Excuse me butting in! I have downloaded and installed Virtual PC, but have a major problem. You see my computer does not have a floppy drive. Therefore I can't load a boot-up DOS into the Virtual disk which I created. I'm reluctant to change the boot order in my BIOS, to get a CD or the Virtual PC to boot the computer. (And that presumes I could get a bootable DOS onto a CD... it's on floppies.), I've been thinking, too, that "isn't that what happens in XP, DOS runs in a virtual machine"? If so, where's the advantage into trying to get DOS and Fractint into Virtual PC? Linux? Maybe, but so far I have not found sufficient information regarding Virtual PC to allow me to install and run it Could be that the thing is obvious to more computer-savvy people than I. Let us know if you suceed. I'm holding my breath. :-) John W. ----- Original Message ----- From: <nick.grasso@nasrecruitment.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [Fractint] A request to ATI Radeon VE display adapterusersreFractint.
Kim Hagar wrote:
Hi, Nick! I've been working trying to get higher resolutions with my computer, too, and I have not had any luck. Mr. Paul Lee and several others have been VERY generous with their time, but I am afraid I may have worn out my welcome! Just wondering if you can tell me more about how to run Virtual PC- I already downloaded it, but what do I do with it, to set it up so that it will run Fractint?! I hate being such a dummy! I actually work Helpdesk for a large corporation, but I don't do ANYthing like this! I just love my fractals, and would like to be able to print them in a larger format.<<<
Kim,
I will try to download and install Virtual PC this week and report back to the fractint list with a mini-tutorial on how to set it up and run fractint. It's been so long since I installed the old Connectix version that I really don't remember what was involved. I don't remember it being very difficult but I'm sure there are a few sticky points.
Oh! ONE more thing- do you think, if i run Virtual PC, the best environment would be Win98? Already worrying about where I'd find a copy, before you even answer!<<<
If you mean the guest system, then NO! Fractint was written for DOS, therefore you want to run it in DOS, not WinAnything. I think that Virtual PC still comes with a pre-installed DOS guest.
Nick
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