21a: What is Fractint?
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This article is from the Fractal FAQ, by Ermel Stepp stepp@muvms6.mu.wvnet.edu with numerous contributions by others.
21a: What is Fractint?
Fractint is a very popular freeware (not public domain) fractal
generator. There are DOS, Windows, OS/2, and Unix/X versions. The
DOS version is the original version, and is the most up-to-date. There is a
new Amiga version.
Please note: sci.fractals is not a product support newsgroup for Fractint.
Bugs in Fractint/Xfractint should usually go to the authors rather than being
posted.
Fractint is on many ftp sites. For example:
DOS: ftp from ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/simtel/
[128.252.135.4]. The source is in the file frasr182.zip. The executable
is in the file frain182.zip. (The suffix 182 will change as new versions
are released.) Fractint is available on Compuserve: GO GRAPHDEV and look
for FRAINT.EXE and FRASRC.EXE in LIB 4.
There is a collection of map, parameter, etc. files for Fractint, called
FracXtra. Ftp from ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/simtel/.
File is fracxtr5.zip.
Windows: ftp to ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/simtel/ .
The source is in the file wins1821.zip. The executable is in the file
winf1821.zip.
OS/2: available on Compuserve in its GRAPHDEV forum. The files are
PM*.ZIP.
These files are also available by ftp:
ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/2.0/ in pmfra2.zip.
Unix: ftp to sprite.berkeley.edu [128.32.150.27]. The source is in the file
xfract203.shar.Z. Note: sprite is an unreliable machine; if you can't
connect to it, try again in a few hours, or try hijack.berkeley.edu.
Xfractint is also available in LIB 4 of Compuserve's GO GRAPHDEV
forum in XFRACT.ZIP.
Macintosh: there is no Macintosh version of Fractint, although there are
several people working on a port. It is possible to run Fractint on the
Macintosh if you use Insignia Software's SoftAT, which is a PC AT
emulator.
Amiga: There is an Amiga version at
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/ .
For European users, these files are available from ftp.uni-koeln.de. If you
can't use ftp, see the mail server information below.
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