<c> color cycle brings up the DOSBox-x configuration screen. On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 6:16 PM Timothy Wegner <tim@tswegner.net> wrote:
Bill and all,
Just to give a bit of information. Look at this wiki page:
https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds
So "SVN" means builds that incorporate the latest changes in the subversion repository, giving a heads up on upcoming features, because the "official" releases are slow in coming (like, ummm, fractint). Notice that SVN Daum is no longer recommended because it is not maintained. I chose DOSBox-X at https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases, partly because the 1600x1200 VESA mode works. And, as you can see, DOSBox-X is hot off the press.
After I get a few more reports on the performance of the DOSBox/Fractint zip file, I will add documentation and modify the website to acknowledge the dosbox/fractint combination in one package. Gosh, the "does Fractint run under 64bit Windows" emails keep coming, I just got another in the last hour. Jonathan's SDL version does run natively under Windows, but he is focussing on running SDL under Linux, and the Windows SDL version still has bugs.
In related news, I am going over my equipment, and I do have a build environment under XP that would allow me to build a new DOS version. I could create a "release" version that would be essentially unchanged except for the help file.
Tim
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 6:49 PM Bill Jemison <bill.jemison@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tim,
I hope you had a nice turkey day! Pretty quiet here, but we're surviving.
I have been running under SVN Daun. Thanks for the heads-up! I tried your setup and it seemed to run fine - indistinguishable from the other version to me. I haven't given it much of a workout yet - ie. I haven't tried it with the sound parameters - but will report what I find. I have already plugged my old values into the dosbox-x.conf file so it points to the right area for my setup.
Thanks again!
Bill Jemison Audio Fractals <https://sites.google.com/site/audiofractals/home>
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 3:44 PM Timothy Wegner <tim@tswegner.net> wrote:
One DOSBox note that may save some frustration. The keystroke ctr-F10 toggles whether the mouse is active inside DOSBox. If you lose the mouse outside of DOSBox, that keystroke will get it back.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 4:32 PM Timothy Wegner <tim@tswegner.net> wrote:
Lately I have been getting emails from folks who long ago used Fractint, and wanted to try it again, only to discover it doesn't run under Windows. My guess is that these folks have lots of time on their hands because of the pandemic, which is why I am suddenly hearing from folks. Of course there are various other possibilities, including the SDL version Jonathan is working on, but my general answer has been to suggest they run the DOS version with DOSBox. I had generally recommended a version called DOSBox SVN Daum on a Chinese site. But today I learned that it is no longer maintained and is not recommended. So I found a much more recent DOSBox version, and set up some files that should make it very easy to use with Fractint. I would like some folks to try it. I have not yet written a readme or other instructions, but they are pretty simple. I would love some folks here to try it and and tell me if it works for you.
Download the file https://fractint.net/ftp/current/DOSBox/DOSBoxX_Fractint.zip
Unzip the zip archive to a directory on your Windows machine. You will see the directory DOSBoxX_Fractint containing a batch file, a directory for DOSBox-X and a directory for Fractint. You should be able to locate the batch file in Windows explorer and run it. DOSBox should come up running Fractint. Let me know if this works.
DOSBox is the DOSBox-X version 0.83.7 compiled Oct 31, 2020, and Fractint is version 20.04.14. The VESA video modes should work up to 1600x1200
Feedback much appreciated.
Hope everyone is healthy, my family is fine here.
Tim
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