Marc Reinig wrote:
Can you run multiple simultaneous instantiations of Fractint and have each render part of the image?
On this machine, which is running Win-Vista-64, I would probably have to start multiple instances of DOSBox to run FractInt within. And as long as I prepared the .PAR files ahead of time, I could split up a very large image into several smaller ones to be combined later. But I have not tried such a thing. When I run FractInt, I use an older machine that basically only has the Win-98-SE2 OS loaded. I prefer the DOS FractInt 20.4.09 version. I have seen way too many discussions and examples of how the "X" version has difficulties and/or differences.
Is the Windows version multi threaded?
No. And there different variations for a Windows version: WinFract http://www.fractint.org/ftp/current/windows/ RT's http://www.nahee.com/Software/FractInt_Setup_21-00_beta-5.msi ManPWin http://www.deleeuw.com.au/
Is there a Linux version?
Yes. Go to the following location: http://www.fractint.org/ftp/current/linux/
I have a new Dell server with quad 6 core processors that is waiting to go into a new instrument but could be diverted at night during development and during the day when installed
I would probably use that machine to create videos using some of the new specialized programs, such as Mandelbulb-3D: http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=downloads or Mandelbulber: http://www.fractalforums.com/mandelbulber/ Sincerely, P.N.L. -------------------------------------- http://www.Nahee.com/PNL/Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/