From: Mihai Moise Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Graphics slow? Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:22:14 -0500 Organization: Universite Laval Lines: 33 Message-ID: <32753215.41C67EA6@ift.ulaval.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: britten.ift.ulaval.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Indrek Mandre wrote: > > First I must say that I am a beginner in programming djgpp. > This far I have only programmed on Linux. Some weeks ago I got > djgpp 2 and I began to like it. But now I have some problems. > On Linux I programmed graphics and used svgalib. The port of svgalib for ms-dos is at: http://wwbacc.ift.ulaval.ca/~moisemih/svgalib.zip The third edition of the port will handle just about any Linux program, and it will be done in no time if someone comes and puts a gun to my head and says "Do it NOW!" You will be happy to know that currently DOS/svgalib is no slower than the Linux version ( no farptrs ), and successfully compiled some of the demos with the original package. I suppose that DOS/svgalib is great for people who use Linux and wish their creations also work under DOS. Have FUN! Mihai "the sailor" P.S.: To avoid such trafic on his newsgroup, dj has placed a pointer on his site. P.P.S.:You will be even happier to know that by tweaking the configuration file which is parsed at run-time, and telling svgalib you have a low-frequency monitor, you will get a small boost in performance, at the expense of refresh rate, depending on your card. ( I got another small boost in performance by modifying the code so that it overclocks my Cirrus from 50Mhz to 60Mhz ).