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From: eli@smectos.gang.umass.edu (Eli Brandt)
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Subject: Re: VGA Color Cycling
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Date: 20 May 91 17:27:36 GMT
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In article <1991May15.145611.2083@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> hlaufman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Harry B Laufman) writes:
>
>The program FRACTINT, which generates fractal images, has a VGA color
>cycling feature which changes the palette so rapidly that the images
>are animated.  With 256 color VGA its a spectacular show.  With a care-
>fully chosen cycle of colors the image can be topographic.
>
>Anyone know any references (or code) for doing these rapid palette changes?
>Thanks and regards,  Harry  hlaufman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

You might look at the Fractint source code (frasrc.???), which is probably
available from wherever you got fraint.???

It's mostly in C, but the video stuff, palette-cycling routines included,
is probably going to be in assembly, in video.asm

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