2000 BC
2000 BC is an abandoned project. A very close friend of mine, Oliver Wirjadi, and I started programming at the the age of fifteen. We produced small programs that did stupid things, believing that someday we would find our place among computer scientists. For one of us -- not me -- this has become reality: Oliver is now studying Informatik at the Technical University of Berlin.
The name is maybe the only thing worth explaining: One of the first amateur programs we got our hands on demanded professional recognition by having the futuristic name xyz 2000. (No comment on Microsoft's Windows 2000...) We found the program to be so despicably bad, to be honest, of the same quality we could have programmed right then and there. We decided, in a moment of self-irony, to append to the names of all our programs "2000 BC". We stuck to the name despite our belief that the programs had gotten better. Now, looking back on things, I'm quite happy that we never took suffix away....
What you can download here are the more productive fruits of our labor. Use without warranty and enjoy!
PingPong v3.0
The one and only piece of software which I would still be proud to present is a game of PingPong. Clean, wholesome fun for the whole family!
BenFract v12.0.1
This fractal generator was created as part of a school project. The assignment was
to create a small program that draws, based on compile-time parameters, a mandelbrot
fractal. A command-line, no extras, easy and boring no-good program. This was, by no
means enough for me, and so I sat down and extended this program "a bit".
Finishing the regular assignment ahead of time, I went on to add the possibility
to enter parameters at run-time. Cumbersome zooming functions were added. Selection
between a Mandelbrot and Julia set was added. A few mathematical speedups became
interesting, and were implemented. Symmetrical drawing as a half-the calculation-time
speed-up was added. Then came the menus, starting with arrow-key support, developed
into a fully functional, menu-driven, user friendly interface.
Support for smaller-than-resolution fractals, and the saving of calculated fractals
into a propitary fractal file was implemented. Soon bitmap (BMP) files were supported.
Now different palettes were added, and the saving of them.
In version 10.0 SEQUENCE GENERATION ran successfully. That means you can
not just zoom in, but fly in, into your own animated fractal sequence!!! These
sequences can be saved and converted to BMP files, for later editing.
3D fractals became a challenge, but not for long: they are now an everyday experience for BenFract users.
SkiManager v5.1
Dieses Programm dient der Verwaltung und Vermietung von Ski und Skischuhen.
SkiManager läuft auf allen PCs, egal wie alt. SkiManager lockt mit
einer einfachen intuitiven Bedienung. Demo Version. Die Vollversion ist
kostenlos auf Nachfrage erhältlich.
