Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject:	Re: Conflict between IOSTREAMs and VGA writes
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[SNIP]
>
>  In the first demo I wrote for these students, I used kbhit().  They said,
>"What the h@#l is that?"  So I wanted to try IOSTREAMs.  Bad idea....
>  Interesting that CONIO scrolls the screen on your system.  It does not on
>mine, or on the machines at work.  I'm not sure that getch() actually does
>the screen echo.  I've always used it as if it doesn't, and it seems to
>work OK for me in this case.
>  But I take your point, and stand thankfully corrected.
>

Don't! You are right, getch() does not echo the char it reads. That's 
getche(). There goes my explanation. Strange!

[SNIP]
>  I've tried to explain to them that you can't do this any more, using
>direct hardware access.  One of them wants to abandon Windows and go back
>to DOS!  He says he wants to make a game using DJGPP, writing our own
>low-level code.  So we're going to try it, but if we get stuck I'll
>definitely remember your advice about Allegro (which is something I haven't
>even tried yet).

Try it!  You can even use it to create windows programs, if you have a 
windows compiler. Which should not be a problem in your case.

Regards,


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Manni

Life would be much easier if I had the source code.

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