Are you/we going to turn the floating point only work into version 20.2.05?

I owe you a cleanup of the float only packages I already uploaded. That doesn't need to be a new patch. Then there's some more stuff we can take out for a new patch as we discussed about before. The packages that are there now I believe are accurate as far as the code is concerned. They were just deficient as distributable packages in their selection of files. I'll fix that. I didn't do anything on fractint this weekend (nor the last few, for that matter). I installed a 100 gb drive to use as backup for my computers. The drive cost me $150 with tax. I recall spending $900 for a 10 mb drive :-) I was worried if my computer was too old for the new drive, and was suprised that I didn't even have to enter any numbers in setup. Plug and play actually works. I'll work on Fractint this coming weekend if not sooner.

I found out that Mandrake 8.2 needs a patch to let you install it on a pentium machine. That was the problem I was having with my desktop.

Mandrake is usually aggressive about using compiler optimizations that obsolete older chips. Which exact pentiums are obsolete? I haven't had any trouble.

Are you passing through Iowa in June?

Going to a family reunion in Colorado June 20th or so. Sometime in July I will fly over Iowa to visit my mother. With the nest now empty and vacation scarce, flying is the more common option these days. Tim