Hello, I've just managed to build Xfractint using the tarball xfractint-20.04p03.tar.gz downloaded from http://www.fractint.org/ftp/current/linux/ on a Linux Fedora Core 4 x86_64 install running on a Dell PowerEdge SC420 server which has an Intel Celeron D processor supporting EM64T i.e. 64-bit linux on a 64-bit machine. I had to edit the makefile a little, changing the "-mcpu=pentium" to "-mtune=nocona" and changing -usr/X11R6/lib in the LIBS define to /usr/X11R6/lib64. Once built, it at least runs and gives me the default mandelbrot, and I can get into the menus and change the type to Julia and draw it. Haven't tested it any further. Not sure about speed as I only ever use the PC version of fractint! Iain.
-----Original Message----- From: fractdev-bounces+iain_stirling=btinternet.com@mailman.xmission .com [mailto:fractdev-bounces+iain_stirling=btinternet.com@mailman. xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tim Wegner Sent: 01 October 2005 15:39 To: Fractdev@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fractdev] 64 Bit version of Fractint
Paul asked:
A client of mine has been experimenting with a 64 bit version of LINUX and is wondering if there has been a version of XFractint compiled under a 64 bit environment. Has this been done? Is it being considered for a future release?
Anyone with the appropriate target environment could try. Neither Jonathan (as far as I know) nor I have a 64 bit machine yet.
It should just be a matter of taking account of long being 64 bits instead of 32 bits. It's hard to know in advance how pervasive the changes would be.
From it's roots as a DOS medium memory model application, I'm sceptical that there's anything about 64 bit Linux that would benefit xfractint without a major rewrite - but then it would be a different program.
Tim
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