There was also a Windows version of Fractint available. I don't remember where I found it, maybe on P. N. Lee's site? I don't know if it's anywhere near current - is it? Ah, here's the Fractal Forum post about it with link to the installer: http://www.fractalforums.com/announcements-and-news/fractint-under-windows-%... Another Windows fractal generator I've used is ChaosPro. It can load some Fractint formula and PAR files, but may not be able to handle everything in them: http://www.chaospro.de/features.php Other options: Install the free VirtualBox on your XP system, then install your old DOS on a virtual machine and run it there. Install the free DOSBox on your XP system, and run DOS Fractint using that. Dump XP, switch to Linux, and run the Linux version, XFractint. Or switch to Linux and use VirtualBox or DOSBox to run your DOS Fractint. I have DOS Fractint running happily under DOSBox on Linux. Or you could set up your XP machine to dual boot, and install FreeDOS on a small partition, boot that and run your regular Fractint setup: http://www.freedos.org/ Lots of different ways. Ages back, I had a machine that dualbooted OS/2 and Windows98. DOS Fractint ran very happily under OS/2 (I could even minimize the terminal window and let it generate happily in the background). Same Fractint froze Windows98 when it ran. So W98 isn't necessarily a better solution than XP! On 06/07/2013 04:03 PM, Ram Peloquin wrote:
Thanks Paul
The XP is inhabited by the ghost of viruses past. Win 98 may be better. It unfortunately sounds like a Hoover upright!
Cheers
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Paul N. Lee <Paul.N.Lee@att.net <mailto:Paul.N.Lee@att.net>> wrote:
Ram Peloquin wrote:
No longer have a DOS/Win 95 computer. Fractint may have been the program I thoroughly enjoyed. I just booted up an XP desktop and probably have a Win 98. What program will run and 'cycle' fractal creations in either system?
You should not have any problems running FractInt on a Win-98 system (at least I have not heard of anyone having difficulties with such).
But there could be problems on an XP machine. Not all of them function well with FractInt. You will just have to try it out on yours and see what happens. But you can still create fractals by using the "Disk-Video" Mode if you have problems getting the display to work.
Another option is to use Paul de Leeuw's MANPWIN program, which should work quite well with FractInt files (.FRM, .PAR, .MAP, etc...). I believe the latest version is 3.01, and may be found at he following location: http://www.deleeuw.com.au/
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