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VirtualBox version of FreeDos with Fractint
by Harold Lane 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

David, Many thanks for your links to the VirtualBox version of FreeDos with Fractint included/embedded! I'm going to give this a try on my Win 10 computer. You said: "it's isolated from the rest of your system." I have a question: If Fractint writes its images to an isolated virtual hard drive, what methods can one use to get the Images from there to the Windows environment in order to share? - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of David W Riccio Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 8:09 PM To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fractint] JunoCam fractal video There is a VirtualBox version on https://fractint.net/ that works on Windows 10 (any Op Sys that will run VirtualBox) It is running in FreeDOS in a VM so it isolated from the rest of your system. Look at this link https://fractint.net/ftp/virtual_environments/ On 06/09/2017 03:56 PM, mchris(a)value.net - Webmail wrote: > Cool! > > My apologies, I've been in lurk mode for a while, not paying attention to any relevant posts on the subject. > > I bought a new computer last year, and want to get back into fractals. In there a version of Fractint that will run on Windoze 10, and if so where can I get it? I've been to the Fractint page: > > http://www.nahee.com/spanky/www/fractint/fractint.html > > It looks pretty dated. I've seen links for Windoze versions through third party sites, but hesitate to go that route. Want to get the latest/greatest. > > Aloha, > Bud > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Wegner" <tim(a)tswegner.net> > To: "Fractint and General Fractals Discussion" > <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 4:39:08 PM > Subject: [Fractint] JunoCam fractal video > > Watch this full screen with the sound turned to maximum so as to enjoy > the sountrack excerpt from "2001: A Space Odyssey". Video by Gerald > Eichstädt reconstructed from JunoCam Images and SPICE Data and Seán > Doran who post-processed the original version, and added the sound track. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQbTBt418o&feature=youtu.be > > Youtube links are a little tricky, if I messed up try searching in > youtube for "Juno Perijove 06" > > A fine example of fractals in the natural world. > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > Fractint mailing list > Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint > > > _______________________________________________ > Fractint mailing list > Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint -- -David Lemon Creek Digital www.lemoncreekdigital.com _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Fraqcel ~ A fractal explorer for MS Excel -- astounding, if not a hoax
by Harold Lane 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

I chanced across something astounding -- if it's not a hoax: "Fraqcel ~ A fractal explorer for MS Excel" http://tinyurl.com/Excel-fractal-explorer or: http://www.fractalforums.com/announcements-and-news/fraqcel-~-a-fractal-expl orer-for-ms-excel/ "VBA code is embedded into the Excel workbook and compiled at runtime" - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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DOSBox is another approach
by Timothy Wegner 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

I wouldn't want to discourage any of the discussions here about how to run Fractint under a modern OS, in fact I'd like to encourage them. Some folks have invested quality and skilled time with amazing technical experimentation. Just to say that the easiest way to run the DOS fractint on just about any platform under the sun is to use DOSBox. For the supported platforms see: https://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1. One caveat with DOSBox or any of the other methods is video mode support. To get the most out of fractint, the environment needs to have high resolution VESA video modes (if not using disk video). For this reason I prefer the so-called DOSBox svn builds (based on the svn source code, but with extensions), in particular the ones at http://ykhwong.x-y.net/, because they have better video support than the stock DOSBox I have even installed DOSBox on my Android phone and run Fractint, that that that arrangement is very usable (I had to install a different keyboard to get anything to work). I know we have touched on this subject before. Not bad that we are revisiting it again now. I'll be interested to see what folks come up with. Tim

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JunoCam fractal video
by Timothy Wegner 10 Jun '17

10 Jun '17

Watch this full screen with the sound turned to maximum so as to enjoy the sountrack excerpt from "2001: A Space Odyssey". Video by Gerald Eichstädt reconstructed from JunoCam Images and SPICE Data and Seán Doran who post-processed the original version, and added the sound track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQbTBt418o&feature=youtu.be Youtube links are a little tricky, if I messed up try searching in youtube for "Juno Perijove 06" A fine example of fractals in the natural world. Tim

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