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Mandelbrot fractals rendered on BBC Micro via new programs

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The BBC Micro computer is now capable of rendering Mandelbrot fractals, thanks to three new programs developed by a user. These programs are available in the 'fractals' repository, with listings and a disc image provided for the BBC Micro's DFS (Disc Filing System). The project brings the mathematical concept of fractals to a retro computing platform. AI

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RANK_REASON The item describes a software release for a retro computing platform, which is a niche tooling update.

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Mandelbrot fractals rendered on BBC Micro via new programs

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    Mandelbrots on the BBC Micro There are three programs, and they're now in the bbc/ folder of my fractals repo, as plain listings and on a DFS disc image. https:

    Mandelbrots on the BBC Micro There are three programs, and they're now in the bbc/ folder of my fractals repo, as plain listings and on a DFS disc image. https:// blog.0x32.co.uk/posts/bbc-micr o-mandelbrot/ # tech # fractals # mandelbrot # bbcmicro # basic # retro # claude # ai …

    LINKS blog.0x32.co.uk/…/bbc-micro-mandelbrot

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