Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Inspired by NCommander video Rendering Complex Images On A 39-Year Old PC With BASIC youtu.be/TDDH29qym04


Mandelbrot set posted as a challenge on Reddit's /r/retrobattlestations
Github github.com/RetroBattlestations/MandelbaumSet

Hardware
Amstrad PPC 512
NEC V30 processor running at 8 MHz (I actually think it is a Sony CXQ70116P-8 CPU)
INTEL D8087-2 DIP-40 Arithmetic Processor
512KB RAM
RGBitoHDMI 8" Colour HDMI Panel
GoTek Drive
One Physical 720KB 3.5" Drive


Software
MSDOS 3.30
Microsoft QBASIC 4.0

Corrections:
CGI should have been CGA

AT machine should have been XT machine
Oops