Re: [Fractint] Multiple Boot for FractInt Users
<de-lurk> *** Prenatal Advisory: WAY off-topic. Penance forthcoming. *** Ja no, Merf, I usually take little notice of yer postings, butt eye must chime in on a couple of points.
My computer says "Designed for Windows NT and 98" and I don't even believe that. (If I did, then I wouldn't hav tried Linux). As far as I'm concerned it was designed for DOS and Win3.1, which would be a bit nicer if MicroSoft's Win32s would install again (because I can quit from it without rebooting the machine).
God, I long for the days of Win 3.1. I had to upgrade from my old flintlock 486/80 to a Win 98 PII so I could run Java and burn CDs. I hoped I would adjust to the '95 and subsequent limitations and quirks, but still: - I'm G**-damned sick and tired of not being able to do block file renames. I archive a LOT of data from my Web surfing, and I despise having to manually rename every file without an extension to .TXT or whatever so I don't have to tell Windoze what app to use to open it. - I'm also tired of Win 98 (which is the latest Win OS I can run without employing fancy workarounds to support pure DOS mode) trying to second-guess me when I am dragging files between folders and questioning my every decision to change a file extension. - I'm REALLY tired of Microsnot referring to reduced capability, bugs, quirks, and other defects as "features". I know I should move to some Linux-based solution, but am afeared of compatability issues with old DOS and Windoze apps...
Actually, this contraption has two warning labels. The other is "Intel Inside", but at least Linux wil tel you if you hav one of their buggy chips.
I hear you. The old 486 box had an AMD chipset and was considerably more stable than the Intel/PII/Win98 system. Of course maybe it's the OS... ========== In Fractint tradition, I offer a PAR in penance, a glimpse into the enticing universe of Sylvie Gallet's gravijul-v3: gjv3-ai { ; * cotan/asin /exp z/o ah decomp sg6 (c) Bud 2002 20 Dec reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=gravjulz.frm formulaname=gravijul-v3 function=cotan/asin/exp passes=1 center-mag=-0.41318/0.502105/3.846154/1.3333/-90/3.88578058618804789e-01\ 6 params=-1.003/-0.289156/-0.003/0.002/4/0 float=y maxiter=256 inside=255 outside=imag decomp=256 periodicity=0 viewwindows=2/1/yes/0/0 cyclerange=0/255 sound=beep/fm colors=000G00J00L00<12>a00b00c00<3>i00k00m00o00q00<3>x00z00y00<24>T88R88\ Q88<2>M99KAALBB<24>ljjmkknmm<2>qqqsssrrr<24>JMOIKNGJL<2>CFIADGAEH<24>2dq\ 2er2ft<2>1ix0kz0jy<24>DMPDLOEKM<2>FHIGGGHHG<24>qkTrlUtnU<2>xqWzsXyrW<30>\ GG0 } frm:gravijul-v3 { ; Variation on Mark Christenson's gravijul by Sylvie Gallet z = pixel: w = fn1(z) z = fn3(fn2(w*w)^p1) + p2 |z| < p3 } Aloha, Bud <lurk>
Mark Christenson wrote:
I had to upgrade from my old flintlock 486/80 to a Win 98 PII.....
....sick and tired of not being able to do block file renames. I archive a LOT of data from my Web surfing, and I despise having to manually rename every file without an extension to .TXT or whatever so I don't have to tell Windoze what app to use to open it.
Many of the items you are "tired of" can be handled quite easily. For example, doing block file renames may be performed by just opening a MS-DOS Prompt window, then go to the directory path where the files are. After you find them, then just do the rename command. The DOS commands that you would use are something like this: CD C:\Temp\WebFiles\ DIR /P REN *.* *.TXT Of course that would rename everything in the current directory path. Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Mark Christenson wrote:
<de-lurk>
*** Prenatal Advisory: WAY off-topic. Penance forthcoming. ***
Ja no, Merf,
I usually take little notice of yer postings, butt eye must chime in on a couple of points.
Maugham's Thought: Only mediocre people are always at their best.
My computer says "Designed for Windows NT and 98" and I don't even believe that. (If I did, then I wouldn't hav tried Linux). As far as I'm concerned it was designed for DOS and Win3.1, which would be a bit nicer if MicroSoft's Win32s would install again (because I can quit from it without rebooting the machine).
God, I long for the days of Win 3.1. I had to upgrade from my old flintlock 486/80 to a Win 98 PII so I could run Java and burn CDs. I hoped I would adjust to the '95 and subsequent limitations and quirks, but still:
The Java is part of Opera 3.62 that I run. Burning? I use XCDRoast to burn CDs that are MS-DOS compatible. This much I can do with Linux, but I'm still not using Linux for the internet, which I imagine to be a shame, but I like Pine and Lynx on the remote AIX for performance over a phone line. (...)
I know I should move to some Linux-based solution, but am afeared of compatability issues with old DOS and Windoze apps...
You and me both. I'm reluctant to release a .exe (person to person, tutored release) until I can figure out why PCTOOLS 4.3 says that it can't read the FAT on my hard-drive. The problem crops up only when I boot the thing with a floppy for Windows 98 or another one for Windows XP. (I really don't know what it means, but until I've eliminated the possibility of a boot-sector virus...) Most of the time, I'm happy with doing the renderings at home and burning them to a CD-R as a web page. The other way is more entertaining, though. I tell someone else how to make FRACTINT do what I want. Or, I put some web pages and par files and fractint onto a floppy along with a batch file, then we watch the thing develop and bask in the glow of a computer that obviously has a nearly saturated CPU. It really is more fun that way, because someone can contribute once she knows her way around the program. (It wouldn't go over nicely at a print shop, though).
Actually, this contraption has two warning labels. The other is "Intel Inside", but at least Linux wil tel you if you hav one of their buggy chips.
I hear you. The old 486 box had an AMD chipset and was considerably more stable than the Intel/PII/Win98 system. Of course maybe it's the OS...
I use two memory managers. One of them supports more _RAM_ and works more nicely with WordPerfect 5.2+ (I "stole" it from a version of Caldera open DOS that won't let me rename files), but I don't know how to shell out of it safely. The other from M$ is more stable, but it only supports 64meg of my 192. Neither supports the 2gig of virtual memory I can use under Linux, and neither works as a disk cache when I'm not using the RAM, but most of the time I don't need more than 64meg. I might get around to a full transition to Linux (i.e. buy a PPP account and start using it as such as well as learning the Gimp and a front end for TeX), but I've been too busy with more basic matters to hope for getting around to that before the winter. (It's a good thing that I know how to make my external modem maintain a connection through a reboot). _______ Rohdove { ; Three multiplications outpaces exponentiation on a PII. z=fn1(pixel), c=fn2(pixel), d=fn3(pixel): z= z^imag(P1)/d +c, |z| <=real(P1) } Guitar { ; This is what The Stone Soup Group rocks with. ; 48.56s/megapixel with 350Mhz PII. reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=cotan/conj/sin passes=t center-mag=1.67158/0/0.086/1.25 params=4/3 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=1/-0.865/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map } Guitarh { ; Three by five of 1050 by 990 is good for 10.5" ; by 16.5" at 300 dpi. For truecolour, this is ; good enough for 600 dpi when printing with sixteen ; bits per pixel. reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=guitar.par formulaname=rohdove function=cotan/conj/sin passes=t center-mag=1.65971/0/0.08/1.45/90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=4/3 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=imag invert=1/-0.865/0 periodicity=0 colors=000z0e<3>z00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>0Lz0Bz00z<3>\ e0zo0zz0z<3>z0Lz0Bz00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>0Lz0Bz00z<\ 3>e0zo0zz0z<3>z0Lz0Bz00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>0Lz0Bz00\ z<3>e0zo0zz0z<3>z0Lz0Bz00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>0Lz0Bz\ 00z<3>e0zo0zz0z<3>z0Lz0Bz00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>0Lz0\ Bz00z<3>e0zo0zz0z<3>z0Lz0Bz00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>0L\ z0Bz00z<3>e0zo0zz0z<3>z0Lz0Bz00<3>ze0zo0zz0<3>Lz0Bz00z0<3>0ze0zo0zz<3>\ 0Lz0Bz00z<5>z0z<3>z0L } Gavel { ; Parameter files RARELY need the version ; of FracTint mentioned in the comments. reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=cotan/conj/exp passes=t center-mag=0.214435/0/0.6666667/0.6 params=512/2 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=5/3/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map } GGavel { reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=cotanh/conj/exp passes=t center-mag=0.214435/3.33067e-016/0.6813158/0.6108 params=512/2 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=5/3/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map } LadyBug { ; Fractint Version 2003 Patchlevel 1 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=conj/conj/exp passes=t center-mag=-0.178/0/1/0.77 params=4/2 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=0.0037/-0.794/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map } BreastPlate { ; Fractint Version 2003 Patchlevel 1 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=asinh/conj/exp passes=t center-mag=0.149464/0/1.528167/2 params=16/2 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=0.5/0.37/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map } Snohshuu { reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=ident/ident/tan passes=t center-mag=1.49257/0/1 params=16/3 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=0.162/1.62/0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map } Skrewdrop { reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=rohdove.par formulaname=rohdove function=ident/ident/tanh passes=t center-mag=0.391069/1.69498/0.9972988/1.4629/0/21.1879142470290667 params=16/3 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=atan invert=0.09/0.3141592653589/1.6666666666666 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 colors=@altern.map }
SherLok Merfy wrote:
My computer says "Designed for Windows NT and 98" and I don't even believe that. (If I did, then I wouldn't hav tried Linux). As far as I'm concerned it was designed for DOS and Win3.1, which would be a bit nicer if MicroSoft's Win32s would install again (because I can quit from it without rebooting the machine).
God, I long for the days of Win 3.1. I had to upgrade from my old flintlock 486/80 to a Win 98 PII so I could run Java and burn CDs. I hoped I would adjust to the '95 and subsequent limitations and quirks, but still:
The Java is part of Opera 3.62 that I run. Burning? I use XCDRoast to burn CDs that are MS-DOS compatible. This much I can do with Linux, but I'm still not using Linux for the internet, which I imagine to be a shame, but I like Pine and Lynx on the remote AIX for performance over a phone line.
So you can access your AIX setup remotely from a LInux box, too.
Neither supports the 2gig of virtual memory I can use under Linux, and neither works as a disk cache when I'm not using the RAM, but most of the time I don't need more than 64meg. I might get around to a full transition to Linux (i.e. buy a PPP account and start using it as such as well as learning the Gimp and a front end for TeX), but I've been too busy with more basic matters to hope for getting around to that before the winter.
Gee, my Linux boxes hook up just fine through my cable modem ... ;-) David gnome@hawaii.rr.com
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