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A while back, I tripped across an Allegro driver for Mesa 3.0.
It was written by Bernhard Tschirren and worked rather well.
Pieces of it exist in the 3.2 distribution, but they are badly broken.
So at any rate, I've patched the 3.0 driver to work with 3.2.
Its available at:
http://www.geocities.com/gk_2345/main-index.html
(There is a link to Bernhard's pages there as well)
This is in no way an improvement over Berhard's 3.0 driver, I just added
changed and missing files and such to get it to compile cleanly with
Mesa 3.2.
Installation and building are very simple and there are plenty of example
programs that come with Mesa to get you going. Needless to say you will
need a working Allegro 3.1 or higher to use this.
It contains a skeletal implementation of GLUT that will run most GL
programs,
but is lacking in many ways. (i.e. font support, menus, windows, etc.) I
imagine
it could be expanded, but I won't be the one doing the expanding.
This is pretty much unsupported, and I ask that if you have comments to
either post them to this list or to the email address on the web-page. If
you
further expand this driver, I would definately like to know. (As would
Berhard
I suspect.)
So for those of you who have wanted to use Mesa, this is your chance.
Happy hacking.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">A while back, I tripped across an =
Allegro driver for Mesa 3.0.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">It was written by Bernhard Tschirren =
and worked rather well.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Pieces of it exist in the 3.2 =
distribution, but they are badly broken.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">So at any rate, I've patched the 3.0 =
driver to work with 3.2.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Its available at:</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><A =
HREF=3D"http://www.geocities.com/gk_2345/main-index.html" =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(There is a link to Bernhard's pages =
there as well)</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This is in no way an improvement over =
Berhard's 3.0 driver, I just added </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">changed and missing files and such to =
get it to compile cleanly with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Mesa 3.2. </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Installation and building are very =
simple and there are plenty of example</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">programs that come with Mesa to get =
you going. Needless to say you will </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">need a working Allegro 3.1 or higher =
to use this.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">It contains a skeletal implementation =
of GLUT that will run most GL programs,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">but is lacking in many ways. (i.e. =
font support, menus, windows, etc.) I imagine</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">it could be expanded, but I won't be =
the one doing the expanding.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This is pretty much unsupported, and I =
ask that if you have comments to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">either post them to this list or to =
the email address on the web-page. If you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">further expand this driver, I would =
definately like to know. (As would Berhard</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I suspect.)</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">So for those of you who have wanted to =
use Mesa, this is your chance.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Happy hacking.</FONT>
</P>
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