T.B.SPIROGRAFIX
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FILENAME(S): T.B.SPIROGRAFIX
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... S P I R O G R A F I X..
BY ELWIX AND STYLE... ELWIX IS OF
FICIALLY LOADSTAR'S.FAVORITE DEMO WRITER
-- AT LEAST.UNTIL SOME OTHER DEMOIST CO
MES ALONG.WHO IS AS FULL OF IMAGINATION,
.EXPERTISE AND STYLE AS ELWIX.OBVIOUSLY
IS. READ THE "LONG AND.BORING" INTRO TE
XT OF THIS DEMO AND.YOU'LL FIND OUT WHO
THE MEMBERS OF.STYLE ARE. YOU'LL ALSO F
IND THAT.IT'S NOT SO BORING AFTER ALL, A
ND.THAT ELWIX HAS HIT UPON A TERRIFIC.WA
Y TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE INTO THE.WORLD OF
DEMOS -- HE MAKES THEM.INTERACTIVE AND I
MAGINATIVE... WE'VE HAD INTERACTIVE D
EMOS.BEFORE BUT ELWIX SEEMS TO GO OUT OF
.HIS WAY TO DRAW THE VIEWER INTO HIS.DEM
OS. HE HAS THE OBLIGATORY."GREETZ", OF
COURSE, BUT HE SEEMS TO.BE ACTUALLY GREE
TING OTHER CODERS,.NOT JUST SHOWING OFF
HIS HIPNESS..THEN HIS SPIROGRAPH PLOTTER
ALLOWS.YOU TO CHANGE MORE PARAMETERS TH
AN I.WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A SPIROGRAPH.PRO
GRAM HAD. AS I USED A JOYSTICK IN.PORT
#2 TO INCREMENT OR DECREMENT THE.MANY PA
RAMETERS, WATCHING WHAT EACH.LITTLE ADJU
STMENT DID TO THE PATTERN,.I BEGAN TO UN
DERSTAND A BIT BETTER.THE POWER OF TRIG
FUNCTIONS. YOU.WOULDN'T THINK THAT THE
SIMPLE RATIOS.OF THE SIDES OF TRIANGLES
COULD.PRODUCE SUCH INTRIGUING "CURVED".P
ATTERNS... BUT THEN YOU WOULDN'T THIN
K THAT.THE RELATIVELY SIMPLE FORMULAS OF
.FRACTALS WOULD PRODUCT SOMETHING LIKE.M
ANDELBROT PATTERNS, EITHER... YOUR CO
MPUTER MAY NOT SAVE YOU.MONEY OR TIME, B
UT IT SURE CAN.DEMOSTRATE THE BEAUTY OF
SIMPLICITY.-- WHEN REITERATED OVER AND O
VER..AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME...
THANKS, ELWIX. I'LL NEVER LOOK.AT A SP
IROGRAPH THE SAME WAY AGAIN...FT.. \\\\
R - RUN RETURN - MENU \\\\.
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