well for pitty's sakes... it said I could edit my post but after I wrote it all out, it said it "expired"... so adding to my thread here:

Just did that, and it got me back into familiar windows....but I realized I must be remembering ANOTHER fractal maker...that actualy renders ON SCREEN "LIVE" as it goes... this one, you can see the fuzzy preview only..  it is still a mystery until you "go get" the final render to see how it turned out. pooh.

I am not spoiled or anything... but I DO remember a funky little 2d program that did render right in front of me and I used to sit for hours watching it unfold... as it rendered. hmmm. I need to go look at my old back up drive for those programs...

:)

Lyne

Life Requires Assembly and we all know how THAT goes!