Purchase a legacy system... Get a Pentium-3 at ~700-900 MHZ...
What about the issue of the graphics card (or onboard chip) needing to support the DOS VESA video modes used by Fractint? I've had PCs that supported: - lots of onscreen graphics modes, and one that did - only 640 x 480 -- until I bought an old nVidia card at Albrecht's recommendation. That worked well -- as long as its fan wasn't clogged with cat hair... When I eventually get my Windows 8.1 stabilized, I'll be considering my options... For now, Richard's Fractint for Windows beta 5, now named Iterated Dynamics, (along with its foibles) runs fine under Win8.1. I've forgotten if I told Win8 to use a legacy mode -- likely I did... - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane@earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of JackOfTradeZ@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 2:36 PM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Fractint] 91 YO FractalNaut . Do what I do, what I suggest many times to people on this list with the same problem, but no one ever does it. Purchase a legacy system, either locally at one of the (many) brick and mortar PC repair outfits, or online (search - there are so many). Get a Pentium-3 at ~700-900 MHZ - they work the best. You shouldn't shell out more than 100-200 $ if that; sometimes much less even. Install DOS, or Win9X ; use a fresh HD or simply format the one that came with it. Run FractInt and have fun - just like the good old days. If you get to Win9X then I can tell you how to configure it so it boots to DOS and STOPS. If using just DOS you can transfer files with a USB Mem stick. In BIOS, set the flag for "legacy USB support" and it will work! Since DOS is no longer supported etc., I think it is legal to share the installation files. I can post the original DOS 6.22 files [3 floppies] on my server; you can download and use to install. Can't do with Win9X. Although I have the Disks for 95 and 98. . _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com