Never got a response. I didn't realize alt.fractals was non-canonical.
Should have posted to this group.Anyway...


Original post in alt.fractals:

3/21/92 Patrick F. Garvey

can anyone tell me if fractint ( or any program using palette animation) could be used as a screen saver. checked the recent FAQ , but found no answer. thanks all. this is my first posting: golly!!!


Maybe the FAQ has been updated???

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On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:33:50 -0700 (PDT), Pat Garvey
<pfgarvey@gmail.com> wrote:

Never got a response. I didn't realize alt.fractals was non-canonical.
Should have posted to this group.Anyway...

Original post in alt.fractals:

3/21/92 Patrick F. Garvey

can anyone tell me if fractint ( or any program using palette animation)
could be used as a screen saver. checked the recent FAQ , but found no answer. >thanks all. this is my first posting: golly!!!

I used to use it as a screensaver but that was millions of years
ago, in the previous Millennium under Windows 3.11 and ME.

I'm not sure it would work with WinTen but why not just install it
and see? It would only take a few minutes and even if it doesn't
you've still got the ability to create and save millions of gorgeous
images.

I can't run it as it is incompatible with my Win7/64.


https://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&language=english&query=fractal+screensaver&pl=ff

The first linkie, https://www.screensaversplanet.com/screensavers/themes/fractal does
not mention Fractint.


There is a fractal screensaver called "Fractal Laboratory Screen
Saver". It generates tiny fractal panels onscreen. It's only 2MB and
it does run under Win7/64.

"Freeware fractalgenerator Fractalus" also works fine under W7/64 but
it's not really a screensaver. It does make movies, though, so you
could use the Windows picture screensaver to fake a slideshow.

There are many other fractal-drawing tools. I used to collect some
and they still hang around in a seedy dive on my PC's hard-drive but I
don't run them so often as I used to.

I hope some of this helps.
J.

Maybe the FAQ has been updated???

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Never got a response. I didn't realize alt.fractals was non-canonical. >Should have posted to this group.Anyway...

Original post in alt.fractals:

3/21/92 Patrick F. Garvey

can anyone tell me if fractint ( or any program using palette animation)
could be used as a screen saver. checked the recent FAQ , but found no answer.
thanks all. this is my first posting: golly!!!

I used to use it as a screensaver but that was millions of years
ago, in the previous Millennium under Windows 3.11 and ME.

I'm not sure it would work with WinTen but why not just install it
and see? It would only take a few minutes and even if it doesn't
you've still got the ability to create and save millions of gorgeous
images.

I can't run it as it is incompatible with my Win7/64.

https://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&language=english&query=fractal+screensaver&pl=ff

The first linkie, https://www.screensaversplanet.com/screensavers/themes/fractal does
not mention Fractint.

There is a fractal screensaver called "Fractal Laboratory Screen
Saver". It generates tiny fractal panels onscreen. It's only 2MB and
it does run under Win7/64.

"Freeware fractalgenerator Fractalus" also works fine under W7/64 but
it's not really a screensaver. It does make movies, though, so you
could use the Windows picture screensaver to fake a slideshow.

There are many other fractal-drawing tools. I used to collect some
and they still hang around in a seedy dive on my PC's hard-drive but I
don't run them so often as I used to.

I hope some of this helps.
J.

Maybe the FAQ has been updated???

John,

Thanks for the response. It was 10,047 days in the making. It was kind of a joke: if you look you will see the post date was originally 3/21/1992! I was looking up Usenet and saw that this was the very first post I made way back. I don’t really need a
screensaver anymore with just blanking the screen in Win 10 I used to love fractint. I will take a look at your links though as I have begun to get back into fractals. I remember doing things like plotting the Lorenz attractor on paper with an old TI99/
4A. My monitor was a tv at the time. Thanks again for the info. I appreciate it.

Thanks,
Pat

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On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:31:28 -0700 (PDT), Pat Garvey
<pfgarvey@gmail.com> wrote:

Never got a response. I didn't realize alt.fractals was non-canonical.
Should have posted to this group.Anyway...


Original post in alt.fractals:

3/21/92 Patrick F. Garvey

can anyone tell me if fractint ( or any program using palette animation)
could be used as a screen saver. checked the recent FAQ , but found no answer.
thanks all. this is my first posting: golly!!!

I used to use it as a screensaver but that was millions of years
ago, in the previous Millennium under Windows 3.11 and ME.

I'm not sure it would work with WinTen but why not just install it
and see? It would only take a few minutes and even if it doesn't
you've still got the ability to create and save millions of gorgeous
images.

I can't run it as it is incompatible with my Win7/64.


https://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&language=english&query=fractal+screensaver&pl=ff

The first linkie,
https://www.screensaversplanet.com/screensavers/themes/fractal does
not mention Fractint.


There is a fractal screensaver called "Fractal Laboratory Screen
Saver". It generates tiny fractal panels onscreen. It's only 2MB and
it does run under Win7/64.

"Freeware fractalgenerator Fractalus" also works fine under W7/64 but
it's not really a screensaver. It does make movies, though, so you
could use the Windows picture screensaver to fake a slideshow.

There are many other fractal-drawing tools. I used to collect some
and they still hang around in a seedy dive on my PC's hard-drive but I
don't run them so often as I used to.

I hope some of this helps.
J.

Maybe the FAQ has been updated???

John,

Thanks for the response. It was 10,047 days in the making.

Oh. Well. Better late than never, yes?

It was kind of a joke: if you look you will see the post date
was originally 3/21/1992!

Even had I bothered to look, I would have assumed that your PC's
clock had somehow been corrupted. Still, good joke. I'll be more
careful in the future.

I was looking up Usenet and saw that this was the very first post
I made way back. I don’t really need a screensaver anymore with
just blanking the screen in Win 10 I used to love fractint.
I will take a look at your links though as I have begun to get
back into fractals. I remember doing things like plotting the
Lorenz attractor on paper with an old TI99/4A.

Yeah, fractals on older tech were often fun.

My monitor was a tv at the time.

My first PC and its successor both used the TV. I still have them and
they still work but today's TV's are probably too much of a beast for
them to drive. I really must try it some day.

Thanks again for the info. I appreciate it.

It's cool. I was looking up stuff for this guy on the Internet,
anyway.

J.

Thanks,
Pat

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