I thought I would mention that iDOS (free DOS emulator for the iPad) is now available on the app store. Because of the Apple app store rules only the developer can add programs to the emulator. I wrote the developer and asked them to add FractInt. If I get a response, I will post it here. -- Mike Frazier www.fracton.org
I was able to get FractInt to run on my iPad! As I mentioned earlier I downloaded iDOS from the iTunes app store. I didn't hear anything back from the developer about adding FractInt so I looked for another way. A person on the iDOS blog suggested iPhone Explorer so I successfully used that. iPhone Explorer is a Mac / PC application that lets you use your iPad in disk mode so you can copy files directly to it. I was very careful to not disturb anything outside the iDOS application. Here are the steps I used to get it to run: - Download the free app iDOS from the app store on the iPad - Download the free program iPhone Explorer on your Mac or PC - Download a copy of DOS FractInt and change the folder name to something 8 characters or less. I used FRACTINT - Connect the iPad to your Mac or PC and wait until it finishes syncing. Quit iTunes if open and sleep the iPad. - Open iPhone Explorer on your Mac or PC and navigate to Apps -> iDOS -> Documents and drag and drop the FRACTINT folder inside Documents. TAKE CARE TO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR IPAD. I didn't see anything unusual happen to my iPad but I am pretty sure you can mess things up if you change other stuff. - Quit iPhone Explorer and disconnect the cables. Start iDOS on the iPad. Click on the C:\ sticky note graphic at the bottom of the screen to switch to the screen that looks like a computer monitor and a keyboard. Type dir at the command line prompt and you should see the FRACTINT folder. From here on it should be just like using DOS. FractInt ran without a hitch though it was noticeably slower than my Mac desktop running Fracton. -- Mike Frazier www.fracton.org
I am sad to say that iDOS has been removed from the app store because of it's capability to run uploaded code. I hope a few people with iPads were able to get it before it was pulled. -- Mike Frazier www.fracton.org
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