Date:	Tue, 13 May 1997 20:29:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
Reply-To:	pierre AT tycho DOT com
To:	OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: OpenDOS graphics drivers
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On Tue, 13 May 1997, Max Attar Feingold wrote:

>> Nothing *really* fast will work on NT. On NT, ports and memory
>> protection prevents user space programs from access video hardware.
> 
> On the contrary.  DirectX up to version 2 works pretty well in NT 4,
> and the soon to be released Service Pack 3 will apparently add
> version 3 support as well.

Yes, but a 32-bit DOS program with a DOS extender beats DirectX to a pulp
any day, so there's *still* nothing really fast on NT. 

Pierre Phaneuf

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