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From: leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au (Leath Muller)
Message-Id: <199703311203.WAA24420@solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject: Re: Interface with graphic cards
To: votava AT worldnet DOT fr (votava)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:03:21 +1000 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <3339AC88.687C@worldnet.fr> from "votava" at Mar 27, 97 00:08:56 am

> Is it possible to uses special 3d functions of graphic cards? If yes,
> how?

Write to the company requesting information on how to program the card
at the register level. I wrote to the creaters of the Glint chip (3dlabs
I think... :) and they sent me free of charge a programmers manual which
was pretty cool - I just didnt have the money to pay for a $3000 graphics
card at the time... ;)  Anyway, the hardest thing you will have to do is
get the information out of the company - I tried and most of them just gave
me the "NO DOS, WINDOWS GOOD" thing, and a speech on using their supplied
drivers with Direct 3D (just between me and the whole world, ewwww.... :)

Leathal.

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