From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: A little help getting started...
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Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:44:10 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:19:21 GMT, Steve Offutt
<indmold AT oz DOT sunflower DOT org> wrote:

>I have a need to do some DOS type graphics programs.

http://alleg.sourceforge.net/allegro/

>Downloaded DJGPP last week - it is peacefully co-existing
>w/mingw32 & MSVC++6.0 (due to lack of harddrive space, am
>running DJGPP on an LS-120 drive - 5 yrs ago who would have
>thought 8 gigs wasnt enough)

I've had some big problems with DJGPP on removable drives.  For
instance, storing my RHIDE project, source, and executable files
has given two Zip disks the "click of death."

Get a CDR drive. (A CD burner, not a Scheme keyword.)

>I need some pointers to some simple examples - something like
>a little checkbook type program, and something along the lines
>of a simple fill in and print a form type of prog.

The Allegro GUI examples will help here.

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