On 03/04/2014 08:59 AM, Timothy Wegner wrote:
David wrote:
Linux is much simpler.
When you say "Linux", do you mean "Linux + DOSBox + Fractint" or Linux + Xfractint?
Tim
Linux + XFractint is simplest, of course, because it's a native application. Once you sort out the DOSBox start up options (-fullscreen starts it up fullscreen) and the inside DOSBox commands for mounting subfolders as drive letters (mount my fractint subfolder as a drive letter), DOS Fractint works. I don't remember what max screen resolution I was able to get; I migrated to a new laptop with 1920x1080 native resolution and haven't gotten around to seeing if that resolution's available in the DOSBox version that comes with Debian Sid Linux. The old laptop maxed out at 1280x800. Another option is a VM with an installed DOS. My dislike of DOSBox and VM's for fractint, though, is that they're slower than running a native DOS boot. XFractint is faster. -- David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com