From:	Mihai Moise <moisemih AT ift DOT ulaval DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Graphics slow?
Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:22:14 -0500
Organization:	Universite Laval
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Indrek Mandre wrote:
> 
>    First I must say that I am a beginner in programming djgpp.
> This far I have only programmed on Linux. Some weeks ago I got
> djgpp 2 and I began to like it. But now I have some problems.
> On Linux I programmed graphics and used svgalib. 

The port of svgalib for ms-dos is at:

http://wwbacc.ift.ulaval.ca/~moisemih/svgalib.zip

The third edition of the port will handle just about any Linux program,
and it will be done in no time if someone comes and puts a gun to my
head and says "Do it NOW!"

You will be happy to know that currently DOS/svgalib is no slower than
the Linux version ( no farptrs ), and successfully compiled some of the
demos with the original package.

I suppose that DOS/svgalib is great for people who use Linux and wish
their creations also work under DOS.

Have FUN!

Mihai "the sailor"
P.S.: To avoid such trafic on his newsgroup, dj has placed a pointer on
his site.
P.P.S.:You will be even happier to know that by tweaking the
configuration file which is parsed at run-time, and telling svgalib you
have a low-frequency monitor, you will get a small boost in performance,
at the expense of refresh rate, depending on your card. ( I got another
small boost in performance by modifying the code so that it overclocks
my Cirrus from 50Mhz to 60Mhz ).

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