Hi, does Xaos work ok when you fire it up with the built in default formula : Z^2+C ? And is it ok with the other built in ones : Fractal>Formulae>Mbrot, Newton, Barnsley etc?
Does it crash whatever you put in the User Formula field? Try sthg simple like Z^3+C or Z^2.1+C. Do they work?
Remember when you input a formula manually that brackets must be exactly as written. Xaos will either crash or just ignore what you entered if it's not well formed. It doesn't care about upper or lower case for z & c
Some nice Xaos stuff here
https://www.flickr.com/groups/1094838@N24/Let us know how you get on
Geoff