From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: DJGGP to Linux / MSVC
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:24:36 -0000, "David Green"
<Dcgreen AT btinternet DOT com> wrote:

>Hi all, hope someone can offer some advice...
>
>i'm currently developing using djggp (& allegro) in a dos box under 98, but
>it seems that i'm going to have to switch development environments to either
>Linux or MSVC. I'm curious as to how difficult its going to be to convert
>code to either of these. anybody any experience of this and can offer
>advice??

Allegro also runs on MSVC (through DirectX) and Linux (through fbcon).
And it's a heck of a lot easier than direct DirectX, requiring changes
to only about three functions (mostly removing sound()/nosound() that
I put into one of my libraries for debugging purposes).

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