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In article <g6bic3$7uj$1 AT inews DOT gazeta DOT pl>, rafal AT limcore DOT com DOT invalid 
says...
> Sterten AT aol DOT com wrote:
> 
> > I was trying:
> > _http://www.retro-games.co.uk/downloads/progvga.htm_
> > (http://www.retro-games.co.uk/downloads/progvga.htm)
> >  
> > under cmd.exe in Windows XP, but I get a general protection fault.
> >  
> > What's the shortest simplest program to display a pixel until a key is
> > pressed
> > and then return to normal cmd.exe - mode  ?
> 
> Perhaps you would prefer to use existing GFX library, like say Allegro? It
> works with DJGPP.

GRX and MGRX will also do it and both work with DJGPP.  For MGRX you 
will need to compile the libary but it is easy and there are instruction 
an exactly how to do it.

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