A86: Re: Sierpinski Gasket - Dan Eble Check This Out! =)

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Subject: A86: Re: Sierpinski Gasket - Dan Eble Check This Out! =)
From: "Dux Gregis" <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 01:34:25 -0500
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I was working on a Mandelbrot Set too. I wrote quick version in basic before I tried the asm, but I lost that. My asm version had 4 layers of gray; I gave up on it because I couldn't get the floating point calls to work right. I lost the whole source to what I had when I lost my hard drive :-(

But if you have questions I might be able to help you out :-)

Hi,

I found Dan Eble's Sieprinski Drawer amongst the other 86 graphic stuff. I decided I could make it faster/smaller!...I did =).

The file attached is what I came up with.

The file includes the TI-BASIC version of the program, the ASM Source, and the ASM program itself.

SeirpinA - Asm program

SeirpinB - Basic program (still very fast, when compared to the one the TI-86 manual describes)

SeirpinA.asm - The ASM source

The program uses my own routine that puts random iteration to shame! It's 100% accurate, and is very fast! (Takes about 0.2 seconds to draw the screen)! In addition, the program is way smaller! (138 bytes according to windows, 89 bytes according to windows, 71 bytes according to ASM Studio).

BEAT THAT EBLE! =P

-Dave (aka BIOS)

PS - I'm currently working on the Koch Curve fractal and the Mandelbrot Set. I hope to have the Mandelbrot Set released soon, as right now I'm toying with the best way to approach converting it to ASM. Should I include zoom? The problem with that is the complexity of working with large decimals on the 86 =(. Another problem with the mandelbrot set is that it's represented by differing shades of colour...my problem is...well...obvious =(.