Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/04/14/00:57:18
In article <01bc47e0$b3940540$428911d1 AT imag DOT net DOT imag DOT net>
dingfam AT imag DOT net "Chris" writes:
> Heya
> Just like to point out that there is absolutely no need what so ever for
> Allegro to have "DirectX driver support." DirectX was made specifically for
> Windows95 to allow Windows95 programmers to have Direct access to the
> computer's hardware, without writing any hardware spcific code. There is no
> need for that in DOS becuase in DOS, one already has Direct access to the
> hardware. So, essentially, Allegro is kinda like DirectX for DOS (except
> easier to use :).
Not quite. DirectX provides a common API to all the various nefarious
accelerations available in todays video cards. The `Direct' in DirectX is
a misnomer. DirectX support would be useful as it would allow Allegro to
support future cards as soon as they are released. Also, video-card
manufacturers are now bound to accelerate their cards with respect to DirectX
rather than their own hardware, so that they work best under the most
common platform.
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