Anyone run DOS Fractint in CMD window in WinXP mode of Win7 Prof. 32-bit?
Has anyone tried to run DOS Fractint in the CMD window in the WinXP mode of Windows 7 Professional 32-bit or 64-bit -- and if so -- which one? I hoping to gracefully retire my WinXP before Microsoft ends support in April 2014... - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane@earthlink.net ######################## --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
I tried VirtualBOX by Oracle. I am presently trying to figure out how to enable virtual cores, because it might let me run Win98, Second Edition. I am running windows 8 (~32 gig on disk, 1 gig in RAM (HS)), so I do not even hav the option of XP mode. Bill Gates is a greedy %#$@^*, too. I deleted eighty percent of the stuff on my startup screen, because it wuz selling me stuff that duz not do what I want, and I totally remapped what opens what. My support for Micro$oft haz ended. If I do not need any features in Nero Ten that I did not hav with Nero Six, then I will boot this thing with the recovery disks for my old desktop (Windows XP), and go with a LOT of freeware support for XP (and Linux VirtualBoxes). Decision: 2014-03-25 (my birthday). I would love to run F4WB5, and it duzn't hav either the palette editor or the aspect ratio right, so I do not like saving parameter files under it. On 2013-12-17 1:39 AM, Hal Lane wrote:
Has anyone tried to run DOS Fractint in the CMD window in the WinXP mode of Windows 7 Professional 32-bit or 64-bit -- and if so -- which one?
I hoping to gracefully retire my WinXP before Microsoft ends support in April 2014...
- Hal Lane
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If you're virtualising anyway, why not use FreeDos? This is (largely) open source. I've just tried this to see if it works. It does. Subjectively, it's nowhere near as fast as XFractint, and SOI in particular is really slow. I would send you the appliance in open virtualisation format, if you like. It's 33.1 MiB. Just a bit worried about copyright before I dump it on the Internet, although it should all be OK, I think. Is it OK to bundle Freedos + Fractint in this way? Kind regards, Rupert On 18/12/13 01:05, Jay Litwyn wrote:
I tried VirtualBOX by Oracle. I am presently trying to figure out how to enable virtual cores, because it might let me run Win98, Second Edition. I am running windows 8 (~32 gig on disk, 1 gig in RAM (HS)), so I do not even hav the option of XP mode. Bill Gates is a greedy %#$@^*, too. I deleted eighty percent of the stuff on my startup screen, because it wuz selling me stuff that duz not do what I want, and I totally remapped what opens what. My support for Micro$oft haz ended. If I do not need any features in Nero Ten that I did not hav with Nero Six, then I will boot this thing with the recovery disks for my old desktop (Windows XP), and go with a LOT of freeware support for XP (and Linux VirtualBoxes). Decision: 2014-03-25 (my birthday).
I would love to run F4WB5, and it duzn't hav either the palette editor or the aspect ratio right, so I do not like saving parameter files under it.
On 2013-12-17 1:39 AM, Hal Lane wrote:
Has anyone tried to run DOS Fractint in the CMD window in the WinXP mode of Windows 7 Professional 32-bit or 64-bit -- and if so -- which one?
I hoping to gracefully retire my WinXP before Microsoft ends support in April 2014...
- Hal Lane
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Mere aggregation iz not a copyright concern. The size of file, however, iz. The usual limit for e-mail is four meg az deterrent for mail bombing. The file should also be scanned for viruses. While I expect that you will do what you can, it's better if it's a public release for several people on a mailing list, so you're making the offer correctly. You are welcome to use any free or paid web host. I use http://www.000webhost.com/ for my website. I would expect THEM to scan for viruses, and I got a hint from McAfee that they don't, and I do not know who to ask if they scan. They recommend FTP other than windows, and so do I, because windows iz not reliable. I lost some files when I moved my website. On 2013-12-18 3:22 PM, Rupert Millard wrote:
If you're virtualising anyway, why not use FreeDos? This is (largely) open source.
I've just tried this to see if it works. It does. Subjectively, it's nowhere near as fast as XFractint, and SOI in particular is really slow. I would send you the appliance in open virtualisation format, if you like. It's 33.1 MiB. Just a bit worried about copyright before I dump it on the Internet, although it should all be OK, I think. Is it OK to bundle Freedos + Fractint in this way?
Kind regards,
Rupert
On 18/12/13 01:05, Jay Litwyn wrote:
I tried VirtualBOX by Oracle. I am presently trying to figure out how to enable virtual cores, because it might let me run Win98, Second Edition. I am running windows 8 (~32 gig on disk, 1 gig in RAM (HS)), so I do not even hav the option of XP mode. Bill Gates is a greedy %#$@^*, too. I deleted eighty percent of the stuff on my startup screen, because it wuz selling me stuff that duz not do what I want, and I totally remapped what opens what. My support for Micro$oft haz ended. If I do not need any features in Nero Ten that I did not hav with Nero Six, then I will boot this thing with the recovery disks for my old desktop (Windows XP), and go with a LOT of freeware support for XP (and Linux VirtualBoxes). Decision: 2014-03-25 (my birthday).
I would love to run F4WB5, and it duzn't hav either the palette editor or the aspect ratio right, so I do not like saving parameter files under it.
On 2013-12-17 1:39 AM, Hal Lane wrote:
Has anyone tried to run DOS Fractint in the CMD window in the WinXP mode of Windows 7 Professional 32-bit or 64-bit -- and if so -- which one?
I hoping to gracefully retire my WinXP before Microsoft ends support in April 2014...
- Hal Lane
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