with 'r'. Unfortunately there is no way to combine palette rotation with pattern generation.
A Windows screensaver version was also produced, but it's non-interactive and provides significantly fewer options. It has no Windows Screensaver configuration, but does have a small ini file. Revisions to the ini seem to have no noticeable effect. It will run at higher resolutions, but uses more mirroring as well (a 10x10 grid vs 4x4). Even with the extra mirrors, it will render a higher resolution fractal than the MS-DOS version at resolutions 800x600 and up.
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Downloads
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FractKal for Windows (v1.5.1):
Windows FractKal. It needs the VB6 runtimes, availible here, if they are not previously installed.
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FractKal (Windows DOSBox edition):
The MS-DOS version compatible with Windows via DOSBox.
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FractKal (vX) for MS-DOS (v1.7)::
MS-DOS FractKal