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From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Star Trek II graphics: "The Genesis Effect"
Keywords: star trek graphics genesis
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Date: 9 Oct 88 14:04:15 GMT
References: <277@pte.UUCP> <523@epicb.UUCP> <12672@oberon.USC.EDU>
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In article <12672@oberon.USC.EDU> ahoffman@skat.usc.edu (Alan M. Hoffman) writes:
 >An interesting sidebar to the "Genesis Effect" article is that all of those
 >funky "particle" sequences--the random "flames" and the wave effect--were
 >generated using fractical math.

Sorry, they were generated with a "particle system".  This has
nothing to do with fractals other than the fact that both use
random numbers and can be used for "data-base enhancement."

 >Last I heard, they were using a
 >version of the Cray 2 called an XMP, designed especially for graphics work,
 >to do the number crunching.

The XMP is a version of the Cray-1 not the -2.

 >Wish I could do that on my XT!

What you need is the new Cray XMPC.  :-)
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