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From: dkonerding@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: CHAOS
Message-ID: <409@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 89 00:22:30 GMT
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	Hi folks.  I've written a very tiny BASIC program which simulates the
"game of chaos", as seen on NOVA.  It's a simple game, played often on a peice
of paper, although it's quite more exciting to watch at higher speeds (like
LIFE).  The rules are also simple- place three dots on a blank paper, they
form a triangle.  Choose one dot as a starting dot.  Roll a 6-sided die.  If
you get a 1 or 2, draw a dot exactly halfway between the starting point and
the first dot you drew.  If you get a 3 or 4, draw it between the starting
point and the second dot on the page.  5 or 6- and the third dot in the
"triangle".  Make this new halfway point the new starting point, and start
over-- roll the die, etc.  Due to the nature of strange attractors, it was
draw a fascinating pattern, certainly the best in any two line program I've
ever seen.  If you'd like it, I can post it to comp.apple2.binaries-- just
ask.  I've also got a ZBASIC version which I wrote, which positivitely flies.

	Any one else out there found any other implementations of the game? 
I've written an IBM (boo!) version which also works well and has color-- I can
imagine what a GS could do.  If you have another version, tell me where to
find it and what it can do-- mine just plays the simple game, although I've
started expanding it to include more points, more rules, thirds instead of
halves, etc.