Benoit Mandelbrot passes away...
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:11 pm
Just to mark the passing of a genius.
Sad.
I had an VB program somewhere that made excel into a mandelbrot set - it took a very long time to run....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:57 pm
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:50 pm
I had for several years a fractal printout in my corridor. Probably 1 meter high and 3 meter wide. Made from single A4 sheets. Every sheet was a calculated page, created in one night per sheet on my C64 computer.DaddyHoggy wrote:Sad.
I had an VB program somewhere that made excel into a mandelbrot set - it took a very long time to run....
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:55 pm
Bows head in awe and then asks the question - what colour printer did you have for your C64? (I had b&w MPS801 and later 803)Eric Walch wrote:I had for several years a fractal printout in my corridor. Probably 1 meter high and 3 meter wide. Made from single A4 sheets. Every sheet was a calculated page, created in one night per sheet on my C64 computer.DaddyHoggy wrote:Sad.
I had an VB program somewhere that made excel into a mandelbrot set - it took a very long time to run....
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:10 pm
The colour depended on the ribbon used. For the fractals I used very old ribbons were the black was used up and re-coloured it myself with green and red ink. That big one was printed in red, but currently I still have some very small version hanging at home in green. Printer was a starprinter NL10 when I remember right.DaddyHoggy wrote:... and then asks the question - what colour printer did you have for your C64? (I had b&w MPS801 and later 803)
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:09 am
3D fractals? Some amazing images here.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:07 pm
Wow, going to be downloading some of that software I think - I've got a Computer Graphics lecture I could use some of the renders in I suspect.El Viejo wrote:3D fractals? Some amazing images here.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:28 pm
Good grief!! F*** me sideways with a hippo!! Those are extraordinary! I've always loved Mandelbrot stuff - used to see it for real when I was into LSD back in the 60s!
Those 3D images are just staggering tho' - absolutely beautiful... wow...
Those 3D images are just staggering tho' - absolutely beautiful... wow...
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:32 pm
I presume that’s pounds, shillings, and pence?Star Gazer wrote:when I was into LSD back in the 60s!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:38 pm
You may presume whatever you like... ....but you could be wrong... 
...mind you it was pre-decimal!
I used to refer to them as 'squirgle patterns' - kept me amused for hours!
...mind you it was pre-decimal!
I used to refer to them as 'squirgle patterns' - kept me amused for hours!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:40 pm
Oh yes... hours and hours.Star Gazer wrote:I used to refer to them as 'squirgle patterns' - kept me amused for hours!