Some fine-tuning you can do if you wish with Dosbox+Fractint: If you are in FULLSCREEN and want to change to a smaller window -- Press "Alt+Enter" which will change it to a Window, probably too large. So then in the Dosbox menu at the top-left click "Video>Resolution>Window" and click "Original"... then in Fractint set your resolution (Mode) to the window size you want. Then after working with your fractal in the lower, faster mode you can change it back to SF10, or even higher modes with more than 256 colors (32k, 64k or even 16m colors, at least in smaller windows like 800x600, and if your adapter can handle them). The second fine-tune you can do if you want a BEEP when Fractint finishes do this: In your DOSBox Folder find "dosbox.conf" and open it as text. Make the following 2 changes: Scroll down about 1/3 to " nosound=true" and change it to nosound=false and Scroll down about 2/3 to "pcspeaker=false" and change it to pcspeaker=true The result will not be the old beeps from your PC speaker, but one sound, like a "tap" from your desktop speakers when Fractint finishes its final pass. ******************************* I have been corresponding with kolano, the author, and he gave me the abovementioned tips. He also says he is working on an update to the program. ****************************** I am still very happy that I've finally been able to use Fractint and in many modes. But yes, I think it's slow... yet "slow" is better than nothing. I am no programmer so I wish that hoffentlich someone like you Niekamp, could work with kolano to improve his program. Slow is better than nothing aber schnell ist ja besser! --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com