In article <20141214042822.QZP08.294400.root@dnvrco-web07>, <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> writes:
Of course, the whole of DOS Fractint can fit entirely in L1 cache on modern processors. That could speed things up!
It won't make up for the fact that every single instruction is taking the slowest path in the CPU hardware. If you're running it inside some sort of virtual machine, it's even worse. Most people have reported that the Win32 version using C runs faster then the 16-bit version using assembly. It's not 1990 anymore. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://ComputerGraphicsMuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://LegalizeAdulthood.wordpress.com>