Download one of the many Linux CDs that provide live file systems (boot and run off of the CD). My favorite is Knoppix <http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index- en.html>, finds and supports all kinds of weird peripherals, I'm sure it could find your USB floppy drive. Then you could try using BOCHS or DOSEMU to run DOS and Fractint.
I actually have a knoppix CD I burned a couple months ago, don't remember if I tried it and it didn't work, or what though. Hmm I can't seem to open any of the files on it, don't know if that's normal or not. I'll have to test the knoppix cd and see if it works before I start anything else.
that didn't work, even at runlevel 2 all I got was a black screen. I'll have to get a newer version, mine was 3.1 beta from august. Well not that out of date, they are only up to 3.2 now I see, but it'll take me a while to download it. Kevin