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FractKal

Initial Release Date
September 27, 1994
Color Palette
8/18b
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License Status
Freeware © Richard E. Barlow
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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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