Some folks (including me) have been very successful running the DOS Fractint under XP. As you suggested, Jim, success seems to depend on the details of the graphics, not on the version of Fractint. Running Fractint under DOSBox works on just about any system, certainly under XP, at the cost of just a bit of setup effort and some reduction of speed. Another strategy would be to boot DOS from a thumb drive or CD. This would also require some VESA utilities to get decent resolutions. DOSBox is likely the most direct solution. The svn version has the best graphics support (http://ykhwong.x-y.net/). Most recent version was a little over a year ago. Other suggestions for Jim? I replaced the floppy drive on my main computer with a double-bay gadget that lets me insert SSDs or 2.5 inch laptop drives (Kingwin Dual Bay 2.5-Inch Internal SATA Tray-Less Hot Swap Rack with Key Lock KF-251-BK). This allows me to boot different environments. Does require SATA. Tim On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Jim Muth <jimmuth@earthlink.net> wrote:
Fractal fans:
I'm still here and ready to resume my fractal adventures, but my 21-year-old DOS machine dedicated to Fractint is at the end of the road. I have two other working machines, both running Windows-XP, which probably for video incompatibility reasons will not run the DOS version of Fractint. Is there a version of Fractint that will run under XP and operate similar to the DOS version? If there is, I would appreciate the internet address.
I'm sorry to hear about Paul Lee.
Jim M.
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