
Mandelbrot Set Generator, v2.0
By 
Stephen Disney

Mandlebrot Set Generator (C) 1998, STEPHEN DISNEY. 

44 Beresford Road,
Roath,
Cardiff,
Wales,
CF2 1RA,
UK. 
E-mail; DisneySM@cardiff.ac.cf

Registration (i.e. by sending me a cheque  or a postal order for 5 UK pounds- a small price for the I spent staring at the siena screen) will give you a password that allows you to disable the zoom limit and you recieve  a registered version of all future upgrades of MSET, (via email only). 

Places where you can get the latest version of MSET.

http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/psion/icdoc/pictures/index.html

Improvements for Version 2.
Optimised algorithm for greater speed for generating the Mandlebrot set!!!!!!
Improved algorithm for generating the colours (well greys not colours)!!!!
Option to overlay a grid to give aid to users for defining the calculation settings!!
Minor bug fixes when opening previously saved *.pic files!
Option to beep on completion of calculation of specified regoin of the mandlebrot set!!

***Remember to register for entry into the registered users competition and WIN 10!!!!!!****



Program Overveiw.
MSET allows you create an infinite number of pictures of the mandelbrot set, with only 5K of memory!  Use MENU to bring up the main menu.
	MSET/Draw, calculates the mandelbrot set specified, prints it to the screen and saves the screen as a *.pic file in the OPD directory.
	MSET/Open, opens an existing *.pic file in the OPD dictory and prints it to the screen.
	MSET/Exit, exits the program.
	SETTINGS/Calculation, presents the display settings dialog, where,
		Zoom, specifies the width the real axis to be drawn to the screen. An unregistered version will only allow zooms greater then 0.5, but registration allows you to avoid this restriction!.
		X-axis Centre, specifies the real centre of the mandelbrot set to be drawn, must be between -3 and +3.
		Y-axis Centre, specifies the imaginary centre of the mandlebrot set to be drawn, must be between -3 and +3.
		Iterations, specifies the number of iterations to be performed before assuming the complex number z converges to zero.  The higher this is set the more defintion there is in the picture, but the longer it takes to calculate.
		Save as, specifies the name of the pic file the picture is to be saved as during the draw operation.
	SETTINGS/ Display, presents option boxes for Beeping at the end of calculation and Displaying a grid 
	SPECIAL/How to register, gives info on how to register.
	SPECIAL/About, gives info about MSET.

Example operation.
Start MSET,
Enter password, if registered otherwise press ENTER,
Use settings to define mandlebrot set to be created.
Use draw to calculate mandlebrot set.
While calculating, you can continue to use your siena, in the normal way, due to its multi-tasking facilities by pressing the BUTTONBAR i.e., system.  Or if you have the auto shutdown feature enabled on your siena, then put in pocket, and when MSET has finished generating the pic file and saved it to the *.pic file specified, it will shut down the psion, (after the in-activity period specified by the system). You can then view you picture at a later time by using open.

Installation.
1. Copy mset.opo to the opo directory.  If opo directory does not exist  then create it.
2. Copy default.pic to the opd directory, if opd directory does not exist then create it.
3. Copy *.pic to the opd directory.  These are optional sample pictures generated by MSET.
4. Run MSET from the system screen under the run opl icon (far right of screen).
5.  As a quick intro to the powerful  capablities of MSET Open up the sample*.pic files in the opd directory. 
6. Print off a copy of the MSET GAZETTE (msetnews.doc) for interesting facts about the Mandlebrot Set and details of additional Registered User BENEFITS!!!!!


Registered User Competition.
Win money by emailing your favorite pic file, (and your address) to me, at DISNEYSM@CARDIFF.AC.UK.  My girlfriends favorite picture every 50 registered respondants, wins 10, (only one picture per registered user per competition).
