From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP and ALLEGRO unders Windows NT ......from Victor L. Miller
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:07:50 EDT, Vicmiller1 AT aol DOT com wrote:

>Hello .......from Victor L. Miller
>I have used DJGPP and ALLEGRO very successfully with Windows 95  / 98 in the
>DOS box .....
>Now I am trying to use it under WindowsNT (forced onto it at work) .....

[snip]

>HOWEVER .......
>Allegro can NOT invoke any good graphics modes   set_gfx_mode( );
>I could only get  320 x 200 x 8 bits (256 colors) 
>
>Basically ,    If you want to create an application with any graphics content 
>(certainly all games / simulations  etc)  effectively 
>ALLEGRO   doesn't work under Windows NT ......

Allegro works.  Allegro for DOS doesn't.  Try Allegro 3.9.33 in MinGW.
Download these files:
http://sunsite.dk/allegro/all3933.zip
ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/gcc-2.95.2/gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt.exe
Good thing my newsreader doesn't pull a Slashdot and put random spaces
in my links ;-)

>I mean what good is pixel-ated 320 x 200 stuff ?

It worked for Doom...

>if this type of non-support of SVGA gets included in the home user
>type of operating system that will really put a damper on the game
>programmers ....using .... DJGPP and ALLEGRO .......
>because the SVGA modes won't be accessible .....

Not only that, DOS provides no easy way to access the network
(Packet drivers?  Not with winnetcards.  Winsock backdoors?
Not with NT.) to make a multiplayer network game.

That's why games are written to the WinAPI and DirectX API.
And you can too, with Allegro for Windows.

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