Does anyone know of a good way to figure out how to
set the BLASTER variable that I think fractint needs?
I wondered if that DosBOX program at sourceforge
would read it from somewhere or emulate a soundblaster
through Windows Sound System, and the last download of DosBOX I tried had a bad CRC. Anybody
got
experience with DosBOX and FRACTINT?
On my last
computer, soundblaster information was available when I enabled
soundblaster support in the BIOS.
I did not manage to get that old MIDI
synth working before it crashed. On my new computer I hav no clue
how
to fill out the BLASTER VARIABLE. Also, my new
computer (a used 3GHz P4 Duo) does not come with
VESA
support, of all things for IBM/Intel/Lanovo to skip, so it
looks like I will be running fractint at 300by400by256 --
might as well. When
I really want high res, I might as well use the
disk video modes, then there's a hope I can
run fractint as a
background process (Last time I checked, though,
Windows stalls between sections).
It's a bummer for producing videos at 640by480 with
color-cycling, though,
unless I can work out how to do it in batch mode
...might as well...I'm writing
the parameter files with a BASIC program,
anyway.
An option before me, a few seconds ago, was to
install cygwin and compile XFractint,
and I just looked it up, seeing a message from
Jonathan Osuch somewhere in 2005,
that it compiles cleanly under cygwin
Can I install Redhat Program Modules
(RPMs) under cygwin?
My introduction to cygwin sujested that I had to
compile just about anything I wanted,
and if Osuch has a binary, then maybe I don't. I think some RPMs are
source-only.
Which packages do I need for XFractint?
I saw fvwm2. I suspect the c or c++
compilers. I am on dialup, although
if it goes to gigabytes, then I can drop by a
syberkafay
with my USB key, and download cygwin binaries on that, first.
Oh, and I thot I
posted a question about sound support with WinFract.
Anyone behind that project, now?
The new part of this computer that clinched the
deal is that the video guard does 1600by900.
I look forward to selecting fractals that
make good widescreen.wallpaper.