Who is working on WinFract?
Who is working on WinFract? What operating systems does WinFract run under? Win 3.1? Win 9x, ME, NT, 2K, XP? What is its current status and what are its needs? - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net # ######################### -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/06
Hal,
Who is working on WinFract?
That would be me. I also work on Fractint and Xfractint.
What operating systems does WinFract run under? Win 3.1? Win 9x, ME, NT, 2K, XP?
I have it running on XP.
What is its current status and what are its needs?
The current Fractint code source has been incorporated into WinFract and it compiles and runs. It is still a 16-bit application, however. There is still a lot of functionality that needs to be fixed or added. Jonathan
Who is working on WinFract?
Jonathan Osuch is the only one consistently working on Fractint (any version) these days, with occasional help from me and occasional help from others who take an interest in some feature or other.
What operating systems does WinFract run under? Win 3.1? Win 9x, ME, NT, 2K, XP?
Winfract is compiled for the original Windows 3.1 environment using the same segmented memory model as DOS. I believe Winfract still runs under all released versions of Windows - not sure about Vista - but only because DOS is to some degree supported by versions of Vistas.
What is its current status and what are its needs?
Winfract was originally developed by Bert Tyler based on a much older than current version of Fractint. Jonathan has merged Winfract with the latest DOS developer version, but not everything works. To help with Winfract development you need Microsoft C version 7, or maybe Borland C. Obviously Fractint/Winfract would benefit by being ported to a more modern environment, but this is an abstract discussion unless one has both lots of skill and lots of time not to mention lots of commitment. Worthy starts have been made over the years by a number of people, some of whom frequent this forum. All of them give up some fraction of Fractint's features in order to move to the new environment. Tim
In article <453E4AB5.567.187CCC@twegner.swbell.net>, "Tim Wegner" <twegner@swbell.net> writes:
Obviously Fractint/Winfract would benefit by being ported to a more modern environment, but this is an abstract discussion unless one has both lots of skill and lots of time not to mention lots of commitment. Worthy starts have been made over the years by a number of people, some of whom frequent this forum. All of them give up some fraction of Fractint's features in order to move to the new environment.
The attempt I made gave up no features, but didn't ever get merged into any of the existing CVS code branches. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html>
G'day guys, I was able to get a platform working in 32 bit windows and true colour, but it is limited in the rich functionality of fractint. I guess we have to make a decision about the easiest way to proceed. Many have tried to port the existing 16 bit code to 32 bits and it has failed. I wonder if we can start with my code that works well on XP and otther 32 bit windows systems and port one function at a time. At least we can keep up with the operating systems that Micro$not are releasing and growing towards a more final solution. We are falling way behind. 256 colours, 16 bit code and DOS, just don't cut it that well any more. Comments welcome. Best regards, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul de Leeuw Computers NSW Central Coast, Australia Email: pdeleeuw@deleeuw.com.au www: < http://www.deleeuw.com.au> ABN 72 360 822 562 ---------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: fractdev-bounces+pdeleeuw=telstra.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractdev-bounces+pdeleeuw=telstra.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2006 8:29 AM To: Fractint developer's list Subject: Re: [Fractdev] Who is working on WinFract? In article <453E4AB5.567.187CCC@twegner.swbell.net>, "Tim Wegner" <twegner@swbell.net> writes:
Obviously Fractint/Winfract would benefit by being ported to a more modern environment, but this is an abstract discussion unless one has both lots of skill and lots of time not to mention lots of commitment. Worthy starts have been made over the years by a number of people, some of whom frequent this forum. All of them give up some fraction of Fractint's features in order to move to the new environment.
The attempt I made gave up no features, but didn't ever get merged into any of the existing CVS code branches. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> _______________________________________________ Fractdev mailing list Fractdev@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractdev
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Tim Wegner