Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!alligator.cis.ohio-state.edu!david_r_watters From: david_r_watters@alligator.cis.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Lynx Easter Egg (Lynx does Mandelbrot and Julia Explorations) Message-ID: <79024@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 16:41:47 GMT References: <5A04060A29370275-MTACY830*U009@CCIW> Sender: usenet_news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: david r watters Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 19 In article <5A04060A29370275-MTACY830*U009@CCIW> U009@CCIW.BITNET writes: >As revealed recently on GEnie, the Lynx game "Chip's Challenge" has a >secret mode. If the password "MAND" is entered, the game changes into >a Mandelbrot and Julia set explorer. While the performance is poor by . >speed is quite acceptable for a kid (like me!). The Option 2 button >will cycle the color look up table CW or CCW for a neat animation. >(Computing ceases while the animation is on.) Wrong. The color cycling is one of the many built in graphics functions and does not stop the computation nor even slow it down! After hiting option2 it stops, you can then hit option1 to continue redering while it cycles. If you hit option2 again it will reverse direction, a third time will stop it. If there is any pause of about 15sec. the Lynx will automatically start generating again, with or without the cycle on. You can also pick from 13 color palettes, and very the speed of the cycle. DW