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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Unzip the MbfLite.zip file, extracting the files into a
temporary location.  The extracted files may be deleted when
the installation is complete.

2. Minimize your other programs in Windows 95 or Windows 98.

3. Locate and double-click on the setup.exe file that was
extracted.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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INSTALLED FILES AND DIRECTORIES
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During installation, you will be asked to specify a destination
directory for the Mind-Boggling Fractals Lite software.  The
following files and directories will be installed in that
directory:

  File/Directory   Description
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  MbfLite.exe      The program.

  MbfLite.dll      Dll file for fractal computations and graphics.

  Tutorial.txt     Tutorial file used by the program.  It can also
                   be read using NotepadWordpad.

  St6unst.log      A file used to uninstall Mind-Boggling Fractals.
                   *** DO NOT REMOVE THIS FILE ***

  Images           A directory containing some sample images.
                   The default directory for saving/loading images.

  Colormaps        A directory containing some sample colormaps.
                   The default directory for saving/loading colormaps.

  Parameters       A directory containing an example parameter file.
                   The default directory for saving/loading parameter
                   files.

  MsetLvSt         A directory containing 160x120 resolution Mset
                   images using Level Set rendering.  Useful for
                   quick exploring.

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UNINSTALLATION
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Use the Add/Remove Programs program from the Control Panel to
uninstall the installed files.  It is recommended that you move
any files from the Images, Colormaps and Parameter directories
that you want to save prior to uninstallation.  The uninstall
program will prompt you about the removal of any files remaining
in these directories.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE FULL VERSION
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The Lite version of Mind-Boggling Fractals provides just a sampling
of what is available in the full version of the Mind-Boggling Fractals
(MBF) program.  The Lite version has 6 builtin equations, the full
version has 35.  The lite version has 9 rendering methods, the full
version has 20.  The full version has a very easy to use user-defined
equations editor that allows you to experiment with almost any
equation you can dream up, and you don't have to be a mathematician or
programmer to use it.  The user-defined equations editor is one of the
most popular features of the full MBF program.

The full version of MBF is sold on a CD that also contains 730 images
that were created using MBF and that can be loaded into the MBF
program and modified in an infinite number of ways.  The images on the
CD can also provide starting points for your own explorations.

In addition to all this, owners of the full version have unlimited
access to the MBF User Support Area where several free programs can be
found that were written by the author of MBF, as well as many
user-contributed parameter files and colormaps.  The free programs
include, among others, a high quality anti-aliasing program and a
program that generates Lyapunov images using the same type of
user-friendly interface as the MBF program.  The MBF User Support Area
always contains the very latest upgrade to the MBF program.  The
upgades are free to all MBF CD owners and will run only if MBF has
been previously installed from the distribution CD.

Support for the MBF program does not end with the MBF User Support Area.
The author of MBF is available by email for answering questions about
MBF and questions about fractals in general.  There is also an MBF
mailing list that owners of the MBF CD can subscribe to at no cost,
where they can learn from other MBF users.

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THE USUAL DISCLAIMER
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Paul W. Carlson makes no warranty or representation, either
expressed or implied, with respect to the Software or its
contents, quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness
for a particular purpose. In no event will Paul W. Carlson be
liable to you or any other party for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, consequential, or other damages arising out of
the use of or inability to use the Software or its contents.

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This freeware version does not include the level of support that
the full version does.  However, if you have any questions regarding
the program, or would like more detailed information about the
full version, please email me at mbfractals@home.com

All the best,
Paul Carlson