Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/04/14/18:54:21
From: | Dominique DOT Biesmans AT ping DOT be (Dominique Biesmans)
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Allegro & DirectX - please read
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Date: | Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:53:12 GMT
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Organization: | EUnet Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
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Message-ID: | <33527a80.36537095@news.ping.be>
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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I'm sorry guys, but it's virtually impossible to use a Windows SDK in
a DOS environment. In theory it can be done of course. You would need
to program a software layer that is capable of loading & executing
windows executable formats. Mainly vxd's & DLL's but you'll also need
to emulate some (or a lot?) of the windows kernel functionality
because DirectX uses windows calls to allocate resources, etc...
Basicly, you would need a Windows95 subsystem running on top of DOS.
But good luck, once you have finished that, you aren't far away from a
Freewin95! :-)
Dominique Biesmans
(But a DirectX-port of Allegro would be a good idea)
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