Hans-Joachim:
I think can put an upgrade replacement P3/800mhz CPU chip on my old P2/450.
Are you saying that Fractint will run faster on that than on my 1Gig & 2Gig
P4? Hmmmmm.
It could well do so, because the P4 is optimized for 32-bit code, not the 16-bit code Fractint uses. You might check places lke Tom's Hardware Guide or ExtremeTech for tests and reviews on that topic. IIRC, the AMD processors run 16-bit code much faster than the P4s do.
BTW there's a way to edit msdos.sys to boot directly to the DOS 7.0 command
prompt. I forgot the exact commands but I'm someone on this mail list knows
the code.....
I'd use OpenDOS or DRDOS instead, then you don't have to hassle with msdos.sys and you don't have to waste disk space on all the other Windows files that would be installed on it. David gnome@hawaii.rr.com