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Re: A warning to DEEPZOOMers

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From: Jay R. Hill
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 22:48
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In article <1993Dec17.221053.12835@ast.saic.com>, 
  hilljr@jupiter.saic.com (Jay R. Hill) writes:
|> Monday I wrote that DEEPZOOM is just about 2 months old and is 
|> still FREE.  ;-)  And maybe (Real Soon Now) I will add gif-ability.  

Version 0.12 is now ready with internal gif and pcx writing ability.

|> Unfortunately DEEPZOOM is only an MSDOS product since it depends on 
|> an assembly language C++ class for extended precision arithmetic.

Several have emailed about porting to Windows and workstations.  Maybe
I can figure out what we can do after the holidays.

|> <Climbing up on soap box and shouting toward the back of the crowd>
|> If you don't have the lastest DEEPZOOM and have not recieved my
|> email instructions on how to get it, just send me email.  

I guess I better lower my voice,  ;^) I got two dozen emails over the 
weekend.  Now there are 107 potential Mandelmaniacs who will no
doubt cause a run on medications and implants in a hopless attempt
to return to normal.  ;-)

One wrote: "You couldn't sent a more effective sales brosure.  I was 
thinking about getting FRACTINT, but, your program sounded much 
better."

One simple fact: FRACTINT has no equal!  GET IT too!

|> <Falling off soap box and limping back to my 486/33>

I'll be OK, I'll just sit here and watch this little white dot...

Warmly,
Jay "Not tonight honey, my eyes are moving in a raster pattern" Hill
-- 
{ hilljr@jupiter.saic.com } begin writeln(3*ln(640320)/sqrt(163):17:15) end.
void main(){double sqrt(), y=1/sqrt(2.), a=.5, m=1,z; int n=0;
for(;m*=2,z=sqrt(1-y*y),y=(1-z)/(1+z),a=a*(1+y)*(1+y)-m*y,n<4;n++);
printf("%17.15lf\n",1/a);}
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From: hilljr@jupiter.saic.com (Jay R. Hill)
Subject: Re: A warning to DEEPZOOMers
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