From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro and GFX cards problem
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:43:33 GMT, chyn0610 AT ms49 DOT url DOT com DOT tw (Lin)
wrote:

>the excution result:
>
>In an S3-968 gfx card I get 37ff9,
>In an s3-775 (trio64 v2)  I get 1
>In a TNT nVidia I get 1
>
>Why  Allegro can't detect the acceleration capabilities of a trio64 v2
>or the TNT nVidia ? 

Allegro can use only the VBE/AF drivers you have installed.
  http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/freebe/ (free software)
  http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd_win.html (USD $40 shareware)
There are no FreeBE/AF drivers for some cards because the card
manufacturers are too overprotective to release detailed technical
specifications of their hardware.

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