From:	"Damian Yerrick" <snews AT pineight DOT 8m DOT comMUNIST-PIGS-AOL>
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Subject:	Re: allegro hi and trucolor slow???
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"Matej" <matej DOT baric AT guest DOT arnes DOT si> wrote:

> Well, the first thing is, if someone can point me to a good allegro
tutorial
> (or maybe there is a book???)...

The best tutorial: Examples. Find one that does what you
want to do, then play with it.

> I'm now in 24 bit graphics mode. Why do I have to specify a palette when
> loading a .pcx file if palettes aren't used in hi or trucolor modes?

Because C does not support overloading, and Allegro has
a "known issue" that makes it crash when passed NULL in
the pal argument. Until its fixed, make a dummy PALETTE.

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