diff --git a/cs677/final/Makefile b/cs677/final/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/cs677/final/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+CXX := mpiCC
+CXXFLAGS := `sdl-config --cflags`
+LDFLAGS := `sdl-config --libs`
+TARGET := mpi-fractals
+OBJS := mpi-fractals.o
+
+all: $(TARGET)
+
+$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+%.o: %.cc
+	$(CXX) -o $@ -c $< $(CXXFLAGS)
+
+clean:
+	-rm -f *.o *~ $(TARGET)
diff --git a/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc b/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
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+++ b/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Josh Holtrop
+ * 2008-12-11
+ * barebones SDL program
+ */
+
+#include <SDL/SDL.h>
+#include <mpi.h>
+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+    int width = 800;
+    int height = 600;
+
+    SDL_Surface * screen;
+    SDL_Event event;
+
+    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO))
+    {
+        cerr << "Failed to initialize SDL!" << endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    atexit(SDL_Quit);
+
+    if (!(screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(width, height, 32, 0)))
+    {
+        cerr << "Failed to set video mode!" << endl;
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    Uint32 * pixels = (Uint32 *) screen->pixels;
+    Uint32 c;
+    for (c = 0; c < width * height; c++)
+        *pixels++ = c;
+    SDL_UpdateRect(screen, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+    bool going = true;
+    while (going && SDL_WaitEvent(&event) != 0)
+    {
+        switch (event.type)
+        {
+            case SDL_QUIT:
+                going = false;
+                break;
+            case SDL_KEYDOWN:
+                if (event.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_q)
+                    going = false;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}