Alpha and Omega
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THIS IS THE BOOT
 TO 'ALFA-OMEGA'
    RELEASED    
   30-JUN-1991  



ough, yo



stay tuned while loading
raytraced fractals



coder in charge: 

(coding, 3d objects, design) 
assistant coder: 

(math algorithms, 3d objects, design) 

credits also to: 
silmarillion for the eleidon grapichs
cruncher and realtime decruncher
ramjet for all graphics on this demo
peter for the music

if you are a good:
graphics artist
music artist
coder
then send me samples of your work
cocy/pmc
varatunveien 57
4300 sandnes
norway

for contact with pure metal coders:
flush/pmc
gamle postvei 30
4300 sandnes
norway
lord helmet/pmc
bergelandsv. 12
4060 kleppe
norway

try our board:
+47-6-833547  (piece of heaven)

and the end  of all our
exploring  will  be  to
arrive where we started
and know  the place for
the first time.
t.s. eliott
END!



ALPHA AND OMEGA, A PURE METAL CODERS RELEASE.      WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1991
FEATURING THE NEW RECVEC SYSTEM, FOR HIGH SPEED VECTOR ANIMATION AT HIGH COMPRESSION RATIOS.
THE DODECAHEDRON AMUSED THE OLD GREEKS, AND IT'S STILL A PUZZLE TO CALCULATE THE 3D CORDINATES
A FAMILIAR OBJECT IN A DIFFERENT WAY
CLASSICAL GEOMETRIC OBJECTS IN HARMONY WITH COMPUTER AGE FRACTALS.  A FORCEFULL COMBINATION OF REALTIME VECTOR AND ANIMATION.
BUT THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THE SPHERE WOULD LOOK BETTER IF RENDERED WITH A RAY TRACER
THE ANIMATION IS RENDERED WITH A SPECIALLY MADE FRACTAL RAY TRACER
THE MAPPING ON THE SPHERES ARE THE ATTRACTIVE BASINS OF A FOURTH GRADE POLYNOMIAL SOLVED WITH NEWTONS METHOD
A VISUAL EXPERIMENT: MANDELBROT SET MAGNIFIED ON A RIEMANN SPHERE
TRAVERSING THE DEEP STRUCTURES OF SPACE IS THE ESCORT OF ALEF-1 CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THEIR MOTHER SHIP, THE IMPERIAL STAR CRUISER ALEF-1 THE MOST MAGNIFICENT OF MAN'S CREATION TO DATE. 5800 METERS LONG THE SHIP IS UNABLE TO ENTER ANY PLANETS GRAVITY FIELD, AND IS LEFT TO RELY TOTALLY ON IT'S OWN FLEET OF LESSER SPACE CRAFTS. THE PROPELLING SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN THE UNIVERSE. NOW FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THE INTERIOR OF THE REACTOR VAULT WILL BE REVEALED HERE LIVE ON CNN.
 A CUSTOM MADE FRACTAL
FOR INSTACE THIS SEQUENCE HAS A COMPRESSION RATIO OF 260:1
BUT WE ALSO DO REALTIME LIGHTSOURCED VECTOR.
THE GHOST OF MESMERIZED      
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OBJECT SPONSORED BY PENTAGON   
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THIS IS CNN REPORTING LIVE FROM A BOX
5 BITPLANES, WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T ?  
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RIEMANN SPHERE COMPRESSED WITH ELEIDON
SO WE DID IT !         
WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE LARGEST RAYTRACED ANIMATION FOUND IN A DEMO, BOTH IN RESPECT TO SCREEN SIZE AND NUMBER OF FRAMES
ALSO COMPRESSED WITH ELEIDON
BUT NOW FOR A TRIP INTO DEEP SPACE
HERE IS A CARDBOARD MAN 6 FOOT TALL     
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AND THIS IS HIS TWIN BROTHER       
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THIS IS NOT A BLITTER-STRECHER OR ANYTHING SIMILAR, BUT A LOOPED ZOOMING SEQUENCE ON AN IFS RANDOM ITERATION FRACTAL.
THATS ALL FOLKS! STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE PMC PRODUCTIONS.