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PH>Now is the source to fractint itself available?

Yes, and it usually can be found (in a file labelled something like FRASRC*.*)
in the same place you found Fractint.  It's in the SIMTEL20 libraries and
its mirror sites, for example.

BT>I'm confused - Fractint's current iteration limit is 32,768
PH>I'm confused.  It doesn't go above 1000.  I just grabbed a new one about
PH>3 days ago.

What can I say - that "new" version you picked up is pretty ancient.  The
current version is 17.2, and *that's* almost a year old.  (Later) AHA!
I just looked it up in the "revision history" section of the online
help, and we changed that iteration limit from 1000 way back in 1989!

In fact, that version you have is *so* ancient that it may not even include
the automatic switchover from integer to floating point math that I
mentioned while discussing Fractint's zoom limits.

PH>Since you said "I", I take it you are the author.  Where does the OFFICIAL
PH>release get put up for ftp access?  I must have an old version or something.

I am just one of what is now up to about 50 authors, although I do have
the dubious honor of "leader of the pack".  The closest thing we have to
an "official" FTP site is the SIMTEL20 archives - Tim has been uploading new
versions of Fractint up there within a few days of its debut on Compuserve.
Of course, once we upload to Compuserve and the SIMTEL20 archives, it
spreads from there by means totally out of our control.


                   Bert Tyler   (bert.tyler@satalink.com)
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